A fund of ₹2 crore has been sanctioned under the Mahabharata Circuit scheme to develop tourist facilities and restore the grandeur of this sacred site.
On 28th August, the department of English, St Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Kolkata, paid a befitting tribute to Prof Purushottama Lal by inaugurating the Prof P. Lal. Memorial Lecture series on its premises.
A 3.55-minute video clip of cricketer-turned-politician Kirti Azad went viral today where he's rubbished the BJP and compared himself with Dhrishtadyumna of the epic Mahabharata.
Aamir Khan gets candid about his dream project 'Mahabharata.' Calling it a scary project, he reveals his apprehensions about the film's fate.
Remember chakravyuh, the impregnable maze which was created for Arjun in Mahabharata? A Durga Puja in the city has taken inspiration from it and tried to find a link with the present society, where the women are yet to come out of oppression in the society.
Kolkata witnessed the play “Shuno Punnyoban” at Usha Ganguly Mancha, Rangakarmee, on 25 August this year that aptly showcased how the epic of the Mahabharata is still relevant today in the modern world as it suffers from its own sets of trials and tribulations, trying to find the answers towards ending the suffering.
Unorthodox operations have been an integral part of military warfare. Concomitant to conventional operations, the unconventional/guerrilla operations or shall I say "out of the box" kind of missions had been planned and executed by various countries in the past.
Sanjukta Dasgupta, an Indian academic, poet, critic and translator, released her book, Ekalavya Speaks, at The Bengal Club on 6 June this year. Her book is a collection of 86 poems shedding light on the lives of subalterns immersed in discrimination and stigma.
India’s cultural consciousness is embedded with pearls of heritage carried forward through generations in the form of folk art.
Credits for Chitragati Collective go to music designer Sayak Mitra, who also gave the voiceover along with Deepmoy Das. Instruments played were by Mandola Joy, Prabir Chatterjee (percussionist), and Rick Mukherjee (flautist). The lights were designed by Amlan Chaudhary.
