If we thought Parallel Cinema movement started in India in 1950s, well, then we are wrong. Much before Bengal and India produced world class directors like Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak, there was a filmmaker born in 1900 in Kolkata. He was Modhu Bose, at
We never mourn the death of legends. Rather we celebrate them, their works and their memories. Just like legendary Dilip Kumar, who left this morning for the heavenly abode at the age of 98, but will forever be remembered by this land of Bengal, that
Munich-based German sports club FC Bayern Munich is a household name for football lovers across the globe and at present is the world’s fourth richest club. But that’s a known fact. What’s not known is how a 17-year-old soccer sensation, Subho Pal is on the
Come summer and the 'king of fruits' is at its seasonal peak, lakhs of mangoes are eaten and their kernels discarded daily. These either land up in the garbage heaps or grow in awkward places like drain sides. This is when each mango seed has
Filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak was often found here at a table, indulging in heated arguments with his friends, seen walking out in a huff, only to return to the 150-year-old drinking hole of Calcutta, tucked in one corner. As the oldest bar of the city, Chhota
Fish played an important role in the journey of one of Masterchef Australia 2021’s top contestants - Kishwar Chowdhury. Bengal’s Machher Jhol surprisingly topped the list and all judges were left in awe. Bengali cuisine has a taste, texture and character of its own, at
Plastic is a versatile, lightweight, flexible and highly durable material and is used across almost every sector, but it pollutes too being non-biodegradable! Around the world, one million plastic drinking bottles are purchased every minute, while 5 trillion single-use plastic bags are used worldwide every
One movie of Ray among many other pathbreaking ones that brought two idols together was Nayak. 57 years ago in 1966, the story of a humble theatre actor turned matinee idol Arindam Mukherjee hit the screens, catapulting Uttam Kumar to a different genre of acting
In 2012, an unlabelled size-nine shoebox was discovered in the archives of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) that yielded a treasury of glass plate photographs of India, dating more than a century ago. The rare and fragile glass
800 food items and recipes from all across India were laid in front of the judges. But they had to be simple and nutritious food, not just spicy and tasty. Nutrition for all was the key word, and the organisation behind this Nutritious Food of