Noted expatriate poet, memoirist and translator Lopamudra Banerjee’s latest volume of poetry and memoir Woman and Her Muse was launched by Intercultural Poetry and Performance Library (IPPL) on August 25, 2018 at a memorable programme marked by academic discussions and spontaneous poetry-reading at ICCR. Gautam
The minute one speaks of Noakhali, images that float before us are those of riot-hit areas, ravaged by bloodshed, rape and loot. The Noakhali genocide is what this port town of Bangladesh is synonymous to even decades later. But Noakhali on the banks of Meghna
“Yes, I wanted to kill the governor. Unfortunately, I failed…. He is the living image and the supreme symbol of a government, and an administrative system, which has enslaved my country and kept it in chains. I wanted to attack that symbol….”, fiery words that
What has journalist-cum-activist Gauri Lankesh’s murder to do with Rabindranath Tagore’s Ghare Baire? Well, there lies an uncanny link indeed, as it was that very night, when ace actor and director Aparna Sen had a dream. May be disturbed by the news of the murder,
Fragrance of Shiuli flowers strewn on a morning path or sailing white clouds in the autumn sky… quintessential images of a Bengal autumn that speak of the arrival of Maa Durga… these images never came to my mind when I was a child. We were
‘Tumi dushtu lok’… (He is an evil man)… that’s what teary-eyed Mukul said when Mandar Bose killed a peacock with a shot. And may be that one shot in the end of the movie had lots to speak. So, did the wonder laced look of
When Bengal’s all-time favourite Hilsa or Ilish Maach is served in royal style befitting a queen with members of some well-known royal families giving you company, then the fish tastes even better and the dishes turn to signature ones. Along with that, throw in a
The iconic College Street Coffee House building of Kolkata has stood for decades as a witness to several historical, cultural and political revolutions. However, what many of us are not aware of, is that the building also harbours a strong literary connect, that of housing
Who doesn’t love flowers? We all do. Imagine a flower garden or bagh, where British ladies went for their evening stroll in Perin’s Garden. By then, the British East India Company had established their supremacy over Kalikata, and was abandoning Sutanuti. This is when Baghbazar
• Why did you choose a topic like menopausefor the movie and how was it conceptualised? My Director and I were having a coffee cup conversation one day planning about our next venture when we realized it’s perhaps high time to start featuring women centric plots