Priyanka Dasgupta is the features editor of TOI Kolkata. She has over 20 years of experience in covering entertainment, art ...

The Arabic script influenced several South Asian languages such as Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi, Tamil, and Malayalam. While ...

When British Bengali musician Tara Lily stopped along the shores in Goa, India, the sound of the ocean reconnected Lily to her father and Indian ancestors. A similar feeling happened when she traveled ...

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 ...

With the unwavering support of his wife, Amartya took the plunge - and Asampurno (meaning Incomplete) was born. A Bengali feature film rooted in sensitivity and courage, Asampurno explores the complex ...

Director Suman Ghosh on Puratawn, “I had thought of it as a poem when I was writing it” Bollywood News: Latest Bollywood News ...

Global icon Priyanka Chopra recently took to Instagram to express her support for Puratawn – The Ancient, a Bengali film that ...

In honoring National Poetry Month, Loyola staff and students reckon with the benefits and conflicts of poetry reading in ...

One summer in the rural landscape of Bengal, 16-year-old Mallar, a shy and introspective boy, takes every opportunity to slip ...

The shortlisted writers hail from 18 countries across the Commonwealth and will all move through to the next round of judging ...

Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra on Wednesday accused BJP cadre of threatening "fish-eating Bengalis of Chittaranjan ...

The new year stands at the doorstep; following the time-honoured tradition of bidding adieu to the old year, Bangladesh is ...