OWhen was India’s National Anthem first sung in British India? Rabindranath Tagore’s poem/song “Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka” was sung publicly at the 26th annual national convention of Indian National Congress, held in Calcutta between December 26 and 28, 1911. The song became mired in controversy
Our world as we knew it changed drastically in January 2020, when Covid-19 made its global appearance. This may seem like stating the obvious, but life in Covid times has become so normalised that perhaps we need to step back a little occasionally, just so
The history of Indian cinema has created many films dealing with the sex worker who lives on the fringes of mainstream society and belongs to a marginalised ghetto. Among the memorable examples are Shyam Benegal’s Mandi (1983), Gulzar’s Mausam (1975), T.S. Ranga’s Giddh (1984), B.R.
With the BJP being confined to less than 1o0 seats in the recent Assembly elections, Mamata Banerjee’s stock has risen in the eyes of the nation, particularly among democratic-minded citizens. As we all know, nature abhors a vacuum. The more inadequate the Congress proves in
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In an age when misinformation and fake news have become part of everyday life, this story would be commonplace. Nearly a century ago, however, news was not taken as casually as it is now, and certainly not when it involved a personage of the stature
The West Bengal Government has drawn up a Rs 120-crore East Kolkata Wetland Management Plan to save the “lungs and kidney” of the city, said Mr. Vivek Kumar, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Forest and Environment, Government of West Bengal, at a programme organized by
Meghalaya is a beautiful combination of Sanskrit words meaning ‘abode of clouds’, from Sanskrit ‘megha’ (cloud) and ‘ā-laya’, (abode). Those who have visited this state of nearly 3.5 crore people will know that it is as beautiful as its name. And yet, not many will
Being a scholar student of Amity School of Films and Drama, Rishav Ghosh has written and directed several films, the most notable being ‘Synthetic Sati’ recently streaming on Amazon Prime UK and four leading national OTT platforms. His ‘Agamani’ is streaming in Bangladesh OTT, marking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZA1XDtdWZ4 U nder the inspiration of Hon'ble Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, a statewide Covid-19 vaccination programme for tourism and hospitality sector professionals was inaugurated at the Park Hotel in Kolkata today, in the presence of Shri Indranil Sen, Minister, Tourism and Information and Cultural Affairs, along with