I became convinced that as much as I loved to weave on a loom, I loved to get my hands dirty with dyes and paints
The greatest festival of the year for us, the Bengalis, has come knocking at our doors. The Durga Puja is not just a festival. It
So, is silence the loss of voice or sound? I think there is a lot to be read and written about silence, not as an
Luckily, I cleared the written test. The oral test hurdle remained. But I badly needed the money. I had to send some home. That was
When handwritten letters were the order of the day, some men took all the pains of emulating a good handwriting.
nature’s silence alone restores mental and physical balance like none other. But far away from these natural surrounds where most of humanity is cooped up
Priyanath Mukhopadhyay (1855-1947) was a real-life police officer who published First Person accounts of his exploits.
Rabindranath’s brilliance lies in incorporating elements of Indian classical music to his own compositions. Sometimes he used a single Raga throughout the song.
The University of Illinois has played an integral role in Visva-Bharati’s history of pioneering scientific experimentation in agriculture as part of Tagore’s ideas.
India’s reciprocal tribute to the Irish poet, at least in the form of a bust at some significant location, is still waiting.
Inception In 1921 Leonard K Elmhirst had just graduated from the Cornel University. The young British man, was ruminating over his future course when he
That is how Rathi settled down to the life of a skilled gentleman farmer and continued to apply his knowledge usefully in an experimental farm...
A library is more than a treasure house for books. I think it is the temple of learning.
Tagore's paintings are the art of infinite probabilities, born out of an unplanned journey of a decade.
One was his determination to break out of the isolation imposed as much by the Indian past as by colonial rule. The other was in
Shyamal Dutta Ray is an Indian artist who belonged to the Bengal school of art. His daughter Haimanti remembers him as an artist and a
