Kolkata, Oct. 2 -- If you tell someone you live in Bengal but are not particularly fond of sweets, be prepared for a few doubtful glances. Bengali sweets are celebrated across the world and, no, we do... Read More
New Delhi, Sept. 21 -- The year was 1975. 'Swayamsiddha', directed by Sushil Mukhopadhyay, had been released. My father and my uncle, both in their second year of college, went to watch the Bengali fi... Read More
New Delhi, Sept. 18 -- Prosenjit Chatterjee is optimistic about the future of Bengali cinema. The Padma Shri actor believes the next two to three years could be a 'golden time' for the industry, with ... Read More
New Delhi, Sept. 16 -- Tighter and uncertain visa rules, rising costs, increasing anti-immigrant rhetoric, housing discrimination and food-based prejudice are making Indian students' study-abroad drea... Read More
New Delhi, Sept. 13 -- In 2002, when Bratya Basu's play 'Winkle Twinkle', directed by Debesh Chattopadhyay, created much hullabaloo on the Bengali stage, the CPI(M) was in power in Bengal. The TMC was... Read More
New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- Pratik Gandhi isn't your regular Bollywood hero. Born in Surat to a family of teachers, he started his career with Gujarati plays and films. Among them, he was noticed most for ... Read More
New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- Even a few years ago, Indian students aspiring to study abroad mostly came from well-off families or had someone in the family who had studied overseas. But that trend is changin... Read More
Kolkata, Sept. 4 -- After months of speculation and controversy over who would be responsible for organising the landmark 50th International Kolkata Book Fair in 2027, the Publishers and Booksellers G... Read More
New Delhi, Sept. 3 -- In a very popular scene from Satyajit Ray's 'Nayak' (1966), Arindam Mukherjee, played by Uttam Kumar, speaks to his roommate (Nirmal Ghosh) about his experience of working with s... Read More
New Delhi, Sept. 2 -- One lakh seventy-five thousand (1,75,000). Wondering what this figure is all about? Well, this is the number of technology workers who have lost their jobs globally in 2026 so fa... Read More