Nidhi Dugar Kundalia

Writer based in Kolkata with a thing for the odd and the intriguing.

[Seema Chishti @seemay]

Why Would Someone Leave Bangladesh for India?
@SoumashreeS speaks to fellow-journalist @nidhidugar1 on her new book which takes a look at the journey of one such family of three.
On ‘The Undocumented’
A must-watch 👌 https://t.co/RGoXtBcAg3

[Nidhi Dugar Kundalia @nidhidugar1]

Why Would Someone Leave Bangladesh for India?
An interview with @thewire_in with @SoumashreeS
https://t.co/M2rMzMUDZU via @YouTube

[Nidhi Dugar Kundalia @nidhidugar1]

After years of reporting, #theundocumented is now available for pre-order. It follows one family's journey across the Bangladesh–India border and asks what it means to build a home while living in the shadows of legality. https://t.co/HlnJn32rk0] #Migration #citizenship #sir

[Nidhi Dugar Kundalia @nidhidugar1]

Story of a Bangladeshi migrant family in India

#comingsoon

[Joy Bhattacharjya @joybhattacharj]

He could speak 8 languages and they said he could recite all 37 of Shakespeare's plays from memory. An award winning playwright & stage artist and one of Satyajit Ray's favourite actors.
Also one of India's finest comic actors in films like Golmaal, and Hirak Rajar Deshe. The irony is that the marvellous comic roles in Golmaal and other films, what most people outside remember him for, is what he regarded as the least important "I have developed a technique of shutting my mind off, switching it off, rather. I will not be able to tell you even the names of the films I have acted in or even the name of the character I have just finished shooting.”
He was also a brilliant writer & regular theatre reviewer. “Mr.Dutt as Othello was rather a pitiable sight, with his voice gone, his breathing laboured and his bulk enormous.” This was Utpal Dutt reviewing his own stage performance using the pseudonym Iago.
He also loved classical art and there is this wonderful story told by his daughter. "When we went to Italy, it meant we would have to spend at least one day on viewing each sculpture. We had hired the services of a guide. But, we found that Baba knew more about the place than the guide. The next day, the guide asked us if we would be ready to go on our own."
A true renaissance man and a principled one, not scared to go to prison for his views. Utpal Dutt was truly one of our greats.
97th birth anniversary today.

[Rajdeep Sardesai @sardesairajdeep]

‘More FUN to sink ships!’ Donald Trump. Audience laughs! This is what the world’s most powerful man has reduced war to: a BIG BOSS reality entertainment show. And this is America, a country much of the world has admired for so long. GROTESQUE.

[Nidhi Dugar Kundalia @nidhidugar1]

https://t.co/nrHaObABQo

[Roshan Rai @RoshanKrRaii]

🚨Breaking : PM Narendra Modi to give an interview to Ravish Kumar on his Youtube Channel.

[Gana Kedlaya @Eletell]

@nidhidugar1: White as milk and rice
@AparnaKarthi: Nine rupees an hour
Shehan Karunatilaka: The seven moons of Maali Almeida
@LinseyMcgoey: No such thing as a free gift
@debhartha: The light at the end of the world
@Steven_Hyden: The twilight of the gods

[The Right Spark @TopperToppler]

#Book5 of 2024 A poignant read on professions on wane, some commonplace in colonial Era and pre colonial Era stories such as bisthiwallah, Itarwallah, kabuterbazz, While some cultural reminders like storytellers,rudaalis, Godna artists @nidhidugar1 writes a wonderful Book

[Nidhi Dugar Kundalia @nidhidugar1]

Today at @thinkarts

#bookreading
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[Nidhi Dugar Kundalia @nidhidugar1]

@ShwetaGour17 Thanks for the share @ShwetaGour17

[Nidhi Dugar Kundalia @nidhidugar1]

@readwithak__ @PenguinIndia Thanjs @readwithak__

[Nidhi Dugar Kundalia @nidhidugar1]

Nightmarish experience with @facebook @facebook_India not able to log back in because of the two factor authentication and zero response from team. Its like talking to a wall, there is no way to reach the support. No contacts, no support mails, NOTHING! PLS HELP ME OUT OF THIS.

[Buku Sarkar @bukusarkar]

The Diner, Calcutta. 2018.
https://t.co/MJgY0c4wWN

[Sruthin Lal @sruthinlal]

Had a wonderful conversation with @nidhidugar1 at Youth Literature Festival, Fort Kochi

[Adv Md Akhlaq🇮🇳 @readwithak__]

My review for @nidhidugar1 's 10 Indian tribes is here. Check it out.
https://t.co/LQVSziEEak
@PenguinIndia