Films, books, handicrafts and more: Seven winter festivals in Kolkata to look forward to

The City of Joy is gearing up for a busy cultural season with a line-up of festivals and fairs that celebrate its art, ...
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Kolkata pujas focusing on 20th-century luminaries, rare folk music draw people

KOLKATA:As big-budget pandals showcasing unique themes continue to draw large crowds on Kolkata streets, some puja pandals have also been in the spotlight for focusing on either near-extinct folk art ...

One of world's oldest women artists collective to hold 42nd annual exhibitions

The Group, a pioneering collective of women artists established in 1983, presents its 42nd exhibition in Kolkata from ...

Siliguri director shines at KIFF: Filmmaker captures last bastion of folk art

Faujdar captures the unspoken anguish of Shital Faujdar, an artist from Bishnupur, who is the last of his family still painting 'Dashavatar Tash' — a traditional art form of Bishnupur, which was once ...

Rabindranath Tagore and Bob Dylan have a lot in common but their connection to Kolkata is the most surprising

Breaking down the very unique and surprising connection between Baul music, Rabindranath Tagore, Bob Dylan and the iconic city of Kolkata.

Ritwik Ghatak dispensed with so called narrative: Ashoke Vishwanathan

Auteur Ritwik Ghatak completely reinvented the language of cinema, discarding traditional storytelling methods to create something deeply original, says noted filmmaker Ashoke Vishwanathan.