The trailer of the upcoming Bengali film 'Kabuliwala', which stars veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty, has been unveiled, and it presents a rich tapestry of the past penned by Rabindranath Tagore.
The puja usually happens in the evening, and there is a stark belief that Goddess Lakshmi visits the home of the worshippers at night, and whoever stays awake is blessed with prosperity and success.
The ongoing investigation into the death of 18-year old Swapnadip Kundu, the first year student of Bengali department of Jadavpur…
Bangla Pokkho, a national organization for the Bengalis, filed a PIL at Calcutta High Court with a complain of illegal…
Growing up in and around Kolkata during the post-independence era I was aware of two distinct segments in Bengali society – the “Ghotis” and the “Bangals”. Bangals referred to all Bengalis who moved to India from East Bengal around the time of partition while the Ghotis were the natives of West Bengal.
A book titled Kazi Nazrul Islam’s Journalism A Critiquehas created a flutter in the academic circles, both in the country and Bangladesh before the poet’s birth anniversary which falls tomorrow.
Out of the 40 candidates mentioned in the list, as many as 21 candidates (52 per cent) were recruited as Bengali teachers. History comes second 10 or 25 per cent illegal recruitments.
A bridge not linked to any road gets one nowhere. Pakistan’s stagnant politics resembles one even if it is now in uncharted terrain, with huge turmoil upending old political patterns. However, big political transitions follow the deep societal change.
More than 2.5 million Banglaspeaking people comprise only a tiny fraction of the huge mosaic of the US population, which is around 331.45 million, according to the 2020 census. The ever-growing population of Bengali immigrants in the US and around the world has emerged and evolved as a new cultural community, without living in a nation-state and still sharing a linguistic and cultural identity drifting from their countries of origin — namely Bangladesh and India.
Hemant who had a lifelong association with this music maestro was not the only person but Lata Mangeshkar's love and respect for the singers and music directors of Bengal was deep-rooted and went beyond the corridors of professionalism. The 'Nightingale of India' didn't know Bengali but her love for the language was so deep that she hired film director Basu Bhattacharyay to learn it.
