https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2wE8WDxplc If you push the ‘past’ button on a Musical Time Machine, tracing Renaissance in Bengali songs, you will probably realize musical creations of Bengal were a confluence of global themes, since the time when Rabindranath Tagore composed Puranoshei diner katha. That button was again pressed
For the rest of the world, rice might be just a staple grain for consumption. But for Bengalis, it is no ordinary meal. It is an auspicious and divine grain in the eastern part of India. In all our festivities from birth till death, rice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOGOJIuZ7s0 Kolkata has always shown enormous love for art and has been a creative platform for budding artists. On the 12th of January 2020, 250 artists from various art disciplines converged on Hindustan Park Road in South Kolkata to be a part of yet another edition
Nestled amid nature in Bankura lies a quaint hamlet. From the highway, a long, dusty, rusty-red laterite soil path leads to Bikna, a village renowned for its ancient Dokra Art form. Connoisseurs of art and craft from all over the world throng to this village
‘I have always believed that the real history is made by ordinary people. I constantly come across the reappearance, in various forms, of folklore, ballads, myths and legends, carried by ordinary people across generations. The reason and inspiration for my writing are those people who
“We consider ourselves free spirits, but our words remain unfree. Women are late comers to writing and unwelcome ---” that’s what Nabaneeta Dev Sen said in her keynote speech once at the National Colloquium of Women Writers. Each of her short stories speak of that
This year the Gangasagar Mela, one of the largest pilgrimages of India, air ambulance will be used to help critically ill persons to reach the nearest medical facilities from the Gangasagar Mela. This is for the first time that the government of West Bengal will
During the late 1800s, passengers took the East Bengal Express connecting urban Calcutta with Goalondo, from where people opted for the ferry service on the Padma River. Passengers fanned out on steamers to Narayanganj in Dhaka or to Barisal it took connecting boats and steamers
When century-old terracotta temples come alive with the rhythms and rendition of classical maestros belting out the charm of Bengal’s only classical gharana, then all roads lead to the temple town of Bishnupur. One-of-its-kind, Bishnupur Music Festival starts this year on 10th January and continues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s50R5HdAXlc Bengal’s Alpana is unique, not just for its colourful motifs, sacred art or painting done with hands, but also for the ingredients. The paste of rice and flour goes into designing those motifs on auspicious occasions. The word Alpana is derived from the Sanskrit word