Bangladesh is set to embrace an “all-inclusive" celebration of the Bengali New Year alongside Chaitra Sankranti, a ...

Although the Bengali calendar has been in use for centuries, the tradition of celebrating Pahela Baishakh as a public ...

Actor and former national rugby player Rahul Bose has launched the Rugby Premier League (RPL), a first-of-its-kind ...

There are moments in Good Night, and Good Luck, the new play by George Clooney and Grant Heslov opening on Broadway tonight ...

Top festivals in April 2025 across India, including the Aoling Festival in Nagaland, Baisakhi in Punjab, and Bihu in Assam. Celebrate harvest festivals, cultural traditions, and religious events like ...

Some festivals and events have become synonymous with the places they are held in, capturing the cultures & traditions of the local people and becoming their windows to the world, writes ...

Hindu Nav Varsha, beginning on March 30, 2025, marks the start of Vikram Samvat 2082. Celebrations vary across regions, ...

The historic 350-year-old Katagor Dewan Shagir Shah fair, locally known as Katagor Mela, was not held this year in Boalmari upazila, Faridpur, due to a conflict between two factions of the local BNP ...

Bengali American Mili grew up in a family that ... will be classic vocalist Kaushiki Chakraborty and her 13-year-old son Rishith Desikan with local mother-son duo Veena and Devesh Chandra in ...

The battle for LGBTQ+ acceptance in Indian society continues despite the decriminalization of same-sex relationships in 2018. Santanu Bhattacharya's book 'Deviants' chronicles the struggles and ...

Many Indian writers have benefitted from the famed Iowa Writing Program, but recent funding cuts threaten to close this window of opportunity When Bengali ... was 26 years old when he went to ...