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Veteran lyricist Sameer Anjaan has strongly criticized the trend of original lyricists being sidelined in recreated songs. He expressed disappointment over not being involved in past reworks like ‘Dilbar’ and questioned filmmakers' decisions. However, he praised ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3’ for including him, while also slamming music companies for overlooking experienced talent and creating "poor recreations."

No matter how many malls come up, no matter how chic it is to hang around in coffee shops, when it’s Poila Boishakh, all attention shifts to Bengali books, a slew of which get released at the College Street publishers’.

Noted Bengali writer, critic and poet bani basu has been selected for this year's Sahitya Akademi award for her novel 'Khanamihirere Dhipi'.

Shrimati Hey , an audio feature remembering Rabindranath Tagore's sister in-law Kadambari Devi and directed by Chaitali Dasgupta, was relaunched at a city studio recently.

As the evening buzzed with expectation and excitement from a packed ground of guests and club members, the literary magazine was launched by eminent author bani basu in the presence of club president Prasad Ranjan Ray.

To listeners of All India Radio’s broadcast of Birendra Krishna Bhadra’s ‘Mahishasuramardini ’, there was a surprise on Sunday morning.

She is a poet who draws her inspiration from nature, and when Shomshuklla came out with her book Ekti Manusher Khoje at the Kolkata Book Fair on Thursday, her well wishers like bani basu and Nigel Akkara joined her to read out from the book

Noted Bengali writer bani basu's 1990 novel "Swet Patharer Thala", made into an award-winning film starring Aparna Sen, is now available in an English version. Regarded a classic of Bengali literature, the novel is one of the early texts to have talked about the agony, struggle and liberation of the oriental woman. "A Plate of White Marble" tells the tale of the 'new woman' of an era that just witnessed the independence of a nation.

Ekushe Pa is back again. And Biswanath Basu is happy to be a part of it.

Few would disagree that the most developed branch in Bengali literature is the short story. Though some of the short stories can rank among the best in this genre of world literature, to the large number of non-Bengali readers in India and abroad they remain inaccessible.

Low production has forced yet another jute mill in the state to shut down operations.Around 4000 employees of Delta Jute Mill in Howrah were left jobless after the company made the announcement on Tuesday.

A series of high-voltage Bengali sessions were lined up at the Times Litfest on Sunday and senior authors were the centre of attraction.

A group of more than 90 writers and intellectuals from West Bengal have written to President Pranab Mukherjee seeking his intervention in the Dadri incident and attack on rationalists.

MUMBAI: The Hutch Crossword Award for the best original English fiction work went to Amitav Ghosh's 'The Hungry Tide'.

In her new book, Shomshuklla explores the mundane and the sublime

Popular TV series 'Sahityer Sera Somoy' is back. The series, which started its journey in early 2000, highlights the treasure trove of Bengali literature.

Prachi Desai has replaced Bipasha Basu in Abbas-Mustan's film.