
Shabana Azmi: Voice for Social Change in Indian Cinema
She wasn’t just an actress. She became a voice for women, realism and social change in Indian cinema.
Birthday Tribute to Shabana Azmi…

She wasn’t just an actress. She became a voice for women, realism and social change in Indian cinema.
Birthday Tribute to Shabana Azmi…

Over the centuries, Kumartuli became closely associated with the making of clay idols, particularly Goddess Durga.

If you wander around the area, especially in search of the river, you will spot the ‘Thames Path’ signpost probably on the very first day.

He taught generations to feel for those societies ignored; his blind spots show how difficult that task remains.

Science studies memory and decisions, yet the existence of an inner world of subjective experience remains a profound mystery.

One final thought as to the ripple effect of this humungous effort. Will this film inspire audiences to go back and read The Odyssey?

Together, they show Indians not as passive subjects of European history, but as travelers, observers, writers, negotiators and judges of their age.

Serozha could not get to sleep for a long time; every time that he shut his eyes he seemed to see the bird still lying and sighing.

Shantiniketan still marks the season with Barsha Mangal, an entire ritual of songs to be sung while it rains.

History shows that every major scientific revolution eventually reshapes civilisation. The steam engine transformed industry. Electricity transformed society.

Kolkata in the rain feels like a different city. Somehow, Kolkata finds a strange kind of peace.

Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy was very prominently displayed followed by Emily Wilson’s translation of Homer’s The Odyssey.