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Abhijit Sen

Abhijit Sen spent nearly two decades as a senior journalist for a renowned English daily. He now divides his time between writing columns, listening to music and watching movies of his choice. He also likes to sing songs composed by Rabindranath Tagore.
Pankaj Udhas enthralled the audience for 45 years
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Ghungroo Toot Gaye: A Tribute To Pankaj Udhas

Udhas spoke about his fascination with Omar Khayyam, the 11th century Persian poet, and how he roped in two scholars Zameer Qazmi and Irteza Nishat

DD news anchors in 80s and 90s
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Good Evening, the Headlines

We are talking about the news readers of Doordarshan, India's only public service broadcaster. They had a huge fan base and ruled our mindscape from

Kolkata partition museum
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Kolkata Partition Museum: A Virtual Tour

The team’s objective was to create a time travel experience to access Bengal’s history. The broad heads were Bengal Partition, Museum, Border, Subaltern space and

bhupinder singh singer
Bhupinder Singh: A Tribute

After college Bhupinder joined All India Radio, Delhi as a casual artiste and became a protégé of noted music composer Satish Bhatia. The latter introduced

A work by Baltazard Solvyns depicting Sati
Rediscovering Raja Rammohun Roy

As we flip through the pages, we come across the Raja’s short autobiography, a biographical note, reforms linked with him, his hand-written letter, a list

Raja Rammohun bengali film
Raja Rammohun: A Look Back in Wonder

When the first poster came out before the film’s release in October 1965, there was little to choose between Chowdhury and H.P. Briggs’ famous portrait

adoor gopalakrishnan
Adoor Ajar

The legendary director pays little heed to the brouhaha over the Rs 100-crore or Rs 500-crore box office collections of the present crop of movies.

gita balakrishnan architect
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Keep Walking

Gita Balakrishnan has embarked on a 1700 km walk from Kolkata to Delhi spreading awareness on architecture. A special tribute on International Women's Day.

Lata Mangeshkar, Harish Bhimani, Rekha
Decoding Lataji

What made Lata Mangeshkar’s live shows a rage with the audience at home & abroad? How did the ‘Lata’ brand survive for nearly eight decades?

post covid movie theaters
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Movie Theatres are Here to Stay

These days there is a brouhaha over OTT (over-the-top) platforms being the way forward. Many have, in fact, signed the death warrant for single-screen theatres

Goutam Ghose filmmaker
Filmmaker Goutam Ghose in Conversation with Abhijit Sen

Buddhadeb was then shooting for ‘Grihayuddha.’ But he was still looking for an actor to enact a journalist, who plays a major role in the

Calcutta school of music
Ode to the West Wind: Western Music in Kolkata Part I

Ray and Dey represent the long line of western music connoisseurs in the city, who have promoted this form over generations, starting from the second