Bengali
Swami Vivekananda: Inspiration of the youth
January 12, 2023
Every year, January 12 is observed as the National Youth Day or Yuva Diwas. The day is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. Swami Vivekananda was born on January 12, 1863 in a very reputed Bengali family as Narendra Natha Datta. His father, Vishwa...
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Top 10 Indian films on IMDB ratings
September 26, 2022
The Indian film industry is the largest in the world in terms of number of films produced that ranges between 1,500 to 2,000 films every year. The Indian film industry is not just the Hindi language cinema, produced by so-called Bollywood, but also several other production centre...
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Durga Puja joins UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage list
December 11, 2021
India had applied for Bengal’s biggest cultural and spiritual festival, Durga Puja, to be included in UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Culture Heritage for the meeting that began on Monday. West Bengal government had earlier asked the central government for ...
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From classical to contemporary: Leading modern Bengali film directors
September 18, 2021
Bengali films perhaps first made a mark globally when Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali (1955) became critically acclaimed and won several awards, both local and international, including the prestigious Best Human Document award at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. The feat inspired ...
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Regional Indian cinema explores woman-centric content
March 6, 2020
While Bollywood has been producing a lot of women-centric films in the last few years like Queen, Dangal, English Vinglish, Pink and recently Thappad, regional cinemas are not far behind. Indian movies across various languages have also been portraying feminist characters and som...
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70 Indian words in the Oxford dictionary
November 4, 2017
Be ready to find words like 'Jugaad' and 'GulabJaamun' in the latest edition of the Oxford English Dictionary
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Dali and Tagore inspires Indian filmmaker to Cannes
April 12, 2017
After a brief yet enterprising run in some of the prestigious film festivals around the world, a Bengali film is set to make its presence felt at the Festival de Cannes (Marche du film) this year.
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Indian classical stalwart M Balamurali Krishna passes away
November 24, 2016
Mangalampalli Balamurali Krishna, the iconic Carnatic vocalist and musician, who was hailed for his creative skills, passed away in Chennai on November 22, at the age of 86.
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Until next time – immersion of goddess Durga
October 15, 2016
The Durga Puja in Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal in the eastern part of India came to an end yesterday with idols of the goddess Durga being immersed in the Hooghly river.
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A Cup of Cha
September 3, 2016
India is expected to see a significant rise in export of tea, but is still debating whether coffee trumps tea as the national drink .West Bengal’s mandate is resoundingly loud and clear. Cha is what the Bengalis call their tea. Cha is not simply a beverage for Bengal; it is a l...
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Remembring Toru Dutt
September 2, 2016
Toru Dutt can undoubtedly be regarded as the first Indian poet, who composed in English and French. W R Goodman writes in his Quintessence of literary Essays “Although a convert into Christianity, Toru Dutt had imbibed the ancient spirit and love of India” Born in 1856, in a ...
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Balade à Kolkata au fil de l’eau
July 16, 2016
Pour découvrir Kolkata, la perle de l’Est de l’Inde, avec ses splendides bâtiments coloniaux, sa poésie qui imprègne jusqu’aux conversations dans le plus petit café et son syncrétisme religieux et spirituel, il faut commencer le voyage sur l’eau, le long de ce fleuv...
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