Rabindranath Tagore travelled the world and while he did, he delivered speeches, had conversations with the who's who of the world; and most importantly, he made journal entries, wrote letters to [Read more...]
“Sharodotshob” in Bengali would translate to the festival during the Autumn, which also very intuitively refers to the Durga Puja (the religious festival worshipping Goddess Durga). Back in the city [Read more...]
टूशू त्योहार (टूशू परब या टूशू पोरब या टूशू पूजा भी कहाँ जाता हैं) ग्रामीण बंगाल का एक आदिवासी त्योहार हैं।इस एक महीने लम्बे जश्न के मुख्य अंक टूशू गान, खान और मेले हैं।मकर सक्रांति के दिन [Read more...]
Balihang Tongnam is a festival celebrated by the Limbu (Limboo) community. Since childhood, I was fascinated by religious mythologies and stories. Hence, after a nice cup of evening tea, we sat with [Read more...]
The Limbu community in Sikkim is a community of the first inhabitant tribes in the state. Now they have a population of around sixty-five thousand people. The first Limbus came to Sikkim and settled [Read more...]
(Disclaimer: This post does not intend to hurt any religious sentiments of the practicing Hindus. This post is supported by statements made by the Priest in Brahma Temple, Pushkar and an actual court [Read more...]
পার্ক স্ট্রীট - সেকাল - একাল - সাবেক কলকাতার সাহেব পাড়া ছিল পার্ক স্ট্রীট । সে সময় ছোট বড় রায়বাহাদুর , বাবুরা নিমন্ত্রিত হতেন লালমুখো সাহেবদের বাড়ীতে । সাধারন লোকেরা দূর থেকে বিলাসিতার বহর দেখতেন আর [Read more...]
The word “Holi” creates vivid imagery in our minds. Especially if you are a Bengali who has grown up listening to either Ranga Hashi Rashi Rashi, Oshoke Polashe, Ranga nesha… or Khelbo Holi Rong Debo [Read more...]
Did you ever pick up an engraved wooden block up, dip it into the colour and print that on a sheet of cloth? If you haven’t, you’ve no clue how incredible it feels. The Future of the Past’s [Read more...]
Literature festivals see an amalgamation of people across the cross section of the society, the young and the experienced, across all professions come and listen to eminent speakers whose topics range [Read more...]