What happens when a polymath and artist designer approaches design as a complex nation-building idiom? They surely in the process focus on modernisation and revivalism. Riten Mozumdar, born in 1927 was one such artist-designers of the Indian Modernist Design Renaissance who left a mark in
"The sea is the same as it has been since before men ever went on it in boats." ― Ernest Hemingway. Since time immemorial, human beings have taken to water to survive, to explore, to travel, to trade, to irrigate, even to do household chores. For
Somendra Mohan Ghosh is a well-known environmentalist and green technologist Citizens of Kolkata seem to be indifferent to the city’s critical health condition as it gasps painfully for fresh air. Kolkata is endowed with diverse and distinctive traditional water bodies. They support large human populations and
Birla Industrial and Technological Museum Driving past Kolkata’s Birla Industrial and Technological Museum (BITM) on what is Gurusaday Road today, not many would probably wonder about its origins, but for those who do, the name of architect Nundlal Guin ought to be important. This is because
For history buffs who love to unveil the past and explore hidden treasures, here’s time to rejoice. The Metro Rail authorities have decided to set up a heritage gallery at the Mahakaran Metro Station in the Dalhousie Square area, which will revolve around India’s freedom
With Poila Baisakh knocking on the door, gifting ideas may be hard to come by, other than the mandatory new clothes, perhaps. So without taxing your brain too hard, why not check out the several new offerings we are about to unveil? After all, the
Ganadevata (1978) Cast: Soumitra Chatterjee, Ajitesh Bannerjee, Sandhya Roy, Madhabi Mukherjee, Samit Bhanja, Rabi Ghosh, Sumitra Mukherjee, Anup Kumar Director: Tarun Majumdar Two days from now, veteran actor and sometime MP Sandhya Roy turns 81. A three-time recipient of the Bengal Film Journalists’ Association Award, she made her
Howrah is often considered to be one of the most polluted cities of India, so much so that residents of different parts of the city suffer from respiratory ailments. Being an industrial city with multiple polluting factories and units, the air over Howrah is not
The new season first flush Darjeeling tea has received a record price of Rs 23,000 per kg. Well-known tea brand Golden Tips has sourced and purchased these new season spring teas from Goodricke Group's Badamtam Tea Estate. This tea estate is situated at an elevation
No wonder, generations had put her on a mantelpiece to eulogize. No other actress of Tollywood had the power to stir such intense emotions of an entire community, just like Suchitra Sen did and probably still does. She was an enigma whose aura, poise, screen