During the golden age of adhunik Bangla gaan, the songs were the products of highly sensitive minds. The Sixties onwards, it degenerated into a cacophonous mix of saxophone riffs and thrums on the ...

These are thoughts that well up from somewhere deep in my soul. They rise, they gather in the core of the heart in me, to remind me that there was once a time when pride and tradition came together to ...

There’s a similar association made between Bimal (Kali Banerjee), the cab-driver hero of Ajantrik, and his own broken-down car. The fact that this car has a name, Jagaddal, and is even included in ...

For Bengali film lovers, Kaushik Ganguly's is a name that rings an instant connect. Not for his star value, but for the actor-director's string of films that defy stereotypes and for turning existing ...

Joi is an electronic band from London with a Bengali sound — tabla drums, flutes, and other ornamentation woven in with the dance beats. Its latest album is We Are Three.

Words and language are the only means of communication. What if our words are taken away and there is only silence? Can we still convey our feelings and love to others? In our hustling and chaotic ...

During the 1980s and 1990s, a new wave of Bangladeshi migrants, comprising mainly unskilled workers, led to a widespread perception of Bengali migrants as itinerant labourers and temporary workers in ...

We spoke to some of our celebrities who parent pooches and they shared their pet peeves with us. Here’s what they had to say... Diwali is just round the corner and most of us are busy shopping for ...