This one needs no introduction because who does not know of the number, 2441139? Created by Anjan Dutt, this song remains an iconic singalong love. The illustration of an old-fashioned telephone on th...

Back at Raajkutir, he had three more meals at the heritage look-and-feel restaurant inspired by the zamindari era. Breakfast was Luchi and Sada Aloo Tarkari, “loads of fruits” and waterme...

The next time you’re tempted to veer off the Ilish or Chingri path, we encourage you to explore some of Bengal’s alternate offerings. You can love them, or you can hate them. But ask any B...

I saw Uttam, much like my generation, on television broadcasts of Bengali cinema throughout the 1980s. Something about him impressed me a lot but I could not put my fingers on what it was. Later, as c...

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The pantheon of Bengali literature lost an eminent member with the death of author Buddhadeb Guha on Sunday. He was 85. Guha died of post-Covid complications at a nursing home at 11.25pm after a cardi...

The loneliness and barrenness of privileged urban life come under the scanner in Binisutoy. It tries to find out why two strangers (played by Ritwick Chakraborty and Jaya Ahsan) are trying to form a c...

An actress has complained to police that she received objectionable messages from a man who used a fake profile of a prominent film director and producer of Tollywood.  Police said the actress m...

Nature and forests were a recurrent theme for him and his writings on travel in Bengal are considered among some of the most beautiful. His novels and short stories are noted for their dreamy and roma...

Bitter bonanza Sir — The article, “The necessity of bitter beginnings” (Aug 29), by Paromita Sen correctly pointed out that an authentic Bengali meal is incomplete without a bitter ...