Last week it was Cyclone Nisarga, couple of weeks before that it was Cyclone Amphan. And despite both being cyclones, they differed in form and shape and devastation --- Nisarga formed over Arabian Sea on the west coast of India, literally died in a whimper.
Mohan Singh often reminisces his favourite Mohar-Di (Kanika Bandopadhyay). He relates one particular incident when Mohar-Di was asked to cook Khichuri. She was not certain about the quantity of rice and lentils required to prepare for all the partakers. So, she put equal amounts of
Resident of Kolkata, Jhuma Kundu (Dimpi) is a ceramic artist. She has completed her undergraduate course in Ceramics from Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata in 2013 and a postgraduate from Viswa Bharati University, West Bengal in Ceramics and Glass Design. She has also done
Sankha Banerjee is an assistant professor— Department of Multimedia, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata and an independent art practitioner • Your first volume of the graphic novel on Mahabharata, Vyasa: The Beginning, was published by Penguin India in 2017. How difficult was it to provide a visual
The flaming Gulmohar Avenue of Kolkata, popularly known as Red Road comes in all hues during summer. The trees in a mix of crimson, yellow and magenta truly were in their blooming best during Lockdown. Dr Madhushree Ray had to be out on the roads
As evening descends, the ground floor garage space of a very ordinary, weather-beaten multi-storied building in Kundu Lane, Kalighat, 35 kg of rice is poured deftly in a large Handi (pot) of boiling water for cooking. Amiya Das, an employee in a private insurance company
Pritam Bhattacharya is a freelance artist from Krishnanagar, West Bengal. He has been into this field for more than ttwo decades. He is a member of Krishnanagar Charukala Society. A trained ceramic artist and a sculptor. Bhattacharya was a root collector and associated with ‘Katum Kutum’
The fine yellow rounded Bele fish eggs deep fried with warm rice on a rainy afternoon just after school, well, I still cannot forget that memory. But even a few years back, despite searching the best fish markets of Kolkata, I could not lay hands
It was January 23, 2019. As I woke up at dawn, I recalled the date -- January 23, the birth anniversary of Bengal’s iconic freedom fighter, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. I felt a surge of adrenaline within me -- what better way than to start
Cyclone Amphan had not just brought misery to the residents of Bengal, but it ravaged the green cover of the state, particularly of capital Kolkata and ‘killed’ large number of trees. The task is now to replace these trees, else severe ill effects of pollution