For lovebirds of South Kolkata, Menoka and Priya Cinema halls have always been the favourite hangouts. Not just strolling down the picturesque Lakes, couples and families have often dropped in for a movie at Menoka Cinema Hall. Built in 1949, this iconic South Kolkata hall
Coffee House er shei adda ta aaj aar nei (the famous Coffee House adda is no more). Well, Manna Dey’s hit song might be all about missing old friends and the College Street Coffee House rendezvous, but Maya Art Space relived the quintessential ‘Kolkata Adda’
The minute one speaks of Noakhali, images that float before us are those of riot-hit areas, ravaged by bloodshed, rape and loot. The Noakhali genocide is what this port town of Bangladesh is synonymous to even decades later. But Noakhali on the banks of Meghna
“Yes, I wanted to kill the governor. Unfortunately, I failed…. He is the living image and the supreme symbol of a government, and an administrative system, which has enslaved my country and kept it in chains. I wanted to attack that symbol….”, fiery words that
What has journalist-cum-activist Gauri Lankesh’s murder to do with Rabindranath Tagore’s Ghare Baire? Well, there lies an uncanny link indeed, as it was that very night, when ace actor and director Aparna Sen had a dream. May be disturbed by the news of the murder,
