‘Joy to the world Joy to the world Joy to the world, the Lord is come Let earth receive her King Let every heart prepare Him room And Heaven and nature sing……’ I still remember singing these hymns and carols in our school chapel and welcoming Christmas with utmost warmth. The
Rituporno Ghosh still lives in the hearts and souls of Bengalis and cinema-lovers. Director Ram Kamal Mukherjee who lives in Mumbai and has made a name for himself in Bollywood as a cerebral short film and documentary maker, pays a tribute to the legendary director
Author and philosopher, Howard Thurman had once said, “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” Many of us get caught in the
Sanchaiyta Bhattacharjee Alam, popularly known as Chef Sunshine has been able to bring sunshine in the otherwise morbid lives of inmates of Pavlov Mental Hospital. Recently, she conducted a baking workshop with a bunch of women residents of the hospital on behalf of Anjali, a
Swarnabha Dey is an IT professional based in Kolkata who with the help of friends and others have set up the first crowd-funded school of Bengal. He gives an exclusive interview to GetBengal on how such crowd funded schools can help the next generation of
Film-maker Debraj Naiya’s latest film ‘Voice of Silence’ has created a buzz among film- enthusiasts all over the world. The film talks about the silent sufferings experienced by a molested or raped woman and has been dedicated to nurse Aruna Shanbag who died after spending
Remember that Padma Sandesh or Golap Bahar or even the Haansh Sandesh and Chandrapuli that your grandma made at home? Well, such sweets had one thing in common, they all looked grander and tasted heavenly. Bengal has always been the Land of Sandesh. From Nolen
Russia and India go back a long way together. The association has been strong and time-tested. Both countries have a history of cooperation in terms of defence, economy, politics, civil nuclear energy, anti-terrorism co-operation and space research for decades. When it comes to literature too,
Poush Parbon has been an intrinsic tradition of Bengal. One of the major reasons to embrace winter is this festival. At the onset of winter, this festival was once celebrated in every part of Bengal where the female members of the family came together to
Comedy is one genre which exists in every form of art and every kind of culture. The specifics of comedy in each culture are different. In literature too, comedy has always existed as a unique form of story telling. In Bengali literature, the history of