Kolkata: Bengal's cultural fraternity has strongly condemned the vandalism of Chhayanaut office in Dhanmondi — one of Bangladesh's oldest heritage-rich cultural organisations — in the wake of the death of Inquilab Moncho neta Osman Hadi. Chhayanaut was founded in 1961 specifically to defy a ban by Pakistan's military rules on celebrating Rabindranath Tagore's birth centenary. It became a symbol of...
Kolkata: In the heart of Amherst Row, where red rowaks bore silent witness to countless tales, Satyajit Ray once sat, grappling with the demise of Santosh Dutta. On that sombre morning in 1988, Ray declared that without his beloved Jatayu, he would never make Feluda again. Yet, Dutta's legacy continues to shimmer even now. At a centenary celebration organised by RC Calcutta East Central and Amader...
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin on Thursday said his government will celebrate the centenary year of the Vaikom Satyagraha (Vaikom struggle) to honour the memory of social reformist Periyar, who fought across the borders for the people and succeeded in making such revolutions in history, and to propagate the principles of social justice. Making a suo motu statement under Rule 110, the...
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