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Santiniketan

Tribal girl gang raped in Santiniketan

The incident happened when the victim went to a local fairground with her boyfriend. He later informed the police that suddenly five persons came to the spot, attacked and injured him and abducted the girl. They took the victim to a nearby river bed and raped her.

Tagore & the Geheebs

This book is a study of the Indo-German cultural exchange in the early 20th century that was initiated by three educators and their pedagogical vision… A review.

100-year journey~I

Interestingly, in the 21st century, the publication of two books strongly advocating the need for liberal arts and humanities studies as essential curriculum in university courses, was a crusading call.

Visva-Bharati in the rut

It is hard not to wonder whether Tagore’s legacy has been trashed fair and square when Prof Chakraborty admits in a rare moment of candour that “Visva-Bharati University has become a haven for thieves and dacoits”.

V-B debunks Sen

The Nobel laureate has succinctly exposed the malaise that has permeated the central university with the statement that “a big gap exists between the Santiniketan culture and that of the Visva-Bharati vice-chancellor, empowered as he is by the central government in Delhi, with its growing control over Bengal”.

Rituparna was ideal for Bijoya

Debut director Nirmal Chakraborty is adapting Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s Datta to the silver screen. In this candid conversation, he speaks about the period film’s conception, importance of workshops and Santiniketan as a backdrop.