Uma Dasgupta, Iconic Child Actor of Satyajit Ray’s ‘Pather Panchali’, Dies at 83

November 20, 2024
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A young Uma Dasgupta in Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement One important aspect

Booker Prize 2024: British Writer Samantha Harvey Wins For Space Novel ‘Orbital’

November 13, 2024
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Samantha Harvey poses with the trophy and her book Orbital after winning the Booker Prize award

Manoj Mitra (1938-2014), the Doyen of Bengali Stage and Screen, Passes Away

November 13, 2024
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Manoj Mitra was equally at home writing a hundred plays, teaching philosophy at university, performing in

Book Review: Ta-Nehisi Coates’ New Book Reminds America of its Complicity in the Ongoing Massacre in Palestine

November 12, 2024
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Outgoing US President Joe Biden with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York, on September

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November 12, 2024
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Epic Cop-Out: The Flawed Heroism of Rohit Shetty’s Singham Again

November 11, 2024
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The rot at the heart of Rohit Shetty’s Singham Again is not what you think it is. It

Why Anti-Hindi Protests Shaped Tamil Politics For 60 Years – And Still Matter Today

November 11, 2024
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The 1960s were a time of student uprisings across the world. Militant socialist students in Europe,

Quincy Jones Dies at 91: The Producer Who Reshaped Music from Jazz to Pop, Sinatra to Michael Jackson

November 11, 2024
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Sometime around 1944, an 11-year-old boy, growing up motherless and wild in Seattle, broke into a

Shibpur Botanical Garden Crisis: Great Banyan Tree, Heritage Under Threat from Climate Change, Urban Sprawl

November 10, 2024
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On October 25, the severe cyclonic storm Dana struck the eastern coast of India, bringing torrential

Actor Vijay’s TVK Party Launch: Star Power Meets Ideological Confusion in Tamil Nadu Politics

November 8, 2024
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When Tamil filmstar “Thalapathy” Vijay, or General Vijay as his fans fondly call him, stepped on