Bengal
Performing politics
On the obscured political legacy of the dancer Bulbul Chowdhury.
Alif Shahed | Nov 04, 2019
A novel of thresholds
‘Basanti’ and writing the New Woman in Odia literary culture
S Deepika | May 22, 2019
Bangali bideshe
A West Bengali’s perspective of the Bangladeshi diaspora.
Garga Chatterjee | Oct 19, 2015
In search of a different truth
The Bauls of Bengal tread the line between cultural preservation and modernity.
Maitreyee B Chowdhury | Dec 11, 2014
Bengali theatre, then and now
What is wrong, and what is right, with the industry.
Amitava Nag | May 28, 2014
Tasher Desh says ‘bandh bhenge dao’
The recent film rendition of the play Tasher Desh offers a radically different take and is among many attempts to reinterpret Tagoreana.
Anuradha Sharma | Nov 20, 2013
Watching the detectives
Can Bengal’s enduring love affair with fictional detectives translate from the adda to the Indian big screen?
Anuradha Sengupta | Nov 08, 2013
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