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Uttam Kumar is a cultural phenomenon: Srijit Mukherji

Imagine curating a celluloid cruise, cherry-picking from the treasure trove of monochrome marvels straight out of the swinging ’60s silver screen! It might look like finding a needle in a haystack, but, fear not, because Srijit Mukherji is here to show us how it’s done.

Two streams of Indian classical music

The aesthetically designed studio-theatre of Chidakash Kalalaya, an Ashram-like institution founded by the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award recipient scholar-guru Piyal Bhattacharya, is a haven of research, restoration, and practical application of music, dance, and drama as scripted in Bharatmuni's Natyashastra and its precious commentaries by scholars of yore.

Heatwave: Summer vacation brought forward

With the sun beating down mercilessly, propelling mercury to touch 40 degrees Celsius in some of the districts in south Bengal, the state school education department, taking no chances, has brought forward the summer vacation from the date announced earlier.

PPP model to save heritage structures: Experts

Mr Banerjee stressed the need that heritage structures, which so far witnessed an enrichment of sorts in architectural innovation and major revamp, had been the boon of an interface between hospitality and entrepreneurship.