Happy Durga puja! As we celebrate the Maa Durga festival, Bengali homes are decked up with Alpana Designs to welcome the goddess and bring in positive vibes. Although these days easy Alpana stickers ...

Alpana is a popular folk art form. The word alpana is derived from the Sanskrit “alimpana”, which means 'to plaster' or 'to coat with'. The colour of alpana has an intimate relation with Amar Ekushey.

alpana as part of the fine arts syllabus germinated, through a series of workshops that Rabi Biswas was called in to conduct.Biswas, in fact, has been crusading to revive folk . Each district has its ...

Alpana Singh — the renown sommelier perhaps best recognized as the host of the Emmy Award-winning Chicagoland restaurant review show “Check, Please!” — just opened Alpana restaurant in Chicago on ...