Besides being the greatest writer in the history of the English language, William Shakespeare was the master of the pithy put-down. So the nervous servant who tells Macbeth his castle is under attack ...

Thousands of miles away from Kolkata, the aromas of shorshe maach and steaming rice waft through a quiet lane in Fukuoka, Japan. At the Indian Spice Factory, a restaurant run by a Japanese couple, ...

“This technique has mostly been seen on saris and dupattas, which younger people often don’t connect with. We wanted to change that by mixing it with bold, graphic designs on fun everyday clothes,” ...

Famous Bengali theatre personality Manoj Mitra, known for writing and directing farces and fantasies to highlight social and political issues, died at a hospital here on Tuesday due to old-age related ...

Bangladesh emerged as a secular nation-state in 1971, one of the few Muslim-majority countries to do so. However, the country is currently undergoing a profound ideological transformation.

Organisers of Hatibagan Nabinpally Durga Puja Committee in Kolkata are staging a play at their pandal every evening till Dashami as a tribute to Bengali theatre of the late 19th century, their theme ...

Think Bengali food and you instantly picture all decadent chenna-based sweets. If not our sweets, it is our dozen fish preparations that tend to clout popular perception about Bengali cuisine. In the ...

And why did the ancient Egyptians build pyramids in the first place? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Pyramids are iconic symbols ...