Stories written by Pinaki Roy

The Last of the Kharia Speakers

By Mintu Deshwara and Pinaki Roy
Since her husband Abrahm Soreng died two years ago, 70-year-old Veronica Kerketa doesn't get the chance to talk in her mother tongue at home. None of her children or grandchildren speak the Kharia language.

Exodus of Refugees Turns Fatal

By Pinaki Roy and Mohammad Ali Jinnat
Law enforcers rescued 19 bodies of Rohingya people, who had been fleeing violence in Myanmar, from the Bay of Bengal after the ill-equipped boats carrying them capsized yesterday.