Did You Know About Kolkata’s Scottish Legacy?
In the post COVID-19 world, we hope to spend a winter’s day looking at Kolkata’s Scottish landmarks, quietly humming Tagore’s adaptation of the Scottish ditty […]
Bangabandhu, the 1947 Partition and Healing its Wounds
By Fakrul Alam In the intellectual evolution of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the partition of the subcontinent in 1947 played a decisive role. We can […]
Parsi Theatre in Calcutta
n this 10-part series, Dastaan-e-Dilrubai, Shreya Ila Anasuya narrates the histories of Indian women who delighted and moved people with their skills in singing, dancing, acting, […]
Yoga in Calcutta is a totally different orientation: Jerome Armstrong
India Blooms News Service American political strategist, entrepreneur and author Jerome Armstrong was the guest at An Author’s Afternoon presented by Shree Cement Ltd and organised by the Prabha Khaitan […]
Meet the ‘urban nostalgists’ of Kolkata who are saving its architecture – one old building at a time
For every ten historic structures that fall to the real estate juggernaut, there is at least one that is being preserved by entrepreneurs. By Chandrima […]
DUO BRING THE SONGS OF CALCUTTA TO JEWISH MUSIC WEEK
By Ruth Schweitzer Unlike many Jews around the world, the 5,000 or so who lived in Calcutta up until India won its independence from Britain in […]
Pictures That Have ‘Frozen in Time’ the Calcutta of the British Raj
By Soumitra Das An ongoing exhibition of photographs affords one the opportunity to view, all at the same time, a particular Calcutta neighbourhood or landmark […]
ANGLO-INDIAN NIGHTS
Ahmedabad Mirror | Updated: Aug 14, 2017, 02.00 AM IST It is fi tting that the fi rst English translation of the Arabic tales of The Thousand […]
In the Mood For Love
By Vishwas Kulkarni Vintage society diva Barota Malhoutra, 75, married her college sweetheart Saroj Sharma, 77, fifty years after they parted ways. A soiree earlier […]
Inside India’s oldest hotel
By Bishwanath Ghosh In 1836 — when Bahadur Shah Zafar was yet to ascend the throne in Delhi to become the last Mughal — a […]