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Wednesday, December 24, 2025
TopicBengal art

Topic: Bengal art

Theatre is now Bengal’s cultural star. Not cinema or literature

Two Bengali plays bagged 9 of the 13 awards at the Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards. It’s perhaps the state’s biggest haul at India’s most prestigious theatre awards.

Bengal Biennale was long overdue. It fuses Shantiniketan & Kolkata art schools

‘Biennale is such a loaded word. There is a certain expectation and responsibility,’ said festival director Siddharth Sivakumar. He wants to bring back focus on art in West Bengal.

Between the brothel and Brindavan—Bengal art shows twin faces of Hindu widows after sati ban

Many Hindu women took up sex work to survive. And the resulting Sundari stereotype is one that you won't find in history books.

On Camera

Epstein files and what they mean for the American anger against elites

Of all academic institutions, it is at Harvard, the richest and perhaps the most powerful academic institution in the world, that Epstein’s ties appear to have flourished most.

To meet fund crunch, Karnataka to auction plots in Bengaluru, raise Rs 4,000 crore

Siddaramaiah govt’s five schemes strain finances as GST changes hit revenues; debt to jump nearly Rs 80,000 crore. State also plans to auction liquor licences & extend bar timings.

Not just BSF, MHA working on rules to reserve 50% of all CAPF constable posts for Agniveers

The MHA is deliberating on new recruitment rules for all CAPFs, including the CRPF, ITBP, and SSB. It wants to incorporate a 50% quota for Agniveers across the CAPFs.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.