Once upon a time, Bengalis used to dress gorgeously. There is often a say among today’s fashion designers that Indian males do not know how to wear clothes out of the box. This, in my opinion, is not true for Bengali males, though admittedly the current trend doesn’t encourage believing otherwise. In times long gone, […]
Casino Royale
Seen the latest Bond film last night at Fame, Hiland Park. To me, in terms of action, this is the best Bond film I’ve seen. Daniel Craig’s physique is put to good use, and he plays his muscle-man role with great élan. The chase on feet shown in the beginning in a construction site, culminating […]
The Telegraph Hall of fame
This from the wikipedia: A hall of fame is a type of museum established for any a field of endeavour to honour individuals of noteworthy achievement in that field. In some cases, these halls of fame consist of actual halls or museums which enshrine the honourees with sculptures, plaques, and displays of memorabilia. In other […]
..another account or 2 of Kolkata
The first one by Tammois from Melbourne, Australia. And it’s unspoilt by preconception. Knowing oneself through others’ eyes is akin to facing a mirror. I quote a small portion of her essay: In the space of four short days, I went from a sort of brain cloud reaction to the chaos of Kolkata, to someone […]
Kolkata Film Festival
Strictly speaking, the 12th Kolkata Film Festival was not an international event, for it was not allowed the ‘international film festival’ tag by the central government. There appears a conflict here. The I&B ministry at the center has its own international film festival, the IFFI (International Film Festival of India), which it organizes mostly in […]
Festa Italiana 2006
2007 is declared as the Year of Italy in India. Today, as Festa Italiana, the annual global event that showcases Italy’s best, makes its debut in Kolkata, it is billed as the curtain-raiser to the 2007’s year-long celebration. Kolkata’s share among Festa Italiana’s pan-India events is the 10th anniversary celebration of the Indo-Italian Chamber of […]
Sudhir Karmakar
Last Sunday, when Sudhir Karmakar played his benefit match in East Bengal ground, the gallery was half-full. Reminiscing his golden days of 70s, he couldn’t help but exclaim, in our days galleries used to always spill over to see football. That was indeed the case as I used to be one of those thronging the […]
Lalan Mela
Close to our rented flat in South Kolkata’s Dhakuria, when Purna Das Baul came to build his house, there wasn’t much excitement in the air that would be suggestive of his fame. It was sometime in early 70s if memory serves me right. I used to pass by his house on way to school, and […]
Haradhan Roy’s Saddam connection
Winter is the time when the jatra festivals begin. Jatra, as you know, is a form of folk theater, which is very popular in Bengal’s countryside. Every year, jatra troupes from Kolkata fan out to far-flung areas staging high-pitched plays in temporary tent-like enclosures, and this happens until the beginning of Bengali new year that […]
Remembering Sukumar Ray
He is father of legendary Satyajit Ray, but before the latter comes to be known as one of the greatest Indian filmmakers, Sukumar Ray has already carved a niche for his writings among the masterpieces of Bengali literature. His nonsense poems are a delight for readers of any age, and indeed they were once part […]
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