Tirthankar Roy discusses the unique appeal of Bengal’s textiles, its global significance, and the factors that led to its ...

Khastgir was born in Calcutta although he traced his roots to Chittagong. Accor­ding to Kamal Sarkar’s Bharater Bhaskar O ...

The forgotten story of World War II: the Bengal famine in British India, where at least three million people died, told for the first time by the eyewitnesses to it. The Bengal Famine of 1943 in ...

In the sprawling width of Indian culture, Naga Sadhus stand as a fascinating enigma. Cloaked in ash, adorned with rudraksha ...

Discover the ethical foundation of Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen's economics through his profound philosophy and moral praxis.

The Bengal Famine of 1943–44, a man-made catastrophe that in total caused the deaths of perhaps five million people, was described by the incoming British Viceroy Archibald Wavell as threatening ...

U.N. officials on Monday asked for $6 billion for Sudan this year from donors to help ease what they called the world's worst ...

A young Bengali theatremaker’s new play brings Bertolt Brecht’s poignant poetry to the stage with a side of fresh alu posto ...

To celebrate Shropshire Day, we’re taking a look at some of the famous faces who have put our beloved county on the map.

Beneath its grand sweep, Great Eastern Hotel remains a novel about politics—how the shifting tides of war and colonial ...

Among previous world famines, the Bengal Famine of 1943 claimed between 2 million and 3 million lives, according to several estimates, while millions are believed to have died in the Great Chinese ...