A deep dive into Rabindranath Tagore’s Balaka, analyzing its kinetic cosmology, Indic traditions, and its relevance to modern decolonial thought.

Through food, memory and friendship, Sandip Dasgupta explores how Kolkata’s Eid reveals fragile, shared Bengali belonging.

Shital Pati is traditionally handcrafted from Murta cane, a green plant that grows abundantly in the wetlands of greater Sylhet.

In contemporary cultural and ideological conflicts, where Salafi and other activist movements frame themselves against a perceived hostile West, while Western narratives often portray Islam as problematic, the perspectives of Sufism and classical Islamic traditions are particularly vital.

Beyond exquisite craftsmanship, Jamdani weaving preserves lessons in patience, cooperation and peaceful coexistence across generations today.

Interestingly, the woman combing the hair is shown in a saree and chemise, while the woman showcasing her hair is drawn in a way that makes the artist's brush appear almost “voyeuristic.”

These photos of the poet were taken three months before his death.

From a crowded kitchen to the pages of history: How Shreemati Rassundari defied social norms to write the first autobiography by a Bengali woman.

Baul song is where mysticism, universalism, and peace – this trio – meet.

‘Nabayug’ marked the beginning of Nazrul’s journalistic career, but this was no ordinary professional journey; rather, it was the expression of a revolutionary consciousness.

East Bengal winning the Indian Super League symbolises profound cultural vindication for displaced refugees facing political anxieties.

Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam is widely known as the “Rebel Poet”, but he was also a profound “Poet of Equality”. Nazrul’s ideas about equality emerged from the realities of his own life.

Radha had tragically bought into Braja Sundari’s and the colonial masters’ ‘unnatural’ logic of the cash nexus, ignoring his brother's assurance regarding the organicity and naturalness of munificence–dependence.

In 1897, synthetic indigo was introduced to the market by BASF and Hoechst, two German chemical giants.

Someone’s great-grandfather might have known which drummers came beating the kara and nakara to announce, "Tonight at seven, the Chaitanya-lila folk play commences."

As legends associated with the charisma and spiritual power of Nizamuddin Auliya spread, many anecdotes from folkloric traditions began to be linked with his life, which cannot be entirely discarded either.

Mrinal Sen transformed South Asian cinema by turning political unrest, middle-class anxieties, and moral contradictions into art.

The more closely we look at Bongabdo, the less it seems like the work of a single dynasty.

For over a century and a half, the collective memory and historiography of the 1857 uprising, variously termed the ‘Sepoy Mutiny’ or the ‘First Indian War of Independence’, have remained overwhelmingly anchored within the north-central Gangetic heartland of the Indian subcontinent.

Burma and Bengal had shared extensive socio-cultural and economic exchanges long before the British landed on their shores.