It is never easy to rationalise tragedy. The two witnessed recently in the Northeast are no exceptions. One, the Assam floods in which the state’s two major rivers, the Brahmaputra and the Barak...

It was clear the words came from the heart. And, perhaps, a sense of relief too. The message — more an unspoken appeal — was hard to miss. Behind the animated chatter about the ethnic rea...

Over 50 puja theme-makers drew on various aspects of Durga Puja at a programme on Sunday. It was an act of thanksgiving to the Unesco for inscribing Durga Puja in Kolkata on its Representative List of...

“The Child” (1930) is the only long poem Rabindranath Tagore wrote originally in English. The first draft composed, as legend has it, over the course of a single night, “The Child&rd...

“It is our duty to tell the world how Bengal honours a recognition. All departments will have to take this up as a challenge,” Mamata said.   Durga Puja 2022 starts on October 1...

Some are walking on foot while others are cycling and trekking...

This 40-year-old from Uniworld City has weighed an extreme of 85kg at one point as well as an extreme of 39. And she then discovered a sport that not only made her fit but also gave her the zest to he...

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said Durga Puja festivities will start 10 days prior in 2022 to celebrate the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) tag accorded to the unique festi...

The Indian Museum has taken out two of its antique Durga images from its store for display at an exhibition to celebrate the Unesco’s inscription of Durga Puja on its Representative List of Inta...