There was a time when Purulia’s Vicky spend nights on station platforms and went without food often. That same Vicky is a fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and dines with Prince Edward at Buckingham Palace as part of a photo shoot. Well, this is
Fables are always a kid’s favourite and so are fantasy movies. Fantasy movies based on folk tales are now an attractive section of the film industry with a great appeal to children and their learning years. Nitish Roy’s dream project ‘Buddhu Bhutum’s trailer and poster
Bengal’s lifeline has always revolved around two passions --- movies and sweets. And when the twain meet, the joy is knows no bounds. As the intellectual capital of India celebrates 100 years of Bengali cinema, the sweetmakers of the city have come up with innovative
Imagine a 60-year-old Sabyasachi Chakraborty playing the role of Feluda at the age of 60! Well, he did it and he did it with elan. Though the fictional sleuth created by Satyajit Ray was actually a young detective, suave, smart and intelligent. But Sabyasachi matched
Street food in Kolkata is like religion, so much so, that we can go for ages singing sentimental paeans on street food. The connoisseurs of street food are fiercely loyal and can lock horns and draw daggers if provoked. They earnestly believe and proclaim Kolkata’s
Some movies are immortalized, through story telling and some by real life actors, who portray the characters with so much of passion and intensity, that they remain sketched down generations. One such role is that of Pather Panchali’s Sarbajaya. It is said author Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay
Well, it is indeed a sad day for food connoisseurs of Bengal and those sweet-toothed foodies across the world, who used to take the famous Kalimpong cheese and lollipops home from the quaint Himalayan town of Bengal. What tea was to Darjeeling, this cheese and
When you speak of Bengali sweets, you primarily speak of Misti Doi as it is a hot favourite with sweet connoisseurs from across the world. And of the famous old Calcutta mishit doi shops, College Street’s Santosh Mistanna Bhandar stood out. Unfortunately, that very heritage
Well, it is indeed a sad day for food connoisseurs of Bengal and those sweet-toothed foodies across the world, who used to take the famous Kalimpong cheese and lollipops home from the quaint Himalayan town of Bengal. What tea was to Darjeeling, this cheese and
A week before Uttam Kumar died on July 24, 1980, he had wanted to meet ‘his Rama,’ actress Suchitra Sen who has often been compared to Hollywood’s recluse Greta Garbo. He called her after watching the movie ‘Alo Aamaar Alo’ on TV, but Suchitra Sen