A photo series on letter boxes- a forgotten chapter of our social history.
Chinsurah and Chandernagore, have constantly engrossed members from the Tagore household since the 1820s till the 1930s
Had the circumstances been different, history would perhaps have hailed him as a great king. He had the qualities of a good administrator notwithstanding his
I soon discovered a new, exciting world, as RP and Basanta-da poured their knowledge over me. I hardly understood then how fortunate I was when
Harishchandrachi Factory directed by theatre veteran Paresh Mokashi narrates in fictional format, Dadasaheb Phalke's struggle in making Raja Harishchandra in 1913.
Ray and Dey represent the long line of western music connoisseurs in the city, who have promoted this form over generations, starting from the second
There are dozens of ghats along the river with architecturally significant structures, evidence of the rich heritage of colonial Calcutta.
By 1880 the Joshis found themselves in Calcutta, the erstwhile capital of British India. But the city’s sultry climate and unfamiliar culture made the couple
Hiralal Sen (1866-1917) was no less a pioneer as far as film-making in the Indian sub-continent goes. Much before Dadasaheb Falke – described as the
The house was once occupied by Pratap Chandra Ghosh who started his career as Assistant Librarian of the Asiatic Society.
Catches – as they day – win matches and speeches win elections. It is a pity that the Eden Gardens did not see a single
However, before the turn of the decade he became a member of the Communist Party and was arrested as one of the conspirators in the
The Queen of Jhansi would fight for her land. Many centuries after the battle fought by Queen Boudica, the British wanted to take away the
The ‘Samsad Bangali Charitabhidhan’ mentions a civil servant called Ramgati Bandyopadhyay who worked with Herschel in Hooghly for the collection of fingerprints, but Herschel does
Ours was a messy expanse where wildflowers, bougainvillea and rambling roses grew in abandon
Tomatoes were brought from South America to Europe at the beginning of the 16th century, and it was almost 300 years later that they could
