Harlan Coben is a man who writes mysteries, and his plots revolve around murders with meandering twists and turns that weave such a cobweb of catastrophes that they turn into confounded confusion.
Brahma Gana Sabha witnessed the premiere of “Sri Ram Mādhurya” on 3 January this year, during their Marghazi Dance Festival.
A priest of the Jesuit order, Fr. Saju George, a Jesuit priest, and his institution, Kalahridaya, paid their tribute to Prof. CV Chandrasekhar recently at Gyan Manch.
Tabla wizard ustad Zakir Hussain (9 March 1951–15 December 2024) left for his eternal journey at a time when he was supposed to be in Kolkata as a much awaited participant in the Swara Samrat Music Festival. The world of art lovers, film lovers, even tea lovers, is shell shocked by this sudden bolt from the blue.
In her latest outing, Superboys of Malegaon, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was last screened at Red Sea (where I watched it), Reema Kagti carts us to a small city in Maharashtra and throws us in the midst of a group of boisterous boys.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s much-awaited OTT debut project finally materialised and premiered on Netflix on 1 May. Heeramandi, the period and prestige TV drama by the celebrated filmmaker, has been liberally bestrewed with opulence, baroque architecture, diamonds, intricate costumes, Urdu and Ittar.
Martha may introduce herself as a lawyer, but her beverage budget (which is nil) seems to suggest she’s more of a lawbreaker.
There is always something special about trees. Entwined with the mythologies of every civilisation, trees have outlived humans by hundreds of years and stand for continuity, security, strength, stability, community, wisdom and generosity.
It was the Bengali New Year, and Naatmandir was celebrating the culmination of spring and summer through their homage to nature and universal creativity at the Rathindra Mancha Auditorium in Jorasanko Thakurbari.
It was Vinod Kapur, the lone crusader, who started Purab Anga Gayaki Utsav and featured young talents by organising pan-Indian contests.
