Kavita Puri

Jul 31, 2024 | strangersguide.com | Kavita Puri

This piece is published in collaboration with Coda Story as part of the Complicating Colonialism issue. In the middle of the Second World War, in the dying days of the British Empire, an estimated three million people died from hunger and disease linked to famine. The victims were Indians, but also British subjects. The Bengal famine of 1943 stands as one of the most devastating losses of civilian life on the Allied side.

Jul 30, 2024 | codastory.com | Kavita Puri

In the middle of the Second World War, in the dying days of the British Empire, an estimated three million people died from hunger and disease linked to famine. The victims were Indians, but also British subjects. The Bengal famine of 1943  stands as one of the most devastating losses of civilian life on the Allied side. Incredibly, however, not a single memorial, museum, or even a plaque—anywhere in the world—commemorates the millions who perished.

Jun 15, 2024 | bbc.com | Kavita Puri

Susannah's grandad ran Bengal when famine killed millionsBy Kavita Puri, Presenter, Three Million podcastBBC"I feel enormous shame about what happened," Susannah Herbert tells me. Her grandfather was the governor of Bengal, in British India, during the run-up and height of the 1943 famine which killed at least three million people. She is only just learning about his significant role in the catastrophe, and confronting a complex family legacy.

Jun 15, 2024 | flipboard.com | Kavita Puri

1:001 day agoIndia: Massive fire at mall, multiple people feared tapped, 10 fire tenders deployedStringersHub • 1dKolkata, West Bengal, India - June 14, 2024 [Note: partially no sound] A devastating fire engulfed in a shopping mall in eastern India’s West Bengal prompting an urgent response from the city's fire department. The incident took place at Acropolis Mall in Kolkata on June 14. Visuals showed on the upper floors of the mall, a terrifying inferno raged, casting ominous black smoke.

Apr 24, 2024 | birmingham-rep.co.uk | Iqbal Khan |Natasha Kathi-Chandra |Kavita Puri

Few plays hit quite like SILENCE”★★★★★ The New CurrentTara Theatre’s powerful production SILENCE, originally directed by Abdul Shayek, in a new version by The Rep’s Associate Director Iqbal Khan. The 1947 partition of India saw millions uprooted and resulted in unspeakable violence. The partition resulted in the formation of three countries: India, West Pakistan and East Pakistan – now Pakistan and Bangladesh.