Decided your outfit for Poila Baisakh? It’s time to pick the perfect accessories to complement your Nabo Borsho look. My Kolkata picks accessories inspired by Bengal folk and handicrafts to complete ...

The Tollygunge Academy of Folklore organised its annual two-day international seminar and convocation on 29 and 30 March. Hosted at the Jadavpur University, the theme of this year’s seminar focused on ...

For the first time, a Bengali transgender woman, Sathee Maa, has been featured in a solo music video. Being a part of the transgender community, Sathee Maa chose to devote herself to the eternal ...

Folk-ballads are living archives that represent the imagination, values, ideas, and aesthetics of the people to whom they belong. Bangla literature has a rich repertoire of folk ballads. We are, ...

Dance can be the simplest and yet, most effective form of communication in human life. In the heart of West Bengal’s Purulia district, generations of Chhau dancers know this to be true. “I have ...