Remember chakravyuh, the impregnable maze which was created for Arjun in Mahabharata? A Durga Puja in the city has taken inspiration from it and tried to find a link with the present society, where the women are yet to come out of oppression in the society.
Kolkata witnessed the play “Shuno Punnyoban” at Usha Ganguly Mancha, Rangakarmee, on 25 August this year that aptly showcased how the epic of the Mahabharata is still relevant today in the modern world as it suffers from its own sets of trials and tribulations, trying to find the answers towards ending the suffering.
Unorthodox operations have been an integral part of military warfare. Concomitant to conventional operations, the unconventional/guerrilla operations or shall I say "out of the box" kind of missions had been planned and executed by various countries in the past.
Sanjukta Dasgupta, an Indian academic, poet, critic and translator, released her book, Ekalavya Speaks, at The Bengal Club on 6 June this year. Her book is a collection of 86 poems shedding light on the lives of subalterns immersed in discrimination and stigma.
India’s cultural consciousness is embedded with pearls of heritage carried forward through generations in the form of folk art.
A prominent personality to keep an eye on is Manmohan Shetty who will be coming back after a long time to headline this new merger.
From 1970 onwards, Dibia started to experiment with elements of traditional Balinese performing arts to create new works for contemporary audiences.
Mallika says, "I was an innocent, lost in an alien professional theatre world, working in a language that I did not speak."
Delivering the first P Parameswaran Memorial Lecture organised by Bharatheeya Vichar Kendram in Thiruvananthapuram today, the Vice President emphasized the need for an India that is free from social evils like casteism and corruption and takes pride in its rich cultural and spiritual heritage.
Every reader ought to notice that Barack Obama has gone out of his way in his biography to say how much of his childhood years he spent listening to the episodes in the Ramayana and Mahabharata. This of course, implies his appetite for spiritualism as well as his interest.
