A little after midnight on Thursday, a young father frantically chased down taxis at Esplanade to take him and his six-year-old daughter home to Beleghata. A few metres away, policemen munched on cucumbers, oblivious to the ordeals of 60,000-odd E... |
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Seven youths were arrested in Shyampukur in north Calcutta on Friday for allegedly assaulting a trader for not giving in to t... |
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Victor Banerjee opens the exhibition, An Alternative Perspective, at CIMA Gallery on Friday evening along with four of the five participants. To his right is Rashmi Bagchi Sarkar, and to his left are Shakila, Jayasri Burman and Rini Dhumal. Paris-based Anju Chaudhuri was the only one who could not make it. “Nurturing and bringing the art of Bengal back into our homes and families will bring about a cultural reawakening amidst the political and social chaos that confuses and confounds,” Victor later said. The exhibition is on till April 28. Picture by Amit Datta