Come winter and the Sal and Piyal trees of Birbhum start shedding their leaves, a phenomenon often captured on an artist’s canvas, but more so in Rabindranath Tagore’s poetry. Pata Jharanor Shomoy Hoyechhe Shuru (the time has begun for shedding of leaves) probably starts off
With the Supreme Court of India banning use of sound polluting fire crackers over past few years, Diwali in Bengal and specially in Kolkata has become a quieter affair. But if we are happy thinking, we have killed demons of noise pollution, hardly many of
Gazi Jalaluddin looks like any other 60 plus taxi driver. He is also humble, soft spoken, his words carry the rustic charm of a semi-rural dialect. But dig deep into his heart, and his eyes reflect a dream and the courage to fulfil the same.
They do not don weapons like Devi Durga, yet they are yoddhas, girls who have fought every bit of their existence and are now out to fight for the rights of others like them. They have made Bengal proud at the world arena and to
Rohim was not just a good student, but a class topper in his school in Malda. Like any other student of his age, he also aspired to study hard and become a teacher in future. Rohim knew his parents were poor and those pangs of
Against the dim lights of the Kalighat bridge past Kolkata’s Poto Para, where decked up prostitutes hover around every afternoon, one gets to see these days hordes of dhaaki families couched under shades of old houses with their dhaaks. One can also hear the reverberating
Indian mythology and literature have always glorified motherhood. However, India is way behind the Western world when it comes to the cause of women and facilities provided to new mothers. But just as Bengal has always thought far ahead of times, the state transport department
Goddess Durga to us is not just an idol of clay. She represents female power, triumph of good over evil and the epitome of feminine charm. Yet for most of us, Durga Puja is only about celebrations and fun. We fail to appreciate and celebrate
Moumitra Mitra is a vocalist in Indian Classical Music who has popularized Indian music in Beijing! How did she do that? She tells GB readers in this exclusive interview • Since when have you been promoting Indian classical music in China?; I had been appointed by ICCR,
If non-violence is what he preached his whole life, violence left deep scars not just on thousands of homeless families on the eve of Indian Independence, but threw Mahatma Gandhi in ‘darkest despair.’ That despair became palpable in his repeated marches to the blood-soaked territories