How Bengali Literature Perceives Maratha Heroism
There was backlash to 'Chhaava' was from a section of Bengali academics, who took to social media alleging the film was ...
Bengali films rooted in social consciousness, literature: Guv Bose
Kolkata, Paying his tribute to the director trio of Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen and Ritwik Ghatak, Governor C V Ananda Bose on Saturday said Bengali films have been rooted in social consciousness and ...
Bengali litterateurs protest ‘omission’ of Bengali from Sahitya Akademi Award this year
Controversy surrounds the exclusion of Bengali literature from the 2024 Sahitya Akademi Award, sparking widespread ...
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Bengalis love a good ghost story. This time, it’s in the voter list
How do ghost voters sneak into the voter lists? It is truly spooky. Also spooky, it is only in West Bengal that ghost voters ...
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Bengal’s bhadralok shut out Dalit literature for decades. The monopoly is now cracking
At the third edition of the Dalit Literature utsav, writers showcased novels, poetry, and around 70 journals. The upper-caste ...
New anthology brings together ghost tales from Bengal
New Delhi, A spooky collection of ghost stories from Bengal, titled "The Phantom's Howl", brings together some of the ...
The Fairy Tale of the Bengali Tea Stall
There is no greater fairy tale in a Bengali’s life than a roadside tea stall. Sometimes I wonder if Rabindranath Tagore’s ...
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Holberg Prize winner Spivak praises Mamata for efforts to reduce poverty
Spivak also mentioned an ongoing project to publish a bilingual edition of 1,000 years of Bengali literature, supported by South Asian artistes and donors.