Rinchen Wangmo Yolmo, a home baker from Siliguri, won a gold medal for her customised cakes at the Asia Cake Oscars 2024 in the category: Intermediary Novelty Cakes. The ambassador of Turkey presented the trophy in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Skilled bakers from all over Asia
India is a hotpot of a variety of cultures, ethnicities, religions, and races and celebrates many festivals that are unique to the sub-continent. Rakhi, or Raksha Bandhan, is a celebration of the bond between brothers and sisters. Raksha Bandhan in Sanskrit means "the knot of
The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) might be the most well-known science-fiction production of modern times, with its superheroes, villains, and aliens with shapeshifting powers and an evil agenda to take over the earth. However, nearly 60 years ago, four minds in Calcutta came up with
The Buddhadeb Dasgupta Memorial Trust, in association with the Forum for Film Studies and Allied Arts, has organised an event in commemoration of the master filmmaker Buddhadeb Dasgupta. Celebrating Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Master of Surreal Art, will be held with a great deal of revelry on
Title: India in Monochrome Author: Sajal Ghosh Publisher: Bee Books, 2024 Price: Rs 2,990 On a trip to Nagaland to cover the state’s famed Hornbill Festival, photographer Sajal Ghosh stayed with a Naga family. On the surface, the man from Kolkata had nothing in common with the tribes of
Title: Bangaliyana Publisher: BlueOne Ink Price: Rs 399 If asked to describe himself from a creative standpoint, Rajiv Banerjee would probably use the term ‘self-taught cartoonist’. Which is what he still is, in whatever spare time he can manage from his demanding job as a corporate bigwig in
Picture this: the late Dr M. Balamuralikrishna, one of the greatest exponents of Carnatic music in history, in front of a microphone in a Kolkata studio, rendering his version of Anandaloke Mangalaloke and Aguner Parashmani. The entire studio listening mesmerised, even jaded music arrangers and
Bengal has never ascribed to the idea of dolls being nothing but playthings for children. Dolls have always been culturally and traditionally important to the people of this land. In every district of Bengal, there is a tradition of making dolls that has been passed
Is it a Russian palace or a Hindu temple? Experts have differing views regarding the Hansheswari Temple of Bansberia and its architecture, which is rarely seen in any other part of Bengal or India. The Rajbari, which stands next to this temple, is locally known
How can a structure that was meant to be a guest house be so grand? Present-day guest houses in Kolkata would tell a different story, but the Phul Bagh Rajbari, popularly known as Maheshadal Rajbari, looks like an imperial residence in the centre of a