Ping. Ping. Ping. A slew of images land in my WhatsApp chat from an unknown number. Images of deserted lanes. A straw-and-bamboo frame of a donkey. Headless clay idols, about two dozen of them, herded...

There was a small school that my father went to in our old town. The school continues to exist and so does its old building. It gives us a sense of continuity,” said the tall frail man. Thomson Maye...

Sculptor Bipin Goswami passed away in his IB Block residence on Tuesday afternoon. He was 85. According to family sources, he was suffering from kidney-related ailments. He is survived by his wife Sul...

Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar appears to have pipped all other Bengali icons to the post.Artisans in Kumartuli, the idol-making hub of Calcutta, have been getting an unusually high number of requests to ma...

Sir — The Supreme Court’s decision to allow the leaked documents published by a newspaper to be used by the petitioners seeking review of the December 2018 Rafale judgment will go down as a landma...

A part of Kumartuli will wear a transformed look on the occasion of World Art Day and Poila Boisakh. A two-day carnival, named Rong Matir Pnachali, will take place at the artisans’ hub on April 14 a...