Pratik Kanjilal

Senior Fellow, Henry J Leir Institute of Migration and Human Security, Tufts University.

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Pratik Kanjilal

The 49th edition of the Kolkata Book Fair early this year recorded a footfall of almost 32 lakh literature enthusiasts.

Bookended by melas and fests

Pratik Kanjilal

27 Feb 2026

4 min read

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists members revealing the Doomsday Clock, set to 85 seconds to midnight, during a news conference in Washington DC last month

The Doomsday Clock ticks on

Pratik Kanjilal

06 Feb 2026

4 min read

Picture of Václav Havel located on National Museum building at Wenceslas Square in Prague

Thaw in Arctic, meltdown in Alps

Pratik Kanjilal

23 Jan 2026

4 min read

Futurologist Alvin Toffler was highly acclaimed for correctly predicting that the knowledge-based economy would eclipse the post-industrial age

Blurred visions of future past

Pratik Kanjilal

09 Jan 2026

4 min read

Bangladesh redefined itself on linguistic basis, rejecting the Islamic identity Pakistan had adopted. Now, minorities and migrants are being targeted on both sides as politics is threatening to tear apart the neighbours.

India and Bangladesh: United by blood, divided by politics

Pratik Kanjilal

25 Dec 2025

4 min read

Professor Joseph Weizenbaum being clicked using the Eliza chatbot at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Poetry outfoxing AI, for better or verse

Pratik Kanjilal

12 Dec 2025

4 min read

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