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A marked shift in realising this moral decay on screen is apparent from Aranyer Din Ratri to his Calcutta trilogy — Pratidwandi, Jana Aranya. In Pratidwandi, Dhritiman Chatterjee’s Siddhartha declares that he doesn’t want to leave Kolkata, no matter that he is unemployed, with his mind unable to find an ideological footing. The film coincided with the Naxalite movement that began in Bengal, with the caste system and land rights at its root. Still from ‘Pratidwandi’.   It’s no c...

We are still in the first month of the Bengali new year. Since most of us live by the Gregorian calendar, we forget to count the days/months in the Bengali system. The first day of a Bengali new year is an emotion… an emotion that’s celebrated wearing notun jama. Parents insist that no matter how a person is, one must wear something new. It’s been a few weeks since Poila Baisakh but one can’t forget the mouthwatering spread restaurants continue to serve, from bhetki roll and pomfret pa...

Home  »  Website  »  Arts & Entertainment  »  100 Years of Satyajit Ray: Here’s A Look At The Seven Best Films Of The Bengali Legend 100 Years of Satyajit Ray: Here’s A Look At The Seven Best Films Of The Bengali Legend One of India’s finest filmmakers, Satyajit Ray, was born on this day in 1921. Lachmi Deb Roy 02 May 2021, Last Updated at 7:57 am Corbis (From Outlook Issue 11 January 2016) Lachmi Deb Roy 2021-05-02T07:33:36+05:30 100 Year...

Watermelon farmers, traders fear massive losses Sales fall as new Covid restrictions keep customers at bay Sales of watermelons in retail markets have fallen significantly in Patuakhali, as many consumers have stopped going out because of the sharp increase in the number of virus caseloads. Photo: SOHRAB HOSSAIN Despite a bumper yield of watermelon in Barishal division, the top producer of the popular summer fruit, farmers and traders fear massive losses because of the new containment measures...

‘Make farmers’ struggle into a people’s movement’ Updated: Updated: Need to safeguard agriculture, food security: Sainath Share Article Need to safeguard agriculture, food security: Sainath Terming the Centre’s three farm laws as “unconstitutional”, veteran journalist and Ramon Magsaysay Award recipient Palagummi Sainath said the need of the hour is to buttress the ongoing resilient farmers’ struggle into a people’s movement to safeguard agriculture and the national food sec...

50 years after its release, Anand continues to turn heads ​ Sat, Mar 13 2021 13:42 IST | ​ 25 Views   50 years after its release, Anand continues to turn heads.(photo:India Narrative). Image Source: IANS News New Delhi, March 13: Fifty years ago, in March 12, 1971 when Rajesh Khannas film Anand was released. I was 10-year-old when I first saw the black and white print of this movie in my school. The school auditorium reverberated with sobs, even I was sobbing uncontrollably. Why? The del...

: Friday, March 12, 2021, 2:30 AM IST The same old question on dissenters and their fate persists in a brand new era, writes Shivaji Sarkar Protesting farmers in Tikri on Monday PTI Is India choking voices to prepare for a future with private companies controlling the country? Or is it just working under their command? The immediate provocation is the treatment meted out to Nodeep Kaur, a labour rights activist and her summary arrest. The questions are nothing new. A Bengali film, ‘Sagina...

Bengali actor Sayantika Banerjee recently joined Trinamool Congress (ANI) KOLKATA: The BJPs ambition to form its first government in West Bengal and the TMCs bid to seek a third term in power in the state has politically polarised the Bengali film industry and turned it into the parties new battleground. The TMCs influence over the Tollygunge-based film industry, known by its portmanteau Tollywood, since even before Mamata Banerjees ascendance to power in 2011, seems to have been waning with s...

Mamata Banerjees Maa canteen with Rs 5 meal a hit among people in Bengal Mamata Banerjees Maa canteen with Rs 5 meal a hit among people in Bengal West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjees newly-launched initiative of serving food at Rs 5 at Maa canteen has become a hit among people in the state. advertisement UPDATED: March 5, 2021 08:47 IST Maa canteen which provides meals at Rs 5 is a hit among people in Bengal (India Today photo) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjees Maa canteen, the...

Feb 26, 2021, 16:16 IST HYDERABAD: TPCC president Uttam Kumar Reddy expressed his angst at Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao for neither condemning nor ordering any speedy justice for the family of the deceased advocate couple Gattu Vamana Rao and Nagamani. Congress leaders led by Telangana  Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president Uttam Kumar Reddy met Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan on Friday and demanded a fair probe  be conducted into the murder of the advocate co...