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Iconic sleuths in iconoclastic adaptations

With news that there was going to be another modern Sherlock Holmes on television (CBS) later this year, directed by Craig Sweeny, the buzz was who was going to play the lead role.

Indian exponents of occidental music

The British Raj had once introduced occidental music, namely western classical music, to this city when they reigned supreme in an era long gone into the past.

Chandernagore ~ Bengal’s little French secret

Long before the formation of Calcutta by Job Charnock from the amalgamation of Sutanati, Kalikata and Gobindapur, Chandernagore had already come into existence by merging three villages – Boro Kishanpur, Khalisani and Goldalpara. Settled in by the French in 1673 and later developed as a commercial hub, the town fell into British hands in 1757 and once again in 1794.