Pallavi Majumder is a painter and an installation artist from Kolkata. At present, she is a third-year Ph.D. student in the Doctoral School of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest. She completed her BFA from Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata and MFA
"আজ মঙ্গলবার। পাড়ার জঙ্গল সাফ করবার দিন। সব ছেলেরা দঙ্গল বেঁধে যাবে। রঙ্গলালবাবুও এখনি আসবেন। আর আসবেন তাঁর দাদা বঙ্গবাবু। সিদ্ধি, তুমি দৌড়ে যাও তো। অনঙ্গদাদাকে ধরো, মোটরগাড়িতে তাঁদের আনবেন। সঙ্গে নিতে হবে কুড়ুল, কোদাল, ঝাঁটা, ঝুড়ি। আর নেব ভিঙ্গি মেথরকে। এবার পঙ্গপাল এসে বড়ো
Since last one month the Calcutta Medical College was making headlines for all the wrong reasons, from media reporting how patients have been ill-treated, how COVID patients were kept waiting in a queue to how many doctors and nurses were falling prey to the virus
Before the COVID 19 pandemic appeared on the face of the earth, who would have thought the name ‘Corona’ would instill so much fear and resentment among people globally? This is the first time that people have been forced to live in detention, secluded from
It all started in 1905, when Lord Curzon divided Bengal. This was the time when Ahmed Hussain, a descendent of Nawab Wazid Ali Shah, a migrant from Lucknow came to Kolkata and opened a small restaurant on the ground floor of a Chitpur Hotel. Today
Twin lakes, forested tracks and vast stretches of virgin hilly tracts --- Jorepokhri is truly the Lake District of Bengal. The name itself suggests a pair of lakes with a beautiful viewpoint amidst Sinchal Forest at an altitude of 7,500 feet above sea level. Located
To ensure the safety of doctors, nurses and medical staff, many of whom are getting affected by COVID-19 while treating Corona patients, AMRI Salt Lake has introduced a near contact-less checking and treatment of COVID-19 patients in their specially designed Corona wards. These robots are
Kolkata’s oldest citizen, the 270-year-old Great Banyan Tree of Indian Botanical Gardens at Shibpur has been ravaged by Cyclone Amfaan. The tree that successfully withstood two earlier super cyclones of the 19th century in 1864 and in 1867, could not do so this time. The
Amidst the shout-out to 'Save Bengal,’ many have been asking me to provide a relevant platform where they can contribute for those affected by the devastation. I strongly recommend 'Kishalay Foundation' -working towards improving the learning outcome of early education in Rural India and basic preventive
Bengal has always said it with art. Even amidst the fear of Corona pandemic, role of Bengal’s patachitra is now being used to create awareness and pass important messages to the rural population. And leading from the front is a Patachitra on the pandemic by