Who else but Rabindranath Tagore can come to the rescue of our battered mental health in these times of crisis? And why not? After all, he himself witnessed deaths of near ones over and over again to diseases that do have a cure today. His
Jadavpur University is one of the premier institutions in India that has been executing prestigious academic and research programmes since its inception in 1955. An alumni from this distinguished seat of learning has made the entire country proud with his brilliant work in this grim
When you educate one person you can change a life When you educate many you can change the world ~ Rahila Khatun Ashina is a nondescript village in Falta, South 24 Parganas, barely 50 kilometers from Kolkata. Most of its residents are zari artisans, tailors and farmers. While
The ‘Shahenshah-e-Ghazal’ (Emperor of Ghazal), Mehdi Hassan Khan breathed heavily as he lay motionless on his hospital bed and the moments ticked away. His dulcet voice had betrayed him as had his body. A major cerebral stroke had left the great maestro paralyzed. The dull
“Of all God’s gifts to the sighted man, color is holiest, the most divine, the most solemn.” – John Ruskin The Festival of colours is round the corner and though many of us will probably remain indoors and not play with colours, thanks to the Pandemic
Palash Ghosh is the last of the Mohicans who continues to guard the secret recipe of world famous Bengal’s Bandel Cheese. He belongs to the only family of cheese makers who have held on to their secret gourmet art down generations, instead of looking into
Magic is an art form. As a performance-art, magic shares the same theatrical qualities and needs, in common with plays, operas, musicals, ballets, and other performance-based art-forms. Magicians are, therefore, artists. But how far can this art penetrate within the fabric of the mainstream society
Early in the 1960s, Bengali film producer Bijoy Chattopadhyay decided to commission a film based on Tarashankar Bandopadhyay’s novel, Abhijan. The story centred around a proud and hot-tempered Rajput taxi driver, Narsingh, with a passion for his car. Uttam Kumar was at the height of
Every artist has his/her own style of expression but there are gifted ones whose signature styles set them apart from the hoi polloi and one such virtuoso was Ordhendra Coomar Gangopadhyay aka ‘O.C. Ganguly’, who is renowned simply as ‘OC’ in the world of advertisement.
‘Music knows no boundaries’ and what could be more apt when describing playback singer, musician and composer Robin Ghosh who still commands a huge fan base in both Pakistan and Bangladesh and people still commemorate his death anniversary in both the countries. Ghosh is regarded