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
Interestingly, of the nine, six are the Bengal Masters. Yet, like a Picasso, or a Van Gogh, why are these Masters remain relatively unknown internationally,
We knew each other well from the time I headed All India Radio and Doordarshan, as CEO, Prasar Bharati. I was his great admirer. During
I vehemently argued that no other paste should enter our house except for Binaca. The sole reason was my affinity towards Binaca Geetmala on the
Loosely based on the 1987 novel ‘Strangers’ by Taichi Yamada, the film ‘All of Us Strangers’, written and directed by Andrew Haigh, is a fantasy
It is love that takes centrestage on 14 February, Valentine’s Day. Though the day’s romantic associations have evolved over centuries, the 14th century English poet
The Shigmo festival comes to our village bringing with it thronging crowds. Drums beat men dance bodies smeared with coloured powders. But best of all
I imagine how I would start if I were in Yuriko’s place. What should be the first sentence of a book for my daughter? It
For the past three decades, the discourse on climate change and global warming has taken center stage on the world’s discursive platform. Ever since the
‘Lest We Forget, A Sisterhood Called White’, is a powerful and heartening exhibition of thirty-five large black-and-white photographs of the elderly widows of Vrindavan. The
I was familiar with every bit of it. The green mountains, the rainforest, the blue horizon and beautiful Assamese people. It was in the month
As I could contemplate, I met this person a couple of years back at my forest address. It happened two years ago, but the memory
Suddenly, a police jeep on patrol flashes its lights on my down-and-out shelter and presses the brakes on the driveway. As soon as the roar
Ezekiel's pride in his Jewish and Indian heritage was juxtaposed with a deep sense of alienation from both, creating inner turmoil. Frequently, he grappled with
He gets into an airplane on the island of Taipei, and is about to escape, when his plane crashes during attempts to take off.
If Ezra Pound had mollycoddled T. S. Eliot when the latter sent his poem, “The Waste Land” to the former for his editorial suggestions, both
