The American City Bengal Forgot
How the United States quietly built a functioning American township on the Hooghly to sustain victory in Asia during the Second World War
How the United States quietly built a functioning American township on the Hooghly to sustain victory in Asia during the Second World War
We are all caught up in our private traps,” as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 thriller Psycho would have audiences believe.
A South Kolkata residential society organizes a spiritual festival on a stormy evening to commemorate the blessings of Lord Jagannath Bin hari kripa trina nahi dole….
Selling a mass-produced synthetic stringed instrument as an authentic Tripura Sarinda is now a punishable offense just like counterfeiting a luxury watch is.
It is heartening to see that steps are actually being taken to address the issue of littering in public places.
Charmurti, a music album comprising three music videos, was launched at a mall in Kolkata on 6 August this year by Flixbug Music.
Ghatashraddha or The Ritual that came from Kasaravalli's oeuvre has been chosen to play at the Classics Section of the upcoming Venice Film Festival (28 August – 7 September).
The charm of The Umbrella Academy has always been its chaotic brilliance, but season 4 feels off the rails.
If you are a Calcuttan and learnt to write before the onslaught of ballpoint pens, then you must have filled your pen with Sulekha ink at least once. It was a Swadeshi product meant to script defiance to British rule, literally.
In ancient Bengal, Phulia in Nadia district became famous for Krittibas Ojha, who wrote the Ramayana in Bengali. Now, Phulia has hit the headlines because of Biren Kumar Basak, the man behind the weavers' movement in Nadia.
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