For most of us, Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury is a name we think of only in connection to his famous son, or even more famous grandson. But is it enough to think of him simply as the father of Sukumar Ray and grandfather of Satyajit Ray?
PThe Indian knowledge-based social media platform Dialoguein is a relative newcomer to the digital world. And yet, it is already preparing to launch its first virtual international event, the ‘Dialoguein Global Bengali Lit-Fest’, supported by Bongodorshon.com and The Bengal Store, from May 6-8, featuring more
Of all the residents of Dhaka, 99 percent are from various corners, districts, villages, and towns of Bangladesh. On the first meeting, the commonest question is, ‘So where do you come from originally?’ I’ve heard elderly people in Kolkata say the same thing about the
আমার জন্য একটুখানি কবর খোঁড়ো সর্বসহা লজ্জা লুকোই কাঁচা মাটির তলে- গোপন রক্ত যা-কিছুটুক আছে আমার শরীরে, তার সবটুকুতে শস্য যেন ফলে। O earth, dig a small grave for me Let me hide my shame under the raw soil– Whatever secret blood is in my body, Let every ounce ripen the grains. Our
Nasi goreng with chicken satay and peanut sauce by Anurita Nehra Last year, at about this time, the Covid-19 pandemic really came home to us as the nationwide lockdown went into effect. In the year since then, the world as we knew it has undergone immense,
‘I never write without reading, knowing, thinking. It takes time. Even with short pieces, I take time,” wrote Annadashankar Ray. In those short pieces, even those of a political nature, the focus was on expressing his core thoughts in as few words as possible. He
Eminent author Mani Shankar Mukhopadhyay, popularly known as Shankar, will be conferred the Sahitya Akademi Award for his memoir titled ‘Eka Eka Ekashi’. This award to the 87-year-old author is long overdue. Sankar (generally known as Sankar in English-language literature ) since childhood had a
What on earth can explain the union of two complete strangers, coming from two nations with very different cultures and moorings, the younger one knowing the older one only through his writings? Can there be any other form of love that is deeper than this
Victoria Ocampo had read the French translation of Gitanjali, shortly after her own marriage to a famous Argentinian lawyer in 1912 broke off. Interestingly, her marriage broke off on the very night of her honeymoon. Ocampo, born in 1890, was so moved by reading Gitanjali
It all started a year ago in Tianjin, China, when the next meeting of the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) was announced to be scheduled in Buenos Aires. The acronym TWAS has an added suffix that reads: ‘for the developing world.’ TWAS was established by