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Essays

Teachers, Movie Stars, and Train Hawkers: Partition, Women, and Wage-Work

We were going through very difficult times. My father didn’t have an income. We had to rent out one room of the small two-room house where we were living, and use the rent-money towards domestic expenses. But it didn’t do much. … So, to help my father run the household, I cast aside all inhibitions and lined up at the gates of the film studio day after day.

Debali Mookerjea Leonard January 26, 2022

Essays

Long Live The King

The son of a pastor, King is now hailed as one of the most influential leaders of the movement. His masterful oratory and powerful rhetoric inspired hundred thousands people of colour to speak up against discrimination. His ‘I have a dream’ speech delivered before an 250,000 strong audience at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC goes down in history as one of the most oft quoted speeches.

TheSpaceInk Feature January 15, 2022

Feature

Deben Bhattacharya: Traveller of the Tune

Now, he was an associate producer of Indian music for BBC radio programmes, with a mandate to create short episodes introducing Indian music to the British audience. With a lot of trepidation, he produced his first episode, a short introduction to Indian classical music. It was an unqualified triumph.

Sugata Guha January 10, 2022

paper conservation Buddhist manuscript and mask

Essays

Paper Conservation and Preservation

The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (Intach) has also been working diligently on paper conservation. Some of the techniques used at most laboratories of Intach for paper conservation are ultrasonic humidifier, nebulizer, specialized sinks for wet chemical treatment, light tables for mending, lux meter to keep light exposure in check, thermal cameras, multi spectrum imaging kits, etc.

Showli Chakraborty January 5, 2022

Feature

Tagore in Urbana Illinois

According to Hurwitz, several faculty members and students from the University of Illinois received Rabindranath, Rathindranath, and Pratima Tagore upon their arrival; there were at least two former students of Santiniketan who were pursuing graduate studies in Illinois at that time.

Rini Bhattacharya Mehta December 29, 2021

Lifestyle & Gastronomique

Adda! The College Street Coffee House: A Review

What is the Coffee House like today? Does it still draw bright young students to gather together and discuss the economics and politics of the day, the finer points of their curricula, or the latest happenings in the world of theatre, music and literature?

Bipul Bhattacharya December 22, 2021

Chronicles

The ‘Meaty’ Letter from Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn

venison was an extremely premium meat and was commonly reserved for the Crown or members of aristocracy. Basically it was only consumed by those who could afford to keep their own deer park.

Pallavi Banerjee December 7, 2021

Che Guevara at B N Elias factory Agarpara

Essays

The Galaxy of Calcutta Jewish Stars

While Sulochana (Ruby Myers 1907 – 1983) and Nadira (Florence Ezekiel 1932 – 2006) were Baghdadi Jewish girls from Pune and Bombay respectively, Esther Victoria Abraham (Pramila) and her cousin Rose who introduced Esther to film were from Calcutta.

Jael Silliman November 19, 2021

history

Teachers, Movie Stars, and Train Hawkers: Partition, Women, and Wage-Work

Long Live The King

Deben Bhattacharya: Traveller of the Tune

Paper Conservation and Preservation

Tagore in Urbana Illinois

Adda! The College Street Coffee House: A Review

The ‘Meaty’ Letter from Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn

The Galaxy of Calcutta Jewish Stars

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