[ad_1] The first time I heard of Bina Sarkar Ellias was in 2017, while writing an article on her daughter Yuki Ellias’ play. I was introduced to International Gallerie, a global arts and ideas journal that Bina, a poet and curator, founded in 1997. She continues to edit, design and publish it herself. Her new work, The Big […]
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[ad_1] In A Book is a Bee (Tulika Books), Lavanya Karthik writes: “A Book is a Bee, Buzzing in your head, With things to say. A Book is a Tree, With branches to climb, To see the world around.” Much has been written about the metaphorical forms a book takes: they are doors, windows, and […]
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[ad_1] One monsoon day in 1757, in the mango orchards of Plassey, a town that stands between Calcutta and Murshidabad, the British established their empire defeating Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula’s forces. And so, to this land stretching from the foothills of the Himalayas to the steaming marshes through which a thousand tributaries flow into the Bay of […]
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[ad_1] A walk at Abanindranath Tagore’s house at Konnagar during the first edition of The City as a Museum. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Two Bengal-based female artists who were popular during their time but are on the verge of being forgotten will be celebrated during this year’s The City as a Museum event held annually by the […]
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