By the Tungabhadra is set around 1430, in the southern Indian Vijayanagar empire, during the reign of King Devaraya (Deva Raya II, who ruled ca. 1425 to 1446). It is a loosely historical novel, as author Saradindu Bandopadhyay builds his story around some of the
Ramkrishna Mission recently released a revised and enlarged edition of letters that Sister Nivedita wrote in the thirteen years of her life she spent working in India. Nivedita, born as Margaret Elizabeth Noble was working in London as a school teacher when she met Swamiji
Designer Shumona Mitra's Weaves bring an array of black and white sarees on Khadi Benarasi and Tussar. This pujo season women in USA get a chance to drape themselves in exquisite Indian Fabrics.
For celebrity designer Raja Biswas, who has a huge celebrity fan following from designer Agnimitra Paul to actor-director Aparna Sen, exclusive designer sarees should be made affordable for all. Keeping this in mind, he has launched his new range of sarees named Black is the
In this award-winning book, poet-novelist Sunil Gangopadhyay pushes himself beyond the frontiers of the ‘well-made novel’ into the fascinating world of family and period history, reportage, travel narrative, folklore and ethnography. A central achievement of the novelist lies in the manner, in which he integrates
Tollywood is currently inundated with bright sparks and ideas with directors willing to take risk and venture into areas not treaded so far. They are opening new vistas and the audience is definitely not complaining. The latest one to join this fray is Premangshu Roy’s 'Chilekotha'. 'Chilekotha'
Remember Byomkesh Parbo? Bengal’s two brilliant contemporaryactors Abir Chatterjee and Ritwick Chakraborty came together as Byomkesh-Ajit and their easy chemistry rocked the silver screen. Both are method actors with a solid theatre background, and that surely gets reflected when they perform in movies. They do
‘Given the times we are living in, it is important to explore Nazrul; celebrate his legacy and tell the world about his multi-faceted creativity. He is historic, yet he is so contemporary.’ I first met Kolkata-based documentary filmmaker, Mujibar Rahman seven years ago. At first glance,
Ace music composer Shantanu Moitra has roped in Bollywood’s popular female voice Shilpa Rao to belt out two numbers in the upcoming Bengali movie Projapoti Biskut. Directed byAnindya Chattopadhyay, this movie is set for a pujo release. The singer who was heard in movies like
