Why should the Bhagwad Gita or any other sacred book get designated as national scripture Why does one have to learn Sanskrit With selfproclaimed Hindu nationalists assuming the right to decide who is ...

Set in the shadow of Japanese invasion and Tagore’s death, this ambitious novel charts the lives of ordinary and eccentric ...

Elephant Apple, a lesser-known yet highly nutritious crop of Indian origin, traces its roots to Southeast Asia. Rich in ...

The development in Maharashtra came amid Tamil Nadu's strong objection to the forceful "imposition" of the Hindi language in ...

Chamars are not Hindus, Soumen Dey asserts with high confidence. The man in his 20s is agitated. He is a Kayastha. The ...

Make ‘Bengali New Year’ celebration special for friends and family with these specially curated top wishes, messages and ...

After four days of closure owing to the waqf-related violence in the area that claimed three lives, he opened his wholesale ...

Barir choto chele, Pranata Sarkar, grew up watching his family of four and an extended family of almost 50, celebrating every ...

There’s often a saying, half-teasingly (however, we say there’s a lot of truth behind it), that while individuals eat to live ...

A climate of ‘universal celebration’ characterised the Bengali New Year of the year 1432 yesterday. An anniversary that ...

Pohela Boishakh is literally the first day (pohela) of Boishakh, the first month in the traditional Bengali calendar.

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday extended her greetings to mark Poila Baisakh, the beginning of Bengali new year 1432, with traditional reverence and gaiety as the people mostly ...