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.
Obama says he had never been to India before his Presidential visit in 2010, but the country had 'always held a special place in my imagination'.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his first public engagement after the announcement of a nationwide lockdown on March 24, had invoked the Mahabharata war to state that India’s battle against Coronavirus will continue for 21 days.
The chief minister said despite her assurances over 30 people have so far died in the state because of the panic over the proposed implementation of the citizens' register.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while presenting the Union Budget in the Parliament on Saturday made an announcement in this regard.
The signal strength of this book lies in its exhaustive reference to many diverse and historically various sources, from early Indo-Aryan slokas to the post-modernist silver screen. Bhattacharya is meticulous in both summary and delivery of his research data and his analyses of the material are conceptually rigorous... A review
