I still remember a scene from the famous movie Amrita Kumbher Shandhane, a film made on the sidelines of Kumbh Mela, where in the end due to a stampede, lives are lost. I was a school student then, quite young, but the impact of this
When I first read about Sujata, the mother of corpse number 1084, I could not hold back my tears. I was a college student then and had always been very curious about the Naxal Movement that had rocked Kolkata years before I was born. Heard
Kalighat painting or pat was not a well-recognized form of art and took years even to be marked as a proper art form. Today it has a wide influence in various forms of art throughout the world. Kalighat Pat is the only indigenous art of
Remember that stern-faced mother who refused to fit into the submissive docile archetype, or that emotionally strong silent matriarch, the mother of Rina Brown who forever refused to let the world know of her true identity? Well, that personality was none other than Chhaya Devi.
The intellectual hemisphere is an exclusively male domain where females are strictly prohibited, or so thought those who branded author Ashapurna Devi a ‘kitchen writer,’ who tried every possible way to downplay the importance of her writing. But someone of her stature never bothered to
No art can exist without a meaningful exchange. And if the art in question was born in Bengal, then it has always reached beyond the shores and the world across for its excellence in artistry. This was once again highlighted through an exhibition organized in
Here is some sweet first to the New Year! If you mix the extravagance of rosogolla with that of a piece of vintage Kolkata, you produce one of the most visited food fests of the city. So, do not miss the first ever Bagbazar O-
“Oh! Nalini open your eyes Is sleep still to abandon its ply See standing at your door The rising sun’s first score…..” His love poems have taken generations by storm, who still do not deter to quote his lines for his or her lover, for they have inspired romantic
If you happen to have descended from ancestors, who lived or still live in Bangladesh, then you must have heard stories of not just yummy pithe, but of a Poush Sankranti that is still celebrated OparBanglaa style! Ever heard of mera-merighar? Or even of Shakrain
“In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.” Our very own city – Kolkata is experiencing the extravaganza of lights this winter. With the arrival of China’s Lantern Festival in this city, winter has become all the more special. Nicco Park has always