Often a question is raised as to how Western feminists view Kali. They have attempted to politicize Kali by relating her to the feminist foundational myth, that believes matriarchy was mankind’s natural state, and original religion was a form of nature-based polytheism that related everything
During early British rule, there was a complete breakdown of administrative machinery in Bengal province. Both Nawabs, Mir Jafar and later his son-in-law Mir Qasim, were selfish and interested in their own welfare and thought little about their subjects. The British officials of the East
Pare Loye Jao Amai…. Milon Hobe Koto Diney… yearning to meet the ultimate creator and living for the final show, where God resides within the confines of the human mind. What Lalon Fakir said in simple words through his Sahajiya Baul songs, a highly influenced
The Mathurapur- Laksmikantapur railway tracks penetrate through South 24 Parganas, leaving on its trail many quaint, sleepy stations. One such station is Baharu. On its west flank lies Baru village, on its east is Moida. After a short walk, one stumbles upon a shallow canal
Isn’t Kali pujo all about meat? Even a decade back Pantha Boli or goat sacrifice was common. However, with time animal sacrifice has been barred in most places. Yet, Bengalis’ love for their Kochi Panthar Jhol hasn’t gone down a bit and most Bengalis still
Cyclones and depressions seem to have grown so fond of West Bengal, that they are in no hurry to leave the state. DurgaPuja festivities this year have already been dampened by incessant rainfall and stormy weather. Kolkata was severely affected by the volatile weather, receiving
Kali Puja is just around the corner and inmates of Alipore Correctional Home are extremely busy, completing clay idols of Goddess Kali. Many of these inmates areserving life sentence. They had also made Durga idols, and now they have been given the work of making
Rabindra Sarovar or The Lake as it is popularly known as was severely polluted last year after the Chhath Puja. The situation was so grim with more than 40,000 people offering pujas in the Lake water, that just after the puja, many dead birds were
Written in the end of the nineteenth century, Swami Vivekananda’s poem, Kali the Mother, evokes the Night of Kali as a time of pitch darkness that blots out stars, while on every side, ‘a thousand, thousand shades of Death begrimed and black’ scatters plagues and
Saheli Mitra speaks to Sauvik Banerjjee, one of the top six technologists of the world with over 150 implementations globally. He is also the chief architect of Reliance Jio, Vice President Digital Initiatives of TATA group of industries and CTO of TATACLIQ. On the sidelines