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.
India’s financial ecosystem is undergoing a transformation unmatched in scale and speed.
One traditional line goes: “Bihu loi anila bhog, bhog loi anila ananda”—Bihu brings feasting, feasting brings joy. The melodies are simple yet profound, carrying the voices of ancestors, and the laughter of youth.
PSLV-C62’s failure is a setback but LACHIT-1 has already ignited a new space ambition in the Northeast
Kaifi Azmi's lyrics for Hindi cinema endowed depth and beauty toa medium which had been progressively trifled and trivialized by pedestrian motivations.
Shakti Samanta was a great filmmaker. But his music sense was even greater. The sounds that he got from R D Burman are imperishable, incomparable and beyond almost anything that any filmmaker has mined from any other melody makers.
