'The Scavenger of Dreams’, led by Sudipta Chakraborty and Shardul Bharadwaj Joining this year on the list of ‘A Window on Asian Cinema’ section at the upcoming 26th Busan International Film Festival is 'The Scavenger of Dreams,' a hard-hitting film by director Suman Ghosh. The city
Street art at Patuli, Kolkata It has been quite a while since Patuli emerged as the new hip and happening spot in the south Kolkata neighbourhood of the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass. Its novelty has worn off, people have got used to the Thailand-style floating market, the
Chapai Nawabgunj, Bangladesh, is popularly known as the Alpona Village Does Alpona speak? At times it does, specially if an entire village is decorated with one of the oldest art forms of Bengal – Alpona. Travelling and exploring different regions is like an adventure. The regions
Biswa Bangla Gate, also known as Kolkata Gate The must-visit list of every Kolkata resident consists of a very common name- New Town or Rajarhat. The smart city near Kolkata which attracts people from all parts of Bengal has been recognized as the best smart city
The education sector in West Bengal shines bright. It did so forever as we have always given priority to education. The age-old limerick – ‘Lekha-pora koray je/ Gari-ghora choray shay’ (One who studies, rises in society and enjoys financial privileges like riding cars) is a
Asian palmyra palm, popularly known as Taal in Bengal ‘Taal'er bora khaiya Nando nachite lagilo
It was July 24, 1980, the day an icon breathed his last, literally taking ill on the sets of a movie that we all thought was his last movie. But Uttam Kumar’s Ogo Bodhu Sundari was not his last film made. Rather he died while
Professor Asok Das received D. Lit. at The University of London It was mid-1970s and Dr. Asok Kumar Das, was working as the director of Jaipur’s Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum when he received a trunk call from Kolkata. The caller, with an unmistakable rich
Chandra Shekhar Ghosh-Founder, MD & CEO of Bandhan Bank In 2014, when the Reserve Bank of India named the two organisations which had been awarded banking licences that year, not too many Indians would have heard of Chandra Shekhar Ghosh or his non-banking financial company (NBFC) Bandhan Financial
Kolkata is all set to join the big club of international cities like Berlin, London, Munich, Moscow and Istanbul, thanks to the Kolkata’s metro railway. Kolkata was the first city in India to have had the underground transit system and though in subsequent years, many