Not long ago there were only a handful of noteworthy female names like P.T. Usha, Anju Bobby George, Karnam Malleswari, Rani Rampal who would come
This voyage will start from the old Fairlie Warehouse that houses an impressive collection of documents chronicling the city’s history. It will include a visit
I can read 'Hindi'; I can speak bad Hindi if I am allowed to disregard all rules of gender; and I can write it if
Toru Dutt with her sister Oru (brother Abuj had already succumbed to tuberculosis at a very early age) along with their parents travelled to France.
Nirendranath Chakraborty, was a great writer and a household name in most of Bengal, especially amongst parents who had at some point or the other
The Puranas also have some references and Mughal miniatures also tell us lots of stories about Holi.
Georgia O’Keeffe is considered to be one of the main founders of modern art at the beginning of the 20th century.
As a spring festival, Holi marks the end of winter and the arrival of spring, the season and symbol of regeneration and new life.
His cinema is fondly remembered for its many catchy tunes and the characters brought to life by leading stars, from Raj Kapoor to Amitabh Bachchan.
Right from the moment of his capture, Caesar simply refused to behave like a captive. When the pirates told him that they had set his
A few years back Fatima came to Kolkata in search of her roots. Her grandfather Mohamed Musa had migrated to the USA from a village
The walls of the South Gallery were adorned with her canvases…painted mostly with acrylic and oil…bringing alive bold statements of her artistic and individual thoughts
picnics are more like an obsession with the denizens and are as much integral to the winter traditions of Kolkata as is feasting on Christmas
Impressionist paintings were suffused with color and light, unlike the somber dark hues of classical painters.
However, changes in the weather pattern, as well as the landscape start happening at the beginning of April. With April showers the frozen ground starts
Born in rural Andhra Pradesh, Pingali enrolled into the British Army and went to South Africa to fight in Second Boer War. That is where
