IArtists reside in every corner of the world. In our lives, art plays an important role in rejuvenating us and providing an escape from our monotonous daily hustle. This December there is an opportunity to witness the artworks of various artists who have gathered at
Shahenshah Amitabh Bachchan completed his 80th year of existence on October 11 this year. As Mumbai’s tinsel town went into celebration mode, Amitabh retrospectives were screened in theatres around the country. Kolkata has joined the bandwagon with a screening of eight of Bachchan’s most popular
It is no surprise that the women of India are portrayed in the light of patriarchy. We look at our past and try to connect women with the present. It is astonishing to see a huge number of texts defining the women of India- by
It has now been 40-45 years that I have been visiting film festivals in Kolkata, Delhi, Kerala, you name it. I watched the first Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) take off in 1995, when I was working for the advertising and publicity department of National
There still stands in the heart of Kolkata a social welfare home, co-founded by the city’s first mayor Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das, along with nationalist Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. Dakshin Kalikata Sevasram continues to work toward the betterment of needy boys. The President of Dakshin Kalikata
When in the heart of tribal Bengal, one suddenly encounters a Santhali Book Fair in full swing with crowds thronging the book stalls to buy Santhali books and calendars, you realise how efficiently a dying language has been revived and is now being made popular.
It was no ordinary Sunday. Thanks to a 35-year-old primary school teacher from Chandannagar, May 22, 2022 became a red letter day in honour of the first Indian woman to scale Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen. Piyali Basak, who in September-October 2021 had also become
In the middle of the urban city jungle, how about enjoying the food of those for whom the forest is home? Over the past few years, Kolkata has always been a foodie’s paradise. People here have experimented with and experienced ‘different’ kinds of food joints,
Case 1: A 40-year-old woman dependent on the income of her bus conductor husband received ‘Swasthya Sathi’ Card on 13th November, 2019. In 2020 she was diagnosed with Total Retinal Detachment and underwent Laser Surgery at Retinal Institute of Bengal (RIB), which is a Swasthya
Chheley Kaar! (1954) Cast: Bikash Roy, Master Tilak, Chhabi Biswas, Arundhati Devi, Bhanu Banerjee, Tulsi Chakraborty, Nabadwip Haldar Director: Chitta Basu The most common description of Chheley Kaar! (literally, ‘whose son?’, but the exclamation mark is important) online is that it is a romantic comedy. Which is utter