It was a Big Day for Bengali film buffs as Payal Kapadia’s first feature ‘A Night of Knowing Nothing’ bagged the prestigious Oeil d’Or award or the Golden Eye Award for ‘Best Documentary’ at the Cannes Film Festival 2021. The film was up against 27
We have all heard of Dasarath Manjhi – The Mountain Man, who carved a path through a hillock to shorten the travel route from his remote village. Even a movie was made on him. But how many of us know of Naren Hansda, the folk
“We nurture our creativity when we release our inner child. Let it run and roam free. It will take you on a brighter journey.” ― Serina Hartwell CDodo Biswas had an identical feeling and realized the need to liberate children from the dreary shackles of daily
Amartya Sengupta, a graduate from Medical College Hospital Kolkata (MCHK) topped the Institutes of National Importance Combined Entrance Test (INI-CET) this year. This all-India competitive examination allows an MBBS doctor to step into a few select elite medical institutes like AIIMS New Delhi to study
Fort William At the end of our very interesting walk last week, we had headed back to Esplanade, and it is from here that we will strike out in a new direction this week for our sixth episode - the waterfront. The walk will take in
Young filmmaker Ranjan Ghosh’s directorial debut Hrid Majharey (2014) fell flat on its face at the box office when it was released in Kolkata. The film, which was intended by the director as a tribute to William Shakespeare on his 450th birth anniversary, completed exactly
In what is quite possibly a unique partnership, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in Kolkata yesterday, July 30, between the National Atlas & Thematic Mapping Organization (NATMO) and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) for the preparation of utility/information maps of all districts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSPlFEC_Fq0 On January 19, 1941, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose escaped British surveillance in Calcutta in disguise, and headed to Kabul, Afghanistan. The adventurous journey to Kabul itself would rival the most thrilling of fictional accounts, but Netaji was only just starting out. Having reached Kabul, he
Thanks to the overwhelming focus on the British when it comes to colonial powers in Bengal, most of us tend to ignore the fact that other European countries sought to establish colonies in Bengal either before, or simultaneously with, or a few decades after Britain. Take
On May 24, the world celebrated ‘Bidrohi Kobi’ (Rebel poet) Kazi Nazrul Islam’s 122nd birth anniversary. But what went unnoticed and unsung was the fact that his iconic poem ‘Bidrohi,’ that shot him to fame, is making its centenary this year. The poem is recognized