Artists tend to contextualise, over-explain and defend their creations, forgetting that art thrives in the grey spaces of ...

Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has urged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to declare a three-day holiday in West Bengal on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. In a letter to Banerjee on Tuesday, ...

Kolkata’s Metro was once India’s first mover. Now it’s India’s laggard. It has become a metaphor for an old city's struggle to keep pace with modernity.

Renowned Kolkata-based artist Partha Das Gupta has won the NDTV Masterstroke Art Award for Public Art Installation of the ...

The NDTV Masterstroke Public Art Installation of the Year Award 2026 goes to Partha Dasgupta, the Kolkata-based painter and ...

Basant Panchami arrives quietly. No loud build-up. No rush. Just a sense that the season is turning. Winter easing out. Spring stepping in. The day is closely tied to Saraswati Puja, when Goddess ...

Saraswati Puja will be observed this year on Friday, January 23. The day is dedicated to Goddess Saraswati, the deity of learning, music and creative thought, and is widely marked by students, ...

MUMBAI- Keeping up with the tradition, actresses Rani Mukerji and Kajol were seen indulging in the festivities during their visit to the Puja pandal on September 27. Kajol looked as stunning as ever ...

A stone’s throw from the state BJP headquarters in central Calcutta, the Eden Hindu Hostel of Presidency University has long celebrated Saraswati Puja with students participating regardless of ...

One of the moist auspicious Hindu festival of Basant Panchami or Vasant Panchami has finally arrived and is being celebrated with vigour and enthusiasm across India. Also known as Saraswati Puja or ...

Saraswati Puja is one of the most auspicious day which is observed on the day of Vasant Panchami. This is one of the most prominent Hindu festival when people offer prayers to Goddess Saraswati, the ...

You should wake up early in the morning and after taking bath, one must clean the home and puja room and light a diya after placing the idol of Saraswati Mata. The day holds a great religious and ...