You all must have heard of dancer and actress Sudha Chandran whose life had inspired many in the ‘80s and ‘90s. She became a dancing sensation in an artificial limb. But Anjali Roy of Kolkata is no less a heroine herself. On Poila Baisakh, this
CONSERVING SPACES, SITES AND THE BUILT FABRIC OF KOLKATA Convened by Manish Chakraborti and Kamalika Bose, Conservation Architects and Heritage Consultants and Tapati Guha-Thakura, Professor of History and Convener, JBMRC, Kolkata will witness a symposium with a difference. This exhibition and symposium has been planned to
MONDAY: 7th MAY • RABINDRA GAAN A EKOK SUMAN WHERE: Kala Mandir Auditorium; 6.30pm Kabir Suman is a living legend and a powerful singer, musician, lyricist and song writer. On the eve of Rabindra Jayanti, he will sing the songs of Rabindranath Tagore while playing a piano himself.
Shyamal Mukhopadhyay is settled in Nagpur and is a freelance intruder into the world of Bangaliana Samir had been unpacking his kits bag on a side table.Only a couple of hours ago he had landed at Dumdum airport by an afternoon Delhi flight and then hired
At 62, Pijush Kanti Saha of Katwa is all smiles. This super energetic retired school teacher and botanist has finally reaped the harvest of his hard work and dedication! He has grown as many as ten different varities of mangoes on the same tree! Yes you
At a time when many of us hardly read physical books and instead have taken to e-books, at a time when the love for reading books is on a downward graph, one library in Kolkata celebrated 100 years. It is indeed a moment of pride
A girl from Bengal is all set to break into the last male bastion of Indian aviation history. Airports Authority of India (AAI) has tweaked rules to appoint the first ever woman firefighter to fill in the shortage in airport firefighting staff. Incidentally she is
• Why did you choose Kolkata as your muse? I have lived all my life in Kolkata. I am what I am because of her. I love this city irrespective of its flaws. It is a warm city, warmth of its people. The city equipped me
A few days back I turned an explorer on the streets of Kolkata. For I was keen to locate a particular house on 9C Hala Dhar Bardhan Lane in Bowbazar area. But the locals couldn’t help me. Even some of them had never noticed the
“I compose my music and then try to take my film to the level of my music….” In Satyajit Ray’s words, he used to compose music for his films first and then embarked on the film making. In 1984 while Ray’s movie Ghare Baire, based