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.
They preserve a record of how societies have chosen to frame women across time, what has been emphasised, what softened, and what quietly left out.
Asom Bani, once a mainstream weekly for Assamese readers, stopped hitting the stands since September last year, as the management lost interest in continuing to print the publication, which used to come out every Friday.
In Tripura, festivals are not confined to temples or tribal courtyards, they spill into streets, marketplaces, and homes, becoming collective expressions of joy, faith, and identity.
Rupa turns ninety this year. Rupa Publications, that is. I feel really proud to be associated with this renowned publishing house. They are the publishers of my two books, Decoding Didi and The Bengal Book.
With art brimming across India at a vibrant pace the need for infusing a new energy was a recurrent feeling for economist turned art lover Mehak Bhan ever since she founded 105Arts in Chandigarh.
