https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD-AWCj9Chc Rinki Roy Bhattacharya has cinema in her veins, daughter of Bimal Roy, she married Basu Bhattacharya and collaborated on his films. Her book, The Man Who Spoke in Pictures, shows Roy’s spare storytelling and nuanced understanding of the human condition that are reflected in classics
How did Namit Chaturvedi, Class IV student of Birla High feel speaking to Ruskin Bond and Devdutt Pattanaik This year, I went to the Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet at Victoria Memorial. There were two parts in which the show was held; one, in Son-Et-Lumiere and
USA based author Lopa Banerjee shares books and memories, she once picked up at Kolkata Book Fair, and misses the sea of humanity on a book trail Year 2006. In a mildly comforting, breezy late January afternoon, I was wading through a sea of unknown faces
Miss World Manushi Chillar was at Bengal Chamber of Commerce recently. Nirmalya Mukherjee, economic advisor to Bengal Chamber got up, close and personal through some candid shots. GB shares his exclusive photo shoot Miss World 2017 Manushi Chillar, has taken her medical studies to the platform
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As an author and also an avid book lover and reader, I can only say Kolkata Book Fair lost its sheen long back! Where is that human touch these days, like we had when, well known authors rubbed shoulders with avid readers and youngsters? I
Here is recipe of Chicken Kasha from Supriya Devi’s cook book. It is said she was not just a great cook, but loved treating friends and family to sumptuous food. And Uttam Kumar was a die hard fan of her dishes. We share today one
When I was a school kid my treasured essay-writing was ‘My Favourite Freedom Fighter’ or ‘Amar Priyo Swadhinota Songrami,’ in both English and Bengali. I always wrote about my preferred hero Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, which I believe many Bengali students still do. I waited
Actor writer and director, Biplab Dasgupta, remembers his onscreen ‘girlfriend’ Supriya Devi. GB Exclusive tribute to the actress. I was her onscreen boyfriend in the hit Bengali mega serial Kuasha Jokhon. Undoubtedly, it was like a dream come true for me, as I could never imagine
As India reels under hooliganism over the release of the movie Padmavat, Bengal has again proved it was far ahead of the rest of India. When 21st century India is impacted by release of a movie, whose protagonist is a queen, a fictional character rather