A heritage walk across North Calcutta retraced the life and legacy of Kadambini Ganguly, one of the earliest female graduates of University of Calcutta and the first practising woman doctor in British ...
Born into Brothels, a new film documentary, tells the story of children growing up in poverty in Calcutta's red-light district who find hope in a newfound skill -- photography. NPR's Melissa Block ...
CALCUTTA -- Almost every night, when the workday ends and this crowded, crumbling city comes alive with evening shoppers, two boys push a battered metal cart through the streets, looking for a place ...
Soumik Sen's upcoming Bengali thriller 'Jazz City' aims to present an authentic, unpolished version of 1970s Calcutta's ...
CALCUTTA -- The state's top politician calls it inhumane. Others call it a lingering symbol of colonial oppression. But Mukundlal Shah calls it an honest day's work. For half his life, Shah, a wiry 60 ...
Come spring, summer, monsoon, autumn or winter, the city of Calcutta turns into an expansive kitchen and whips up a buffet ...
Sripantha’s Kolkata essays offer a window into colonial and early modern Calcutta life. They have now been translated into a book by Anita Kar The book was launched in the presence of (l-r) Dinesh ...