In Dakshineswar, a small locality in North 24 Parganas, life often follows a familiar script. Study well. Find a stable job. Build a secure life. For many middle-class Bengali families, that’s what success looks like. Lovely Dutta grew up surrounded by these expectations. Her father ran a small business, her mother managed the home, and …
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Certain love stories are meant to end in separation rather than in union. Rabindranath Tagore creates a relationship in Sesher Kobita that finds meaning in letting go with grace rather than permanence. On May 2 at 6:00 PM at Gyan Manch in Kolkata, Two Dots Entertainment and SPC Kraft will present The Farewell Letter, a …
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With its culturally rich on-ground celebration “Sunrise Haal Khata Utsav” in Gariahat, Kolkata, ITC Ltd.’s Sunrise Spices, a prominent brand in West Bengal’s spices market, brought in the spirit of Poila Baishakh. The event, which was held in advance of the Bengali New Year, honored the ancient Haal Khata custom, which is ingrained in the …
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In the evocative collection Courtyard and the Kitchen: Dancing shadows, wafting smells, Smriti Bhadrā offers more than just a memoir; she constructs a vivid sensory bridge to a vanishing world. Translated with evident grace from the original Bengali by Malini Mukherjee, this work serves as a poignant exploration of domesticity, ritual, and the quiet, rhythmic …
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