We are increasingly seeing youngsters gravitate towards English literature at the expense of their mother tongue, including Bengali. Even though English is the world’s lingua franca, it does not...

Finally, any chance we get to see you return to the silver screen after your debut in Zulfiqar (2016)? Not at all, partly because I didn’t find my performance to be very convincing. Although my...

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee released 12 new books at this year’s Book Fair and among them Khela Hobe sold the most. A 184-page book, Khela Hobe captures the mood of the Trinamul Congress&rsq...

The 45th edition of International Kolkata Book Fair recorded its biggest sales of more than Rs 23 crore since the fair started in 1976, the organisers said on Sunday, the last day of this year’s...

A television actress has been arrested for allegedly stealing wallets and purses from people visiting the 45th International Kolkata Book Fair. Police said an officer deployed at the fair was alerted...

Tall drink   Sir — In many parts of India, the advent of summer begins around March. Engulfed in the hot and humid weather, there is only one thing that gives people a sense of respite &md...

Adhir Biswas: Writer of umpteen novels and stories in Bengali, Adhir Biswas’ titles include Urojahaj (2011) and Last Boy (2019). “Children’s books should be simple. They should open ...

Pattanaik, who had the SBI auditorium brimming over, started off by separating the strands of myth, legend, folklore and history in response to Shinjini, a practioner of kathak that entails storytelli...