On Soumitra Chatterjee’s 91st birth anniversary, a look at how the legendary actor shaped Bengali cinema’s evolution, from Satyajit Ray to beyond.

Fiction writer and BRAC Bank Head of Communications Ekram Kabir emphasised the importance of simplicity and creativity in ...

What led the Bengali literary establishment to ignore one of the very best writers in their language when it came to awards?

To outsiders, Saraswati Pujo in Bengal may seem like just another festival - a day when students place their books at the ...

The 49th International Kolkata Book Fair has begun, drawing together publishers, authors, translators and readers from across ...

On the same occasion, noted author and publisher Namita Gokhale was conferred the Bhartendu Harishchandra Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of her sustained contribution to Indian literature ...

As we celebrate Silpi Divas on 17 January, in honour of his passing, let us remember Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, a staunch ...

The Kolkata Literary Meet celebrates Mahasweta Devi, featuring Banu Mushtaq, Barbara Kingsolver, and Jhumpa Lahiri on literature's transformative power.

Marking International Mother's Language Day, United Nations Development Programme has launched the Unicode version, with seven different iterations, of the UN Bangla font to ease access to the ...

Discover 10 of the world’s oldest languages that are still spoken today, connecting us to history, culture, and ancient ...

Poet and diplomat Abhay K. has been awarded the Sarojini Naidu Award for Poetry 2026 at the Banaras Lit Fest for his English ...