Reports this week alleged that Ray’s ancestral home in Bangladesh’s Mymensingh was being razed, sparking outcry. However, the demolition was also reportedly halted.
MEA’s statement comes in response to local reports that ancestral home of Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury, Ray’s grandfather, is being demolished in Bangladesh after years of neglect.
Vignettes from 130 years of children’s literature came together in Becoming, an exhibition that resonated with adults too. It ran from 28 April to 6 May.
In ‘The State and New Cinema in Contemporary India’, Sudha Tiwari examines the setting up and roles of the Film Finance Corporation and the National Film Development Corporation.
West Bengal and Bangladesh desperately need a new fictional sleuth, and Aranya Chatterjee from ‘Aranyer Prachin Probad’ perfectly fits the bill. He’s a med student who loves cricket and reading.
Ray & Mitra created masterpieces like Pather Panchali, Nayak and Devi . Mitra’s lens wove emotions, as seen in the iconic freeze-frames at the end of Charulata.
These were the battles we thought we’d already fought. The slow recognition that caste is a plague upon Indian society. The hard-won right to choose your own partner.
November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
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