HE CLAIMS to be lazy but clings onto aplenty on his plate. He wishes to rest a little in his armchair but chases out time to shuttle between acting, direction and scriptwriting.

She has been there and done that for over three decades now. Founder-director of the nationally acclaimed play troupe Rangakarmee, Usha Ganguli has pushed the boundaries across global frontiers too. From the 2004 Karachi Peace Theatre Fete in Pakistan, followed by Theatre der Welt 2005 festival in Stuttgart (Germany) to the recently concluded Rabindra Utsav in Bangladesh, she has tasted international fame with her message-driven stage creations.

It reads like a pastoral poem. Or as a painted canvas that depicts a village scene over the earthen patas. Is he a dedicated patua — one of those scroll painters from Bengal’s hinterlands? — goes the whispering murmur among the large gathering present at a gallery gala. Well, no one is to be blamed. For his soul-touching

Question: How relevant you think is Shakespeare and his august body of works in today’s world?
Answer: William Shakespeare is timeless, both as a legendary poet as well as a remarkable playwright. His dramas encompass themes that are universal in appeal and significantly cutting across time and geographical

At the poolside of his hotel room, across the tracts of carefully manicured lawns, he rested on a chair under the warm sun-kissed gleam and drenched his mind into moments of reverie f

A plethora of emotions and expressions came alive in the sculpted images of Provat Majhi’s dokra exhibition.

She came to Kolkata as a US diplomat, but will soon leave the city as an inspired lensman. Having served the three years’ tenure of a US Consul General since July 2008, Beth A.

The world of theatre is mourning the loss of Badal sircar, a man known as the father of abstract theatre of India. Badal Da introduced the concept of “third theatre” to the subcontinent. In tribute to the legend, Kolkata-based theatre personalities share their thoughts with us.
Badalda’s demise has left behind a void which is not easy to fill in. More than a rude shock to the world of theatre, it’s a huge loss and a big blow to the mind over matter.

THE MAESTRO would have turned 90 this month (read May 2), had he been alive. And continued to create magic with his cinematic sensibilities across the 70 mm canvas of celluloid.

It is not more than a mere book per se. That is if you have to judge it by its cover.