This write-up describes my singular experience in translating Bengali short stories into English. However, all literary translations deal with certain common problems—of idiolect and dialect, or the ...

Bengali literature has had a rich history of prose, beginning more or less in the early 19th century under the colonial Raj. Calcutta's presence as the British Empire's capital in the colony shaped ...

English translations of 25 Bengali classic short stories penned by one of the most famous Indian writers of literary 'nonsense' and humour, Sukumar Ray, were launched Thursday on the occasion of the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. By now, it’s an old joke: Molière’s Bourgeois Gentilhomme discovers that he has been speaking something called ...

The Awakening explores the attributes of the other side of the coin where the evil has been deducted out of its morale and bears the torchlight for the negligence and tortures on Surpanakha. The epic ...

Nibaran Chakraborty’s house was indeed a huge one. Spread across two floors, it probably had fourteen or fifteen rooms. In front of the kitchen was a sprawling porch. At its corner, there was a ...

Durga Puja isn’t just about pandal hopping and feasting in Kolkata — it is also about family time, childhood memories and nostalgia that refuses to die. It is this emotion that many filmmakers have ...

A moment from Amra Kajon Drama Society's 'Bhoy', put up as part of the All India Bengali Short Drama Competition, or the National Theatre Festival, organized by the New Delhi Kalibari in association ...

As many as six Bengali films have been shortlisted for the Cannes short film corner that will be held between May 11 and 22. Kolkata: As many as six Bengali films have been shortlisted for the Cannes ...

Independence Day is celebrated every year on August 15, marking India’s freedom from colonial rule. The Prime Minister hoists the national flag at the Red Fort in Delhi, and the entire country joins ...