Padma Bhushan Ratan Kahar, aka 'Pagla Sursadhak', Birbhum, West Bengal He is often called the ‘Pagla Sursadhak’ (mad musician) by the villagers of Birbhum, as he steps along the red laterite village paths of Suri, at times he is seen running along and singing some of
Gangasagar Mela, Gangasagar, West Bengal The depth of the sunrise could not be fathomed across the vast horizon of the river mouth where only throngs of black and white heads can be seen along with a flush of occasional saffron robes, swaying in the chilling wind
These dolls do not dance or make facial expressions, they are static, rustic, yet charming, carrying a legacy of art and crafts tradition of Bengal down centuries. The Gala Putul and Babu Putul of Bengal reflect a lost era, they carry the simple charm of
When Army Day is celebrated every year across the country on 15 January to commemorate Field Marshal Kodandera M. Cariappa taking over as Indian Army’s first Commander-in-Chief from General Sir Francis Butcher (the last British Commander-in-Chief of India) in 1949, it marks a new chapter