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Initially, his family, comprising his parents and two younger brothers, found it difficult to manage the extra expense for Subrata to make idols. But later, father Biswanath started saving to make his...

The evocative idol of Durga as a refugee being transported in a truck together with her children and her belongings is a far cry from Goddess Durga, all-powerful, astride a lion. But this is precisely...

These days the kitchen sink is where I meditate. Just as I think that I have finished washing all the dishes, I realize that I have not been able to scrape all the tea leaves off the bottom of the tea...

Choreographer Avirup Sengupta has just finished making a video on the theme of Durga Puja, titled Amar Durga. This video celebrates Durga Puja as a form of women empowerment. The video will be launche...

BJP leaders and supporters staged picketing in different areas of the millennium city on Monday wearing raincoats and holding placards to press for their demand to relax the restriction on the height ...

A group of girls from deprived families whose hardships have intensified during the pandemic are drawing strength from Goddess Durga. In the run-up to the puja, Calcutta Rescue, an NGO, has reached o...