Only 260 years ago I was part of Gobindopur, a village interspersed with forested marshland by the Hooghly river . It was one of the three villages founded as Calcutta — the trading port of the ...

Former India goalkeeper Sanat Seth, part of the 1954 Asian Games squad, passed away at his Panihati residence in North 24 Parganas on Friday after a prolonged illness. He was 91 and is survived by a s...

I was one of the lucky lot who spent several hours every day with him, but for even those who did not meet him, the euphoria of his presence in Kolkata felt as much like a dream as it was a reality. S...

Actor Amartya Ray is totally committed to the beautiful game now! His April 30 Hoichoi web series Maradonar Juto (directed by Mainak Bhaumik) has a football connect and another upcoming Hindi film, Ma...

Sir — With the arrival of winter, the markets have been flooded with fresh produce like spinach and mustard greens. Yet, the kitchens of urban Calcutta seem more interested in cooking palak...

The moment Chuni Goswami arrived at the Brabourne Stadium for the match-eve nets ahead of the Ranji Trophy final in 1968-69, there was a flurry of activity in the Bombay dressing room. Some of the hom...

Sir — It was both amusing and worrying to witness the reactions of Indian citizens, especially on the internet, to the news that liquor shops would reopen from today, albeit with certain restriction...

Soon after Harendra Coomar Mookerjee was sworn in as the governor of West Bengal in November 1951, he expressed his desire to hold a seven-a-side football tournament for under-14s with all schools and...

My first meeting with Chuni (Goswami) was during a tour to the Northeast, mainly in Assam. I was invited to play for State Bank. It was a tour for promotion of the game in those parts. As far as I rem...

We are all going through very tough times, but it is becoming increasingly difficult for me. Just about a month ago, I lost my dear friend PK Banerjee (who passed away on March 20) and on Thursday aft...