Interestingly, despite being nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature, Čapek never received the prestigious award.
Initially, thangkas were used for meditation and visualizing deities to receive blessings and served as instructional tools.
The four women remain inseparable throughout the series and the films, exploring their lives through the lens of their friendship, sexual encounters.
One day, my dad, Basanta Chowdhury, asked me if I knew Ritu. I said, "Yeah, I do."
The volatile melange of pity, contempt, disgust, envy, alienation, fear and rage at men does not appear unjust.
The Hunger Games is a reality television program. An extreme one, but that's what it is.
This game of watching is at the heart of the politics of the state of Panem and this ‘watching’ forms an integral part of dystopia.
And who was Ella Maillart? The cliché ‘the last of the great classic women travellers,’ while true and deserved still falls short as a descriptive.
The refugee has always been the subject of jokes. This joke did the rounds during partition and even to this day in Bengal.
She was no longer haggard, neither gaunt. I said to myself that she looks younger than her actual age, and she is pretty.
Imagine a story spun in just six words, a universe laid bare in a single tweet, or a life-altering moment encapsulated in a few words.
During the 1960s and ’70s, Miss Shefali (1947-2020), born Arati Das, was Calcutta’s leading cabaret performer. Originally from Narayanganj in eastern Bengal, she was only
Paul Gauguin (born June 7, 1848, Paris, France—died May 8, 1903, Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia) was a French painter, printmaker, and sculptor
My paternal grandfather’s book travelled with me a long way, from India to my adopted home overseas. His name, Principal Moses Ezekiel (J. & J.
Have you ever thought how did the now world-famous bakery Glenary’s started? It’s actually a long story. Let’s start from the beginning.
There is more to Rakul Preet Singh than just her glamorous avatar! Few people know that she takes up the cause of animal welfare quite