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 ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated the Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2022, the annual event of booklovers and publishers, in Dhaka.
The sixth and seventh periods saw students presenting dance dramas, songs, recitations and more, each class putting forward ...
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 ...
West Bengal chief minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee came down heavily on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accusing it of “oppressing and persecuting” Bengali-speaking people brutally in states ...
The Kolkata Literary Meet celebrates Mahasweta Devi, featuring Banu Mushtaq, Barbara Kingsolver, and Jhumpa Lahiri on literature's transformative power.