Religion has not just divided India from time to time, it has formed rift among quite a few father and son duos of Bengal. If poet Madhusudhan Dutta was a rebel in accepting Christianity, so was Reverend Krishna Mohan Bandopadhyay (1813-1885) who resided in House
Amitabh Bachchan, who has India’s most famous baritone, was rejected by All India Radio for a job The harmonium was banned on All India Radio's networks between 1940 and 1971. The instrument was deemed incapable of handling the complex notes of Indian classical music and was
Magic is an art form. As a performance-art, magic shares the same theatrical qualities and needs, in common with plays, operas, musicals, ballets, and other performance-based art-forms. Magicians are, therefore, artists. But how far can this art penetrate within the fabric of the mainstream society
Driving past one of the widest thoroughfares of Kolkata, comes with its own perks. Come Spring and one would find rows of blooming Palash and Krishnachura dotting this British made Road of Kolkata. But it also comes with a twist of history, one that started
A time when most stand alone iconic single screen movie halls of Kolkata have shut down, Metro, the landmark of Esplanade has opened in a new avatar. It started its shows again this Saturday, rising from the ashes of a shutdown that happened in 2011.
The ‘largest Buddha statue’ of India is being made in Kolkata. The work is in full swing at the Nainan Bandhab Samiti ground in Baranagar. Made by famous sculptor Mintu Pal, the statue has been made with fiber glass. Pal told the media a couple
One might be interested to know what existed on the plot where the famous temple of Sadharon Brahmo Samaj was built and is still there. Swami Vivenkananda’s brother, Mahendranath had mentioned that around 1867-1870, there was a pond owned by the Ghosh family of Than-Thane
Sadharan Brahmo Samaj The temple of Sadharan Brahmo Samaj on Cornwallis Street still holds memories of a religious and social movement that would take Bengal far ahead of its times. Behind it this house, was a huge courtyard that led to the publicity center. This
Remember that scene from Gorosthaney Shabdhan? When a group of people are trying to bring down spirits in an old building and Feluda speaks in a ghastly spooky tone of a ghost to snatch away a treasure that he needed to investigate. Well, planchette scenes
20 Cornwallis Street House No 20 on Cornwallis Street was the premise of Arya Kanya Mahavidyalaya. Prior to the school, this house was the office of Banga Darshan after it was re-launched and also housed the Majumdar Library and Kantik Press. Later, Kantik Press vacated this house