Culture / Literature
When Tagore came to 'Music Director' Kazi Nazrul Islam's rescue!
Rabindranath Tagore overruled Visva Bharati and helped Nazrul
Did Marxism give shape to Manik Bandopadhyay's writings?
Bandopadhyay’s writings dealt with the wretchedness of existence in the context of rural Bengal
Satya Ranjan Dolui, the security guard who set up a library in a park with ...
Dolui transformed the place into a library with all kinds of books
Kabir Suman on his birthday - Indrajit Sen recalls a four-day musical journ...
The man who broke the glass ceilings of Bengali songs
By Indrajit Sen
Women’s Day Series --- Dahan: Questioning gender stereotyping
Suchitra Bhattacharya's writing focuses on contemporary social issues
By Shuvra Dey
Women’s Day Series --- Subarnolata in pursuit of an identity
Ashapurna Devi authored over 30 novels, poetry, 10 volumes of collected works, and numerous stories for children
By Shuvra Dey
Women’s Day Series --- Sarat Chandra’s Abhaya defies traditional morali...
Chattopadhyay’s unconventional idea of chastity and reversed roles of women is best depicted in the female characters in Srikanta
By Shuvra Dey
Women’s Day Series --- Mrinal of Tagore’s Streer Patra defies the ‘ha...
The mid-19th century was an era of great social and political upheaval
By Shuvra Dey
Letters written on Tagore’s Purabi by Victoria Ocampo
Purabi is an evening raga of Hindustani Classical Music signaling the onset of the dusk
By TTW
Creator of Pandab Goenda, Shashtipada Chattopadhyay is no more
Pandab Goenda was every Bengali child’s favourite
Creator Sujan Dasgupta leaves 'Eken babu' in limbo
Both Sayantani and Shamita Dasgupta had translated Bengali fairy tales and published them in English
2nd largest Book Fair of the world kicks off
World’s 2nd largest book fair is held every year in Kolkata with great pomp
How a 15-year publishing hiatus almost cost Sarat Chandra his career
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay is India’s most translated author
MATER: The book that speaks saving India’s sons to save our daughters
An anthology of letters from Mother to Son edited by Saheli Mitra
Do we remember famous historian Sudhir Kumar Mitra’s anti-communal ideolo...
Sudhir Kumar Mitra was born in Jonai Boksha village in the Hooghly district
Modern Masterpieces: Pratham Pratishruti, Ashapurna Devi’s immortal warri...
Pratham Pratishruti is arguably Ashapurna Devi’s most celebrated work
Amrita Mukherjee’s book reveals the secret diary of Calcutta’s iconic l...
Asoke Kumar Mukherjee was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Alipore Bar Association
When two planets were engaged in a chat – why Tagore and Einstein never a...
Rabindranath Tagore and Albert Einstein met a couple of times
By Saheli Mitra
Bengal’s first-ever Santhali Book Fair in Jhargram turning heads
It aimed to revive a dying language by making it popular
Can authorship be taught? Apeejay Bangla Sahitya Utsob answers
The goal of ABSU is to increase the accessibility of Bangla literature
Thakumar Jhuli – Bengal’s very own fairytales and the man behind them
Thakumar jhuli can any time beat Western fairytales
Park Street bookstore promoting environment-friendliness
Earthcare Books focuses on books that cover ecological issues
Peeping into the life of Bonophool, the master story-teller
The master story-teller Bonophool and his hilarious idiosyncrasies
By Shuvra Dey
Girindramohini Dasi – the feminist poet who was Tagore’s contemporary
Her poems were highly praised by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
By TTW
On Children’s Day, a look at two men whose Bengali rhymes for children be...
In focus, Madan Mohan Tarkalankar and Jogindranath Sarkar
Modern Masterpiece: Titas Ekti Nodir Naam, the story of a river and a man w...
Titas Ekti Nodir Naam is a masterpiece because of its flaws
Did you know Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay was nominated for Nobel Prize?
According to nobelprize.org, Tarashankar had been nominated from India by author Krishna Kripalani, who was then the secretary of Sahitya Akademi
Death never conquered Tagore, he had seen too much of it
In a life marked by personal losses, Tagore thought deeply about death
How Labhpur influenced the writing spirit of Tarashankar
He who brought a slice of Rarh Bengal to life
By Shuvra Dey
Bishnu Dey, ‘rebel’ poet and harbinger of modernism in Bengali verse
Remembering on his birth anniversary
By Shuvra Dey
What have we done beyond paying lip service to Michael Madhusudan Dutt?
Michael was a ‘post-colonial writer’ before the phrase even existed
Tagore’s Gitanjali in Kurmali language
In West Bengal, Kurmali is taught in two colleges in the undergraduate level
By Suman Sadhu
Remembering Gour Kishore, the voice that knew no fear
This year marks the centenary of Gour Kishore Ghosh
A stunning visual saga of Damodar, Bengal’s one-time river of sorrow
A coffee-table book paints a picture of a once mighty river
By Saheli Mitra
Siraj’s Murshidabad is the setting for debut novelist’s modern day thri...
Corporate hotshot Sudipta Sengupta’s novel is out in June
Satyajit Ray- The Man Who Knew Too Much: Barun Chanda’s ode to Ray
Barun Chanda had seen Ray from very close quarters while working with him for Seemabaddha
By Saheli Mitra
Dhan Gopal Mukerji: Trailblazer cosmopolitan Indian modernist author
Dhan Gopal Mukerji, one of the earliest iconic cosmopolitan Indian modernists, travelled abroad in the first decade of the 20th century
By TTW
Chander Pahar’s Diego Alvarez, a fictional character or a real-life?
Diego Alvarez was the most important part of Shankar's life
Anjan Chakraborty – the bibliophile of Bijoygarh
He is one of the most recognised bibliophiles in Kolkata
Saradindu Bandopadhyay brought in unusual murder weapons
Unusual weapons that detective Byomkesh Bakshi looked for
At home in the world, revisiting the memoirs of Amartya Sen
An in depthreading of Amartya Sen's memoirs
By Suman Sadhu
General public of Russia was warm towards Tagore despite Stalin’s sanctio...
A three-part series exploring Letters from Russia by Tagore written in 1930
By Saheli Mitra
Did Russia behave like a fascist? Tagore’s letters reveal the nation’s ...
A three-part series exploring Letters from Russia by Tagore written in 1930
By Saheli Mitra
Journey of an incorrigible optimist
Pinaki Ganguly's book explores some eternal questions
By Saheli Mitra
Erstwhile Kolkata’s top-notch publication house -- Gurudas Chattopadhyay ...
It was initially known as Bengal Medical Library
By Shuvra Dey
Tagore’s ‘Letters from Russia’ written almost a century ago reflects ...
A three-part series exploring Letters from Russia by Tagore written in 1930
By Saheli Mitra
Zeenat Rehana Islam’s book lends voice to Bengali girls’ struggles duri...
Post-reading analysis of Zeenat Rehana Islam's book, 'Lockdown Diary'
By Suman Sadhu
What did author Leela Majumdar share in her Rannar Boi?
Leela Majumdar’s Rannar Boi is for the modern woman
State to confer heritage status to Ram Mohan’s ancestral home at Radhanag...
To commemorate the 250th birth anniversary of Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Ramdhanu – earliest children’s periodical in Bengali
It used to feature published poems, short stories, plays and novellas and many more articles
How did Madhusudan Dutta defy Ram and make Meghnad the hero
When the villain of Hindu mythology turns a hero in an epic poem
By Saheli Mitra
Bengali, the first Indian language that Tintin spoke
Tintin has been available in Bengali since 1975
How are Mir Jafar and Lord Curzon associated with Kolkata’s National Libr...
Mir Jafar and Lord Curzon were instrumental in growth and development of National Library
India’s first Bengali literature festival turns seven
The festival was conceptualized in 2015 at Oxford Bookstores
Celebrating 'laughter maker' Shibram on his birthday
His creations are a treasure trove of Bengali literature
New English translation pays homage to iconic Thakumar Jhuli
Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumdar published his work in 1907
Satyaprasad Gangopadhyay -- Rabindranath Tagore’s first publisher
Tagore’s first book of verses was published by his nephew, Satyaprasad
By Shuvra Dey
Not just a freedom fighter, Chittaranjan Das was a poet too
Remembering Das on his birth anniversary
Abol Tabol decoded: ‘Probasi’ translator reveals unknown facets of Suku...
Niladri Roy is a US-based electronics and telecom engineer
PUJO READ: Uttam Kumar --- A Life in Cinema; Bloomsbury
This pujo, get your copy of this book
By TTW
Saradindu Bandopadhyay - not just detective Byomkesh, but a master writer o...
On his death anniversary
Tarashankar's iconic creation – Krishnendu-Rina Brown chemistry in Saptap...
The movie deviated from the original novel
By Shuvra Dey
The Swiss woman who wrote the first Bengali novel
‘Phulmani o Karunar Biboron’ was published in 1852
Sukumar Ray and the magical world of Pagla Dashu
One of Bengal's most loveable young characters
By Shuvra Dey
Mujtaba Ali’s ‘Deshe Bideshe’ describes life in Kabul as never seen b...
Syed Mujtaba Ali spent a year-and-a-half teaching in Kabul from 1927 to 1929
By Shuvra Dey
Bankim Chandra described a different face of ‘Krishna’ in Krishnacharit...
Bengal worshipped the Lord with a difference!
Nazrul’s century-old ‘Bidrohi’ remains the voice of protest against i...
‘Bidrohi’ was first published in ‘Bijli’ and later in other periodicals
By Suman Sadhu
Michael Madhusudan, the genius who lost his way
Remembering one of Bengal’s greatest literary figures
'Nilkantha Pakhir Khonje' and the circle of life
Atin Bandyopadhyay's masterpiece is like a slow moving stream
How Rabindranath Tagore comes to our rescue in these trying times of bereav...
How the great poet coped with the loss of his loved ones with poems and songs
By Shuvra Dey
‘TNG Sir’, the Narayan Ganguly we know so little about
Last year marked the 50th death anniversary of the literary icon
Love never dies! Nazrul's famous love letter to his lady love on his birth ...
The letter that harbours emotions hitherto unknown
Mr U. Ray, Bengal’s gift to the world of printing
Like his contemporary Rabindranath Tagore, Upendrakishore Roy Chowdhury was a polymath
New Indian digital player Dialoguein presents global Bengali lit fest
‘Dialoguein Global Bengali Lit-Fest’, is to be held from May 6-8
How books have always turned out to be our favourite companions
On World Book Day, a best friend that we cannot part with
By Saheli Mitra
Shankha Ghosh, the quiet revolutionary
The Jnanpith awardee was diagnosed with Covid this month
By TTW
First Indian ‘Man of Letters’ of USA was a Bengali
Dhan Gopal Mukerji, a Stanford graduate and his children’s books
By TTW
Kiriti Roy, created by Dr. Nihar Ranjan Gupta
Dr. Nihar Ranjan Gupta’s ‘Kiriti Roy’ is a hit among readers of all age
By TTW
Meet Kolkata’s home chefs, a growing tribe
From cooking only for their families to cooking for strangers, a silent revolution has begun
Why we need to remember Annadashankar Ray
His writings predicted what the future of India would be
By Daud Haider
Bengali author Sankar receives Sahitya Akademi Award
Sankar is also regarded as a street food expert
Did Victoria Ocampo turn Rabindranath Tagore into a painter?
How Ocampo inspired Tagore to explore the creative world of art and painting
Victoria Ocampo sold her necklace to pay for Tagore’s stay in Argentina
Ocampo’s profound admiration for Tagore and her personal sacrifice
Suhasini Biswas’ Gitanjali Diary – The Anne Frank of Bengal
How Tagore’s Gitanjali helped her survive in a Japanese Detention Camp
By TTW
Protecting poet Hiralal Sen – British conspiracy to bring sedition charge...
How Hiralal Sen’s “Hungkar” put him at loggerheads with the British
By Shuvra Dey
Comic King Narayan Debnath has been awarded Padmashri
Narayan Debnath receives Padmashri Award
By TTW
New book of short stories boosts Bengal-Australia ties
Saheli Mitra is the only South Asian writer to feature in a prestigious new anthology of short stories
Swami Vivekananda believed Gautam Buddha was reborn as Christ
Why Swami Vivekananda thought Buddha and Christ are same?
19th century Bengali Sufi poetry book discovered in Australian deserts! Who...
Kasasol Ambia is a famous book printed in Kolkata
By TTW
Vidyasagar not just wrote Borno Parichay but several books on widow remarri...
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar brought liberalism in Bengali literature
Author who created ‘Fearless Women’ in Indian literature
From Rajlakshmi to Chandramukhi to Kiranmayi
By Saheli Mitra
Celebrating Tutu-Bhutu, and the genius of Dhiren Bal
Beloved Bengali children's classic 'Tutu-Bhutu' turned 60 recently
Sunil Gangopadhyay - None in Bengali literature reinterpreted history so po...
On his birth anniversary, remembering Sunil
Nabadwip, the ‘Oxford of Bengal,’ gave birth to one of ancient India’...
Nadia was seat of liberal religious movement
Bamabodhini Patrika of 19thcentury Bengal gave women of the Andarmahal a sp...
The journal opened the window to women emancipation
The man who wrote down Bengal's first ghost stories, in English!
The Rev. Lal Behari Dey was a preacher and professor. But he was also a boy who never forgot the stories heard in childhood
Sukanta Bhattacharya, whose poetry was born from irrevocable trauma of war ...
Aren’t his poems relevant during the recent migrant labourer crisis?
By Shuvra Dey
The earliest Bengali prose in print, with a touch of Portugal
Way back in the 17th century, the Portuguese became the first people to print Bangla prose. Here’s how
Death is not extinguishing the light; it is putting out the lamp as dawn ha...
He who wove eternal tale of life and death
By Shuvra Dey
Bankim Chandra’s Devi Chaudhurani still alive in a Jalpaiguri Temple
Devi Chadhurani and Bhabani Pathak might have led the Sanyasi Movement
Eminent author and journalist Nimai Bhattacharya’s death will leave a dee...
He will meet his ‘Memsaheb’ in heaven
‘Story of Teesta died long ago,’ and now Debesh Roy who brought Teesta ...
Bengal loses one of the best contemporary authors
Why Bengal’s Dalit poet Kalyani Thakur uses the surname ‘Charal’
In her quest for dignity for all down-trodden humans
The poet who wrote and designed his own wedding card – Tagore at his best...
On Rabindranath Tagore’s birth anniversary a tribute
Relationship that forever remained undefined – Tagore’s Bijoya, Victori...
The poet taught Ocampo how to say ‘Bhalobasha’
Lord Buddha had deeply impacted Rabindranath Tagore
From Chandalika to Srimati, Lord Buddha was the driving force
By Saheli Mitra
What did Tagore write after his dear son died in a cholera epidemic?
On World Poetry Day let’s tackle grief and panic with poetry
By Saheli Mitra
Samaresh Basu – the most prolific author of Bengal who was surrounded by ...
One of the best activist authors who relied on semi-rural and social issues
Subho Thakur, the rebel of Jorasanko who created Pansy & Piko
Why Subho Thakur denied his ‘Tagore’ link
‘Can the Subaltern Speak?’ -- golden question by Gayatri Chakravorty Sp...
GB tribute on Spivak’s birthday
By Saheli Mitra
Vignettes of erstwhile Kolkata from Hutom Pyanchar Naksha
On birth anniversary of Kaliprasanna Singha
Bengal’s endangered tribal languages --- are they being revived?
GB traces the languages on the verge of extinction
William Makepeace Thackeray, author of Vanity Fair had a Calcutta connectio...
How the city where he was born inspired him
Kashiprasad Ghosh - unsung ‘English’ poet and author of colonial Bengal...
Ghosh was praised for his writings by European critics
Ode to Padatik poet Subhash Mukhopadhyay on his birth anniversary
What set Mukhopadhyay’s political beliefs apart?
By Shuvra Dey
GB Exclusive interview with Russian author Anna Goncharova
Children literature is important to nurture young minds
Kolkata to host unique Women Writers’ Festival this weekend
Women writers of the city will discuss on various issues
Uttarpara Library, the first public library of India still has 300-year-old...
Australia based entrepreneur Indranil Halder walks through this treasure trove
This book fair, celebrate the connect between Tagore and Russian poet Pushk...
Did you know several Russian students pursue their PhD on Tagore?
Kolkata Book Fair brings back Russian Literature to Kolkata this year!
Relive your childhood with ‘Baba Yaga’ or your college days with Chekhov
By Saheli Mitra
Mahasweta Devi was more a socialist than a communist!
Why the author distanced herself from the communist party?
Nabaneeta Dev Sen: The feisty feminist and subtle humourist
GB tribute on her birthday
By Saheli Mitra
Abhijit Banerjee wore a dhoti while receiving Nobel Prize! How dhoti carrie...
Tracing the history of this quintessential Bengali attire
Bengal’s own Agatha Christie Prabhavati Devi and her female detective...
Prabhavati invaded male domain of detectives decades ago
Ram and Sita were siblings? Linguist Suniti Kumar Chattopadhyay proved thro...
How Bhashacharya Suniti Kumar raised a furor 5 decades ago
STONEMAN, Urban Legend of Calcutta! Revisiting the city’s sensational...
Remember the serial killer of 1989?
By Saheli Mitra
Bengal embraced Lord Rama not on religious lines, but as a product of Bhakt...
Krittibasi Ramayan gives social picture of Bengal in middle ages
Bangladesh Book Fair begins in Kolkata – bridges two Bengals
Literary tie that binds across the border
When Bengal’s history reaches the shores of Australia through William...
Sydney based Bengali entrepreneur Indranil Halder on the evening
Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerji lands in Kolkata, look at his book launch
Will Good Economics for Hard Times answer to India’s economic slowdown?
18th-century Bengali Poetry Book discovered from Australian Desert!
Book thought to be Quran is in reality a poetry book!
If you are in love with Kolkata, do not miss People Called Kolkata launch ...
55 people-centric stories of a City with a Soul!
Till We Meet Again showcases middle class Kolkata at its best
Author Shibaji Bose deftly plays around with aspirations and relations
By Saheli Mitra
Why Sibram Chakraborty could never forgive Sarat Chandra?
How the two authors split on monetary deals!
Tribute to the fearless and unstoppable poet Bishnu Dey on his birthday
Sahitya Akademi and Jnanpith Award winning poet depicted contemporary times
The sublime world of Satyajit Ray’s Heroes and Heroines
Amitava Nag explores multi-faceted characters of Ray’s films
Kolkata to witness a grand Literary Gala Party tomorrow
Literoma community brings in new literary festival to the city
How Mallika Basu raises a kitchen storm with Masala?
GB speaks to famous food blogger and London based author
By Saheli Mitra
Remembering Hazar Churasir Ma
Mahasweta Devi’s ever protesting pen on her birth anniversary
By Saheli Mitra
Ashapurna Devi – Feminist or ‘kitchen writer?’
On her birth anniversary GB delves into her world of words
Why is Young Adult the fastest growing genre in fiction today?
Writer and columnist Jashodhara Sen speaks to GB
Author Sanjib Chattopadhyay --- as I saw him
On the wake of the author winning Sahitya Akademi
By Saheli Mitra
Publishers from Pakistan may join Kolkata Book Fair 2019
Plethora of Urdu books at the Book Fair to be an added attraction
Wondrous transition of comedy in Bengali literature
Purono Kolkatar Golpo presented Hasyarasher Jibon Kahini
GB exclusive interview with British author Janet MacLeod Trotter
She will launch her latest book on Tea Planter’s Series in Kolkata
By Saheli Mitra
Have a poetic Sunday with translations of post Tagore poems
Ruma Chakravarti from Australia shares with GB her translations
First Ever International Poetry Extravaganza in Kolkata
Poets from across the world to converge in the city this November
Wish to read Abanindranath Tagore’s Khirer Putul in English?
Try out recently launched translation by Prof Amita Ray
By Saheli Mitra
Read translation of Rabindranath Tagore’s short story Tyaag
USA based author and poet Lopa Banerjee translates a story of Golpoguchchho
How a poet is described through seven colours of a rainbow!
GB brings an event where a poet’s personality merges with a rainbow
100 years of Sandesh – Bengal's iconic literary magazine
GB brings you a documentary on its illustrous journey
By Suman Sadhu
Why did Tagore want Nazrul to end his hunger strike?
How did ‘Robi-haara’ Nazrul accept Tagore’s death?
Unique book donation drive in Kolkata to create library
Where poets and authors performed and donated their books
Why Bengali language still did not get classical status?
Tracing the rich history of Bengali language
Can poetry bring a social movement in Kolkata again?
GB brings to you WE and Rhythm Divine Poets’ Festival
Rhythm Divine poets bring a poetry revolution to Kolkata
Do not miss Woman Scream Int’l Poetry & Arts Festival
New book on ‘Journey of Science in Bangla’
Two city educationists come up with iconic Bengali Science Book
Dallas based author shares her Kolkata Book Fair memories
Lopa Banerjee misses the book fair of Kolkata
Author Harsha Dutta feels Kolkata Book Fair has lost its glory
Why this Bengali author no more feels like going to the Book Fair
By Harsha Dutta
Saraswati Puja or Bangali Valentine’s Day?
Is Saraswati Puja the perfect setting for love?
By Uma Rajan
Journalist Asha Bhatia’s new book is on ‘Modern Dubai’
Bhatia speaks on the different shades of this desert nation
By Saheli Mitra
Author Sumana Roy believes in narratives of stillness
Her book has been shortlisted for Mumbai Lit Fest award
By Saheli Mitra
Lopa Banerjee’s ‘The Broken Home’ (Nastanirh)
This weekend read an extract from USA based author’s translations
Missionary who translated Bible to Bengali is no more
Father Christian Mignon taught Bengali at St Xaviers
Troilokyonath Mukhopadhyay’s Domorudhor
A chance to read Bengali satirist’s works in English
By Saheli Mitra
