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Adding another literary festival to the face of Kolkata is the KCC Baithkkhana which is returning for its second edition ...
The Tollygunge Academy of Folklore organised its annual two-day international seminar and convocation on 29 and 30 March.
After ‘Annadamangal’, for a large part, the Marathas hardly found significance in Bengali literature. This may be largely attributed to the horrors they brought to the public psyche.
Baithakkhana literary festival in Kolkata celebrates 'the defeated' through speeches, debates, and performances by renowned Bengali artists.
The omission of Bengali literature in the 2024 Sahitya Akademi Award has stirred up a controversy in West Bengal’s literary circles. This is the first time the prestigious award has excluded ...
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Questions of origin
The history of the Bengali language and literature was not brought into the service of seeking a territorial foothold for the concept of ‘Bengaliness’ because this was never an agenda for Bengal ...
'Regards sur le Bangladesh', a Franco-Bangladeshi cultural week, is underway in Paris from 7 to 12 April. The event offers a broad look at Bangladesh's cultural, environmental, and artistic identity ...
Language, culture, literature, history — this Bengali living in Sweden is holding on to his roots with his entertaining and informative content ...
“Their works show how Bengali cinema is rooted in social consciousness and literature," he said. Referring to ‘Ekdin Pratidin’, Bose said, “I was struck by the storyline where the ...
She earned her Bachelor's degree in Bengali Language and Literature from Dhaka University and later completed her Master’s and PhD from Rabindra Bharati University in 1978. After a distinguished ...