Nine-year-old wonder boy Ayush Nandi has created a stupendous Durga idol with paper to entertain himself and others in the family during these times of COVID Pandemic when most of us will watch Puja from the safety of our homes. Ayush like many others of
Durga Puja is not just a religious festival. Over the years the event has transformed into an annual carnival with jaw-dropping public art installations. Kolkata is temporarily transformed into a huge public art gallery with beautiful idols of the goddess, all-night crowds, live music sessions,
Durga Puja is just a week away and installation artists are nearing completion of their projects. Final touches are being given here and there and then their labour of love will be ready for display. The annual autumnal festival is renowned for their the extravagant
Today's edition of Crime Time is about two murders, one suicide, and a love triangle. Dating back to 1991, this case also stands out for a couple of other reasons. One, set as it is in pre-mobile times, this remains one of the finest examples
I knew Kishore Bhimani, long before we set eyes on each other. I lived in a world of sports, football and cricket where I discovered Kishore. There, and as the face of No. 10, and again falling in love with the welcoming voice at the
Sir Rajendranath Mookerjee, who was an engineer and also an idol of Entrepreneurship, something Bengalis are always thought to be averse to, was a pioneer industrialist of Bengal. He is also father and father in law to Kolkata’s own steel baron Sir B N Mookerjee
A middle-aged man walking absent-mindedly on the road. His leaky pen has already created a graffiti on his shirt pocket, but he is oblivious of everything around him as he walks with his eyes fixed on the road. He takes long strides as he has
Economic boom during 1990s, regulated inflow of sponsorship and investment of the corporate world in Durga Puja. More money meant more glamour and original flavour of tradition finally gave way to turning Durga Puja into the world’s largest public installation art form with a separate
Historically, Barisha is one of the oldest boroughs in Kolkata. The Sabarna Roy Choudhurys’, one of the oldest zamindar families of Bengal and the trustee of Kalighat Kali Temple lives in Barisha. The Durga Puja celebration of Sabarna Roy Choudhury family at Barisha was launched
As all of us would agree, this has truly been an 'annus horribilis' (Latin for horrible year), the phrase Queen Elizabeth famously used to describe 1992, a year that saw the British royal family beset by a series of grave personal problems. Well, 'annus horribilis' would