How I loved my peach-pink benarasi saree! Incidentally, it also happened to be my aunt’s favourite saree. It had an elaborate silver zari work in uniform floral pattern along the pallu and saree border accompanied with silver diamond motifs all over, giving it the very
Saira Shah Halim is an educator and a civil and human rights activist who’s actively involved with causes such as gender equality, safeguarding secularism, democracy and women’s issues. She’s a proud Calcuttan and takes pride in everything Bengali There is something about Bengal that stands out
West Bengal Heritage Commission has finally taken up restoration of the famous Jalpaiguri Rajbari. Though Coochbehar Palace has been a popular tourist destination for ages, Jalpaiguri Palace has hardly ever been on the tourist map. But now with the Heritage Commission showing interest in the
Jayeeta Ganguly is an independent mass media consultant and journalist To a movie connoisseur, Adil Hussain needs no introduction. He is an actor par excellence who has acted in some of the best films and productions emanating from Bollywood, Hollywood, regional films and Indo-European art houses.
Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, known for ruling the nation on and off with an iron hand and often compared to Britain’s own ‘Iron Lady,’ Margaret Thatcher, had a ‘sweet tooth’ weaknessfor a particular Bengali sweet, known as Kansat. She had tasted it when
Well, it all began in the first year of our marriage, when I realised my husband is being royally ignored on Jamai Shashthi, a day when a son-in-law in Eastern India, especially in Bengal is supposed to enjoy all the attention from his in-laws, showered
For all of you who were in Kolkata in 1984 and watched the Nehru Cup, probably had their memory tickled when they saw a grey-haired coach with a flowing mane, shouting instructions to Peru’sWorld Cup squad in a recent match with Denmark. Not that his
When not working as a mental-health care professional, Amanita Sen writes poems both in English and Bengali which have been published in several journals, from different countries like India, Bangladesh, USA and Canada and she loves watching films Good books and good films grow upon you.
Nilanjan Biswas lives in English Bazar, Malda. He is a WBCS officer currently posted as Child Development Project Officer under Department of Women and Child Development & Social Welfare, Govt. Of West Bengal. Even a few months ago, he was indistinct from the masses. Nobody cared
Imagine watching World Cup Football, sitting in a quiet restaurant in Russia, having a quintessential Bengali meal of daal-bhaat (rice and pulses), machher jhol or korma (fish delicacy), keema singara and pappad, rounding it off with Bengali sweets. Well we call this watching World Cup, Bengali