Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal and an active cultural hub, is a blend of history, tradition, and culture. Like any other Indian state, Kolkuta boasts of dense Indian heritage when it comes to ...

Beneath the anticipation of a new year’s beginning lies a quieter, more revealing form of reflection. An introspective gaze. An annual appraisal. Amid conflict, chaos, and migration, there is also a ...

Dutta depicts Calcutta's many faces in this erudite guide to the city, which is part of the Cities of the Imagination Series. The author, who was born and raised in Calcutta and who has translated ...

Freedom. As much as this word brings joy across generations, the trauma has been equal when it came to Partition horrors. The wait for the end of colonial rule saw Bengal and Punjab go up in flames ...

A slice of history, and Old Calcutta, at exhibition in Sabarno Roy Chowdhury’s Behala house The 20th Kolkata International History and Heritage Exhibition, hosted by Sabarno Roy Chowdhury family’s ...

Sripantha’s Kolkata essays offer a window into colonial and early modern Calcutta life. They have now been translated into a book by Anita Kar The book was launched in the presence of (l-r) Dinesh ...

Kolkata: If all goes well, Kolkata Municipal Corporation will set up a modern museum at Town Hall that will attract not only tourists but scholars and researchers as well. The digitised museum will ...