The Nobel Prize in Literature 2021 went to novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, who was born in Zanzibar, the first Tanzanian writer to win.
There is no well-known film festival across the world that has not screened his films. Several documentary films were made on him, the most outstanding
Kamla became a feminist icon who communicated her philosophy through her personal story.
It goes without mention that remembering his ‘Jyoti dada’ is an act of digging out his bygone moments; those memories are safely secured in his
When people see someone taking steps to curb harmful greenhouse gases, they feel responsible to do the same.
like his brother Jyotirindranath, a matured Rabindranath was attracted to French culture and heritage at Chandernagore.
I met him personally only once. He had invited me – an anonymous woman trying to find her feet in film journalism – to a
In his book, Mali’s Gallery 1 collection of selected cartoons, Ali has illustrated each page brilliantly with an undercurrent of humour. The book has different
Jyotirindranath, initially, stayed at ‘Riverview’ (which in the records of Jorasanko is known as Barunjyeder Baganbari) following the footsteps of his father.
one morning I sighted a wild hare romping about our garden. It had probably crossed over from the nearby jungle into what must have served
Chinsurah and Chandernagore, have constantly engrossed members from the Tagore household since the 1820s till the 1930s
Every film had its own film book which he fondly referred to as ‘Kheror Khata’. These red cloth-bound books are nothing short of treasure troves
Flaubert was born in Rouen in the Seine Maritime department of Upper Normandy, in northern France. It is believed that he began writing at a
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
Nehru realized and articulated that the infrastructure and industrial projects of India were to become the temples of this nation. India was therefore, a land
Street art has evolved into complex interdisciplinary forms of artistic expression. From graffiti, stencils, prints and murals, through large-scale paintings and projects of artistic collaboration,
