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Loved for its seasonality and terroir, the amber-tinged ‘khejur gur’ is much more than just a Poush or Makar Sankranti delicacy

“Sympathy and solidarity are qualities that people do need.”

Badruddin Umar may not necessarily be a very popular person. That statement is a little ironic for two reasons. First, he is the pre-eminent “popular” (people’s) scholar and second, given his tastes and preferences, he would probably wear that judgement as a badge of honour.

Vernacular rap is taking over the country and Kolkata rapper Cizzy is one of its most interesting voices

Sukumar Ray Birth Anniversary: Lesser known facts about the Bengali writer

Born and brought up in Mumbai around the end of World War II, I did not know how to read and write Bengali, my mother tongue, which filled my child-mi

কুষ্টিয়ায় মা-ছেলেসহ ৩ জনকে গুলি করে হত্যার ঘটনায় পুলিশের এএসআই সৌমেন কুমার

In ‘3 Rays’, Satyajit Ray translates the works of his grandfather Upendrakishore and his father Sukumar, alongside his own.

Make time this weekend for Pedro Almodovar’s lockdown film, ‘The Human Voice’, before journeying to the past with Satyajit Ray and others

UPDATED: May 28, 2021 17:56 IST Cizzy, Rapper On the riverbanks of Chandannagar, Old Boy raps about not settling for an Alto when you really want a Ferrari. About 50 km away, in Kolkata, hip-hop artist Cizzy speaks of a quiet Bengali desperation in his song ‘Middle Class Panchali’. Across West Bengal, a large group of musicians—mostly young men—are finding expression in free verse and rap. Formed in 2010, the band Underground Authority had kickstarted the trend in English, but over time...