https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0Na_Asq5LU Ai Yugo is a 20-year-old who has come from Tokyo to Kolkata to study Bengali. He is currently a student of the Foreign Studies department of Jadavpur University. Not just Bengali language, Yugo is studying Rabindrasangeet to be more specific. I met this shy and
Director Bo Thet Htun, Myanmar At 36, Bo Thet Htun is a young filmmaker, whose work the city had a chance to watch thanks to the 29th Kolkata International Film Festival’s NETPAC Award section. And at the end of the screening, a packed Rabindra Sadan broke
The 29th KIFF is knocking at the doors for every movie buff of Bengal, India and worldwide to be a part of this unique festival. There are six Asian films competing in the category of NETPAC (Asian Select) at the Kolkata International Film Festival. The
The Sundarbans is the pride of Bengal. Any person who knows about Bengal is certainly aware of this region which is a cluster of low-lying islands in the Bay of Bengal, spread across India and Bangladesh and is famous for its unique mangrove forests. This
‘In a forest of a hundred thousand trees, no two leaves are alike. And no two journeys along the same path are alike’ ― Paulo Coelho Trees cannot speak in human language, they cannot voice their grievances, their protests and hence political manifestos choose to look
At just 25, Mohammad Tahir Wahid has become a force for change. Breaking through numerous social and familial barriers, the young Pakistani is studying Bengali literature, immersing himself in Rabindranath Tagore, Nazrul Islam, Jasimuddin, and Farrukh Ahmad. Born in a village in Gujranwala division near Lahore,
The 1940s were an epoch of transformation globally. At the beginning of World War II in September 1939, India was deeply embroiled in the struggle for independence. Till then, Calcutta was a thriving metropolis and, commercially, culturally, and politically, one of India’s two major urban
Two saree-clad women playing saxophones in a village is not something one gets to see often and that’s probably the reason that has catapulted sisters-in-law Priya and Chumki Badyakar to fame and success. These two housewives from Kanksa village in West Burdwan district are now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy9bNgbZMJI To begin with a cliché, some truths are universal. The kind of truth that Pakistani filmmaker Saim Sadiq talks about in his debut film ‘Joyland’. The kind of truth that gives birth to freedom and openness, and pushes for an end to gender discrimination. Openness of
At 65, Sheikh Nazim is one of Kolkata’s old ‘bhistiwalas’ (water carriers). Every day, he walks along the city’s lanes and bylanes, witness to the living history of its brick and mortar heritage. One of the last survivors of our rapidly changing times, he is