Soumitra Chatterjee, the film actor, was much more than Ray. His journey in Bengal’s aesthetic cinema, beyond Ray, was a significant aspect of his oeuvre
Javed Akhtar, as we all know, wears many hats. He is an activist, poet, lyricist and a screenwriter who is the recipient of prestigious civilian
Each story portrays the various challenges lesbians face in living lesbian lives, either secretly or in the open. The book gives the reader insight in
Degas, though Parisian by birth, spent three important years of his youth in Italy, where he immersed himself in European Renaissance art. He filled sketchbooks
The story of my friend is the story of every Indian and perhaps most people across the world. Our society, religion and culture have depersonalised,
from the get-go, Partha was working with different mediums on a variety of surfaces. Now an engineer, Partha sells his paintings and donates the proceeds
Coke Studio Pakistan was, majorly, the brainchild of the head of The Coca-Cola Company, Nadeem Zaman. He wanted to create a musical show for Pakistan,
The books that we now read, and which appear at bookshops once self-labelled as ‘left’, are less about the (apparently always predominantly white, male, and
The reason could be multiple for women to not speak up. Most are frightened, because the judgement is severe, if she fails. The truth that
The latest State of the World’s Birds report estimates a decline in the population of as many as 48 per cent of the birds worldwide,
American author Sarah Josepha Buell Hale apparently played a role in popularising turkey as a Thanksgiving dish. In her novel 'Northwood', she devoted one whole
Nearly 1.5 billion football fans have descended on the tiny desert state of Qatar, to enjoy and participate in 28 days of football frenzy. The
It is like walking into an era of extreme suffering faced by fellow countrymen and more importantly, freedom fighters. Only 'suffering' wasn't what they called
Digitalization changed how news media, primarily print media, had functioned for years– it posed a radical ‘adapt or perish’ situation to newspapers and magazines. At
We all know that Tagore was primarily a poet. What we do not know well is that he was the founder of new education system.
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
