India's cultural heart Kolkata exists as a metropolis which showcases history as well as artistic spirit and offbeat characteristics. The streets serve more than passageways since they function as ...

Set to see its world premiere at Busan International Film Festival that began October 21, Suman Mukhopadhyay’s Nazarband (Captive) is a typically low-budget film and most of its portions were shot ...

On a sweltering Ramadan morning, Mohammad Noor Islam Mondal wipes the sweat from his face and lops the crown off a coconut with a menacing billhook (below). He gouges a hole, drills in a straw (which ...

People rushed out of buildings, onto the streets as Kolkata was jolted by an earthquake on Friday afternoon, with residents reporting tremors across the city around 1:22 pm. People on the street in ...

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), international NGO The Climate Group and HSBC have launched India’s largest LED street-lighting pilot program in Kolkata. This LED pilot project will undertake ...

True confession: I joined Twitter to follow a curry truck while I was living in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Bay Area had plenty of Indian buffets, but Indian street food was hard to find. Back ...

Sripantha’s Kolkata essays offer a window into colonial and early modern Calcutta life. They have now been translated into a book by Anita Kar The book was launched in the presence of (l-r) Dinesh ...

Kolkata is one of those cities that instantly captures attention with its culture, history, food and unmistakable charm. It is a place where art, literature, festivals and everyday life blend in a way ...