This year marks Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s 125th birth anniversary, which everyone knows. It is most gratifying, though in a way surprising, that many of his countrywomen and countrymen not only remember him today as a person of history. But after all these years, he
Hunger The Kalpanirjhar International Film Festival, held in December, began 19 years ago, founded by the Kalpanirjhar Foundation and Goethe Institut, and has continued its journey for nearly two decades under the able directorship of S.V. Raman, chaired by filmmaker Goutam Ghose and a board of
The recent passing of Narayan Debnath, one of Bengal’s most iconic graphic illustrators, has perhaps revived several questions relating to Bengali cartoons and comic strips, and the differences and similarities between the two. In that context, the recent Cartoon Mela organised in Kolkata from December
Is it upturned? Is it twisted or gone topsy turvy? Never mind the Bengali name of the neighbourhood, Ultadanga is flat straight land, but might have got its name from an upturned boat or dingi, that were found in abundance here once upon a time.
In January of 1692 (1693 if we go by the modern calendar), Job Charnock died in Calcutta, a city of which many consider him the ‘founder’, if a city can actually have a single founder. That makes it 330 years since his death. Having arrived
When I first met Soumitra Chattopadhayay, he was a friend’s father. This was the early 1980s, and a poet friend of mine, Bitan Bhowmik, introduced me to another poet friend of his called Sougata, and we landed up at Sougata’s place to find that he
An extravagant three-storied dome shaped museum-cum-hall and auditorium, which has been under construction since February 2017, is likely to be completed by the year-end. Situated in Eco Park, Newtown adjacent to the herbal garden, the project is a joint effort by West Bengal State Electricity
VEvery die-hard foodie of Kolkata has been to Tiretta Bazaar at one point or the other to savour the best home-made Chinese food and breakfast and enjoy a slice of Chinese life in the heart of the city. But a dig in history opens up
As part of Swami Vivekananda’s birth anniversary, GB carries a 3-part-series on Swamiji as the humanist, spiritual leader and a socialist, who could vociferously relegate to the background, Gods of his own religion, for the greater cause of his country. In an era when India
Matryoshka fish, inspired by Russian Matryoshka dolls A beautiful sunset, brilliantly coloured birds, pouring rain, undersea miracles. All part of nature, all designed to evoke wonder. But what do we really see when we witness these marvels? Do we truly appreciate their elemental nature? Or is