In around 1820’s, an ambitious Moira (sweetmeat maker) named Ramchandra Das from Debrajhat village in Burdwan-Khandagoshi arrived in Calcutta, then a melting pot of adventurers, businessmen, bootleggers and people from all walks of life to try his luck in this burgeoning city on the banks
The fifty years since his death have passed as quietly as the 100 years since his birth in 1918. In fact, we are now in the fifty-first year since the incomparable Narayan Gangopadhyay left this world. But neither in the centenary year of his birth,
Sati is a Sanskrit term which means ‘a wife who possesses great virtue’. Agehananda Bharati, the late Austrian-born anthropologist who was born Hindu, said that sati was the nicor (essence) of pativratadharma (moral action appropriate for married women) The sati concept was so popular at
Technically, today is the day the world celebrates the birthday of Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, one of the first two known individuals to summit Mount Everest, along with New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary on May 29, 1953. Therefore, today is an occasion for twin celebrations: the
Tanmoy Chatterjee Ace photographer of national repute, has taken some spectacular shots of ' Buddha Purnima ' celebrated in Chitre monastery, over the years. GetBengal is thankful to him for giving us an opportunity to publish his photographs in this article. Chitre is a small, absolutely lovely
‘Photography is an austere and blazing poetry of the real.’ That’s what young photographer Pubarun Basu from North Kolkata, Bagbazar area projects through his photography skills from behind the camera. An ardent fan of Marvel movies Pubarun says, “I would either click or process pictures.
Nakamuraya’s curry is a popular Japanese dish, identical to the quintessential Murgir Patla Jhol of Bengal Bengal and Japan have always been like twin sisters, be in their intellectual views, their business proposals or even in their love for Rabindranath Tagore. Hordes of Japanese students flock
Nargis A’sar Khanam or Sayada Khatun was the first wife of Kazi Nazrul Islam, though their marriage was not consummated. Nargis was Ali Akbar Khan’s niece. Kazi Nazrul accompanied Ali Akbar Khan to Daulatpur in Comilla and stayed there for about two and a half
An African king ruling Bengal? Does that seem a remote idea? Well not actually. Many royal coins found in Bengal reflects an era when this region was ruled by African kings who had been originally brought to India as slaves. Much of Bengal, in the
Nirjan Sanlaap Over the years, very few Bengali and Indian filmmakers have opted for the works of one of the most outstanding authors of post-Tagorean Bengali literature. Notable filmmakers like Mrinal Sen and Nabyendu Chatterjee have adapted his works, but over the nearly 100 years of