Arogya Niketan (1967) Cast: Bikash Roy, Subhendu Chatterjee, Ruma Guha Thakurta, Chhaya Devi, Sandhya Roy, Bankim Ghosh Director: Bijoy Bose Three days ago, on September 14, most of us quietly missed the 51st death anniversary of Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay, who passed away in Kolkata in 1971 at 73. During his
It is that time of year, when the blue heavens are decorated with colourful, geometric blobs, and the air is rife with ecstatic screams of "Bho-katta!" Crowds form on the roofs of houses, and the children, nay, warriors, wage the ancient battle to be the
Wildlife enthusiasts from across the globe dream of catching just a glimpse of the majestic predator of the world's largest mangrove forest. But for the people living with the swamp tigers of the Sundarbans, such an encounter converts to a death sentence for them. Even
“In this image-driven age, wildlife filmmakers carry a heavy responsibility. They can influence how we think and behave when we’re in nature. They can even influence how we raise our kids, how we vote and volunteer in our communities, as well as the future of
A beautiful woman lavishly dressed in an expensive Banarasi silk saree, decked with heavy gold and diamond jewellery stands alone, holding the window grills, staring vacantly at the outside world from an enormous room. She is an embodiment of melancholy and loneliness and her expressive
Pather Panchali will remain a timeless classic, not just because of Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay’s soulful display of minute emotions of a family, set in rural Bengal, but for the adaptation of Apu Trilogy on screen by none other than Satyajit Ray. As Akira Kurosawa once mentioned,
Residents of Khardah, a town in North 24 Parganas, are jubilant. A teensy-weensy girl from their township has brought glory to this once-thriving industrial hub on the outskirts of Kolkata. The six-year-old girl has stunned everyone with her brilliant performance at the Science Olympiad Foundation
Nimantran (1971) Cast: Anup Kumar, Sandhya Roy, Sandhya Rani, Jahar Roy, Nandini Maliya, Kali Banerjee, Pahari Sanyal Director: Tarun Majumdar Nimantran won the award for Best Feature Film in Bengali at the 19th National Film Awards announced on February 5, 1972. It also fetched its music director and
The results for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate) or NEET (UG) 2022, was declared on September 7, 2022. A red-letter day in the lives of all aspiring medical students in India who have been waiting with bated breath for the results that would
In 2010, Debasish Biswas became the first Bengali civilian mountaineer to reach the top of Mt Everest. In 2011, against severe odds, he repeated the record by summiting Mt Kanchenjunga, the world’s third highest peak, and one of its most notoriously difficult ascents. As a young