nrisingha prasad bhaduri

In his final years, Rituparno Ghosh wanted to make a film on The Mahabharata and expressed the desire to read the Indian epic under the supervision of nrisingha prasad bhaduri, an Indologist and a specialist of Puranas

In another place, another time, you could have taken it for a gurukul.A bespectacled guru stoops over mammoth tomes, as three younger scholars wait on his every word.

The spirit of communal harmony may appear extraordinary at a time when religion and politics are creating rifts between communities but those staying in the city for generations have always witnessed this inclusivity during Durga Puja.

Goutam Paul, pro-vice-chancellor of Kalyani University, has been appointed as president of West Bengal Board of Primary Education. The school education department issued a notification on Monday and published an ad hoc committee list of 11 members.

Perhaps because of the medicinal value, or otherwise, bitter food has its own popularity in Indian gastronomy. According to the Indologist and author, nrisingha prasad bhaduri, bitter food has largely been a Bangal thing, that is, the culinary tradition of East Bengal. And he attributes it to the availability of ingredients.

Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay on Thursday had some words of praise for the newly constituted West Bengal Board of Primary Education.

Education minister Partha Chatterjee on Tuesday held a meeting with chief secretary Sanjay Mitra to implement chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s plan of setting up a full-fledged Sanskrit university in the state.

Poet Shankha Ghosh was conferred with Jnanpith Award on Friday. The award returned to Bengal after 20 years. Mahasveta Devi was the last to receive Jnanpith from the state.

The Paschim Banga Sanskrito Visva Vidyalaya is set to become a reality in 2016 2017.

A host of prominent faces from the cultural world open up on how they would spend the day earlier and what holds for them today

India's premier Bengali literary festival, the 11th Apeejay Bangla Sahitya Utsob, has commenced, celebrating literary giants and fostering cultural dialogue. The event features tributes to Ritwik Ghatak, Badal Sircar, and Salil Chowdhury, alongside discussions on politics, poetry, women in literature, and publishing, promising a vibrant exploration of Bengali arts and thought.

A higher education committee which was formed by chief minister Mamata Banerjee last year to improve the quality of higher education in the state held its first meeting on Wednesday at the state education secretariat in Bikash Bhavan.

Members of the century-old Rammohun Library and Free Reading Room are set to celebrate the 250th birth anniversary of Raja Rammohun Roy with a day-long programme on May 22, when a commemorative volume on the reformer will be launched.