COVID-19 has indeed affected the students across India, but dedicated teachers are trying their level best to impart online lessons to students so that they do not lose or take a backseat in the new academic session. But giving online lessons from rural Bengal is
Prasenjit Bera has completed his Graduation in Graphic Design and Applied Art from Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata, in 2012. Presently, he is the Creative Su-pervisor at Ogilvy & Mather, Kolkata. The project- #Goviraltostopthevirus is an initiative to make people think positively about the
Sudipta Biswas is Field Publicity Officer, Field Outreach Bureau Medinipur The announcement of lockdown had been a blitzkrieg for the poor people of erstwhile Maoist infested Salboni Block of Paschim Medinipur. With no clue about the sudden Corona menace that has wreaking havoc in major cities
What was perfection for one of the best actors of Bollywood, Irrfan Khan? Learning Bengali for Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s movie, where the director wanted none other than Irrfan as he knew the movie could be pulled out in a mix of English and Bengali dialect
When Chris Hemsworth in the recent Netflix sensation Extraction suddenly spoke a few words in Bengali, the audience was taken aback. Streaming on Netflix on April 24, the movie that also starred Bollywood actor Randeep Hooda in a negative role, had many outstanding action sequences.
Gourab Jana has completed his Masters in Applied Art from Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata, in 2018. Since then, he has been pursuing his career as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer. At present, Gourab is working with a digital marketing agency. The project-
When grandeur and history blend, it creates wonders. Just like Bengal’s Wasef Manzil, remnants of the Nawabi era. Syed Wasef Ali Mirza Khan Bahadur, the 17th Nawab of Murshidabad, had constructed a palatial residence after succeeding the throne. His wife named it ‘Wasef Manzil’ in
She has always spent her vacation inventing one thing or the other, she has always been innovative in her approach, many of her inventions have already been patented. Digantika Basu of Memari hence utilized her Lockdown days to invent Air Providing and Virus Destroying Mask
Mohan Singh always believed Rabindrasangeet should have the inner soul expressed in its rendition. For him the tune and the feeling with which the words are sung was of prime importance. In his lifetime, the singer had primarily chosen the lesser known songs of Tagore.
Kaustav Bakshi, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Jadavpur University Amrita Roychowdhury, Social Entrepreneur and Founder, Transcendent Knowledge Society Weary and exasperated with taking care of an adult, intellectually disabled daughter, the protagonist of Aparna Sen’s Paromita’r Ekdin (2000), Sanaka breaks down in an emotional outburst: “For 25