Singer Rupankar Bagchi in an exclusive interview to GB speaks on his singing and acting career and his take on modern music • Hardly any Pujo albums are being launched these days, instead we find launches on Youtube. What is your take on this shift? I think
Such evenings are rare. Star lit sky, a mild cool wintry breeze and performances from century old books Geetibithika and Lipika, two of Tagore’s earliest creations. A heady concoction indeed, as performer Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee read out words and feelings penned down by Rabindranath Tagore
The West Bengal Livestock Development Corporation (WBLSDC) are setting up Kaviar outlets to offer exotic dishes like gondhoraj rabbit, duck mussallam, duck roast, quail curry and many other exotic lamb and goat dishes. The Kaviar shops will operate across different parts of Kolkata and also from
No one could put them down, because they had their mothers who inspired them to do something different. Sip n Bite is not just another café, it is a place where you find new stories written in every corner, stories of how one can win
The ancient Thakurdalan at Girish Bhavan in Bhowanipore still stands erect -- a silent testament to the changing times. As the annual preparations for Durga Puja begin, the age-old Thakurdalan is given a makeover. A temporary stage is still erected for holding the Mukherjee family’s
From spiritual leader Sri Ramkrishna Paramhansa to late Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to even West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, everyone is a fan of Felu Modak’s sweets. Situated on GT Road, one gets to see long queues infront of the shop almost every day.
The celebration of triumph over evil has started with much anticipation and gusto. Down the ages, from the time of the zamindars of British era Bengal to communist Bengal and then to different puja loving Bengal, the festivities have always kept us alive. They have
Did you know Bengal’s favourite Mishti Doi originated in Bulgaria! Well, do not raise your brows. Tracing the sweet trail of Bengal, one realises that majority of Bengal’s sweet box originated in some European nation or another. The yeast that helps to make Mishti Doi
The Intercultural Poetry and Performance Library presented an evening of rich academic deliberations and engagement with poetry titled as ‘Tryst with Poetry in Translation.’ Recently at ICCR. The theme of the evening was poetry in translation, an important area of concern in a multicultural country
TILL WE MEET AGAIN SHIBAJI BOSE Shrishti Publishers Rs 199 Till We Meet Again is a kaleidoscope, that delves into the depths of colourful lives, dissecting inner thoughts and bringing out the true hues of a middle-class Kolkata neighbourhood. As you read the book and get lost into islands