Themes for Durga Pujas in the city have always reflected a slice of the society or major events around the world. So, it is natural for the pujas this year to be affected by the rape and murder of Tilottama at R G Kar hospital.
A young group of band members, who apart from playing music also contribute to social issues, decided to do something good for the ecology. Deeply concerned with the destruction of trees, causing imbalance to the fragile ecosystem of West Bengal, they decided to plant mangrove trees in the Sundarbans area.
With many puja organisers curtailing budgets to show solidarity with the rape-murder victim and her family and in a protest mood, the business has taken a hit.
In an out-of-the-ordinary move, a theatre group’s cast and crew paid their respects to Tilottama, the rape-murder victim doctor from R G Kar hospital.
East Zone Cultural Centre (EZCC) organised a summer camp on theatre workshop at its Salt Lake premises from 7-11 June, which was conducted by Sharnya Dey, a CCRT scholar, actor, director and playwright.
In Kolkata recently promoting their film, in their conversation with The Statesman, they talk about surrogacy as a subject; a subject that has not been explored much in Indian cinema.
Earlier, he was one of the greatest gurus, but now, with this book, he is also a chronicler. He brings to the table his vast learning of the subject and also learning of what he discovered and how he interprets it, says Bickram.
For Calcutta Walks, the agenda has been to enlighten people about the city and its various nuances, which are not much explored.
The students of Ashok Hall recently visited the bageecha, where they had first-hand experience of sylvan nature.
What is special about the temple is that since the time of Ramkrishna Paramhans, liquor has never been used in the temple’s puja. Instead, coconut water is used at the temple, which has a footfall of around 1.5 lakh devotees on the Kali Puja night.
