At the Serendipity Arts Festival’s tenth edition in Goa, percussionist and curator Bickram Ghosh advanced a compelling cultural argument—that tradition survives not by standing still, but by learning how to flow. Jayalakshmi Sengupta reports As…
Kolkata has always carried its past lightly—sometimes in stone and mortar, sometimes in people. Long before pipelines and plastic tanks, the city depended on human rhythm and muscle. Among these quiet lifelines were the vistiwalas,…
Ashok Sharma ashoksharma23may@gmail.com The New Year is not only the beginning of another calendar year; it is also a time to pause, reflect and think about the direction in which our lives and our society…
By Tirthankar Mitra One of world’s oldest broadcasters, Radio Ceylon, has turned 100. It arrived decades before television when radio was a novelty and Radio Ceylon started officially broadcasting from December 16, 1925. Radio…
By Lalit Gupta The cowardly massacre of innocent tourists at Pahalgam by Islamist terrorists on 22 April 2025, widely condemned by national and local leaders as well as the general public, created an atmosphere of…
Mahi Charak mahicharak06@gmail.com Language is one of humanity’s greatest creations. It is the invisible thread that binds hearts, the bridge between minds and the mirror of civilization itself. Through language, we share ideas, express emotions,…
Shiv Kumar Padha Padha.shov@gmail.com. Coming down the slopes of the Himalayas, there is a town of temples, Vishawasthali, now known as Basohli, where the ruins of the magnificent palaces dominate the whole landscape. Vishawasthali, the…
Ashok Ogra ashokogra@gmail.com Come marriage season in India and it’s not the bride’s lehenga that first catches the eye. It’s is Pagdi-that glorious crown of fabric men sport as though they had always been royal…
One Hundred Years of Linguistic Discovery (1908–2025) Sadaket Ali Malik sadaketjammu@gmail.com The Bhaderwahi language is spoken mainly in the Bhaderwah area of the Chenab Valley in Jammu and Kashmir. The area witnessed an extraordinary scholarly…
Shiv Kumar Padha padha.shiv@gmail.com Basohli is widely known for its royal palace for its unique design and architecture, Ayurveda, astrology, hub of Sanatana, ritualism, music, performing arts, miniature and mural paintings, still out of sight…
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