Manisha Pailan is an acid attack survivor who belongs to a village in Jaynagar. She was subjected to an acid attack way back in 2015. But the incident could not stop her. She took it as the biggest learning lesson of her life and started
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29eM8C8Gu7Q Indubala, the mellifluous singer and performer, hailed from the infamous red-light alleys of Rambagan in North Calcutta. But that was no deterrent to her achieving stardom as a brilliant singer, early in her teens. The velvety texture of her voice, amazing pitch range and melodious
Do you still have that Madur at home, the one we sat on during our childhood days with a bowl of puffed rice on a winter morning and some nolengur, chatting up with friends and family? Most urban Bengali homes today have bean bags or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2wE8WDxplc If you push the ‘past’ button on a Musical Time Machine, tracing Renaissance in Bengali songs, you will probably realize musical creations of Bengal were a confluence of global themes, since the time when Rabindranath Tagore composed Puranoshei diner katha. That button was again pressed
Shob Khelar Shera Bangalir Tumi Football… that famous Manna De song which defines the soccer fever of Bengalis. Kolkata was the birthplace of Indian soccer and over decades the famous clubs of Maidan produced the best soccer players of the nation. Of them Chuni Goswami’s
For the rest of the world, rice might be just a staple grain for consumption. But for Bengalis, it is no ordinary meal. It is an auspicious and divine grain in the eastern part of India. In all our festivities from birth till death, rice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOGOJIuZ7s0 Kolkata has always shown enormous love for art and has been a creative platform for budding artists. On the 12th of January 2020, 250 artists from various art disciplines converged on Hindustan Park Road in South Kolkata to be a part of yet another edition
Nestled amid nature in Bankura lies a quaint hamlet. From the highway, a long, dusty, rusty-red laterite soil path leads to Bikna, a village renowned for its ancient Dokra Art form. Connoisseurs of art and craft from all over the world throng to this village
‘I have always believed that the real history is made by ordinary people. I constantly come across the reappearance, in various forms, of folklore, ballads, myths and legends, carried by ordinary people across generations. The reason and inspiration for my writing are those people who
This morning, one hundred and seven leading tour companies and their representatives from around thirty-seven countries attended the inauguration of one of the biggest tourism meets in India held at the Biswa Bangla Convention Centre. The Destination East 2020 spearheaded by CII Eastern Region and supported