Amitava Bhattacharya

So what should it be - save the artist, so that art is preserved, or focus on art, which will automatically give rise to artists?

Kolkata's appeal as a tourist destination will get a boost with a unique exercise that is set to start from next month.

The film basically talks about how circumstances and needs force a person to turn into someone else

Slum dwellers of Nonadanaga and activists supporting them were not allowed by police to take out a protest march from College Square on Thursday.

Exactly a year after Naya, West Midnapore, hit the jackpot with Banglanatak's festival 'Pot Maya', the village of scroll painters is once again set to enthrall art lovers and tourists from November 25-27.

Amitava Bhattacharya’s next project ‘Maitri Express’ is all about the partition of India and how a couple from two different religions lands in trouble.With Jisshu Sengupta and Jaya Ahsan playing the lead roles of Samya and Maitri.

Nonadanga anti-eviction activists on Sunday called off their 14-day hunger strike and reconstructed the slum that was demolished on March 30.

The song talks about the struggles of trasngenders

The project ‘Documentation of Bengal Folk Music Genres Bhawaiya, Bhatiyali and Bangla Qawwali’ funded by the AFCP was completed with the launch of CDs.

The cast and crew members were present at the music launch, but what spoiled the evening was the absence of the lead pair

Aminara Bhalo Nei, a film around how geographical boundaries don’t culminate into boundaries in relationships, was recently announced by Ratan Mitra.

‘Sohag Chand’ is a recreated version of the famous folk song by the same name.

After trainings, workshops, and empowerment of Langa Manganiyar artists and handicraft makers at various levels, the department of tourism and UNESCO collaboration is now set to travel to places to promote the rich intangible cultural heritage of western Rajasthan.

Armed Trinamool Congress supporters allegedly roughed up slum dwellers in Nonadanga on Wednesday evening for refusing to move out.

It doesn’t really matter what the senior leaders preach. Because, like CPM, the ruling Trinamool Congress too doesn’t hesitate to stifle the voices of dissent when it comes to other parties, alleged Majdoor Kranti Parishad (MKP), a pro-Naxalite organisation that played an important role during Mamata Banerjee’s movement against Singur land acquisition.

Rural artistes in Bengal are likely to get a major boost with Banglanatak, the group headed by folk-culture crusader Amitava Bhattacharya, organising an international seminar on art and livelyhood, 'Heritage In Development', with Unesco as its technical partner and dignitaries all over the world, from Europe to Africa, on board.

Arrested activist Debolina Chakraborty has started hunger strike in the CID custody on Friday to support the Nonadanga movement.

The metropolitan magistrate's court on Monday extended the police custody term of 32 Nonadanga anti-eviction activists for five more days.

Alipore court on Monday granted bail to four activists who had been arrested during an agitation against the eviction drive at Nonadanga.

After having a mixed year in 2018 Soham Chakraborty has plenty of interesting films in hand this year.

Rural and cultural tourism can enhance the economic growth of the state and also safeguard cultural heritage, said experts.

Enthralling a packed room of music lovers, the opening act of the second edition of Sufi Sutra in Goa resonated at the Kala Academy with a stimulating live performance on Wednesday.

Families evicted from Nonadanga went on a hunger strike on Wednesday, prompting the government to go slow, at least for the time being.

Amid strong opposition from the Congress, opposition parties and RTI activists, Delhi Police commissioner B S Bassi’s name was dropped as a contender for the post of information commissioner following the controversy over the police’s handling of law and order at the Patiala House court.

The capital is set to host a multi-venue photography exhibition 'CamEra', which will be judged by the public.

Banglanatak dot com, a social enterprise that strives to safeguard intangible cultural heritage, has joined hands with popular Bengali rock band Cactus and Calcutta Rowing Club to organize a concert to raise funds for Nepal earthquake survivors.

You won't hear some of your favourite voices on FM Rainbow and FM Gold any more.That's because All India Radio (AIR) has terminated the services of around 100 casual RJs above the age of 35 years at its Kolkata station.