'Are we living in a democracy?'

'The lawyers who assaulted Kanhaiya Kumar and the journalists have not read our Constitution,' says former Supreme Court Justice A K Ganguly. Justice Ashok Kumar Ganguly (retired) is sad and......

In PHOTOS: When Didi kept her date with history

On Friday, Mamata Banerjee took oath as Bengal's first woman chief minister. Keeping her vow of 18 years, she set foot in Writer's Building. On this historic day Indrani Roy Mitra captures the mood......

Bengal needs five lakh more teachers to launch RTE

Schools in West Bengal would be able to implement the "25 per cent poor children per class" quota under the Right To Education Act only from academic year 2011. A few schools, however, are......

Cyclone Aila exposes Left

When the end is near, nothing goes well. As is probably the case with the Left Front government in West Bengal. Even before the Left could come to terms with the disastrous results of the Lok Sabha......

Antarmahal: Must watch!

Age does strange things to you. When I first read Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay's short story Protima at 13, I was moved. I fantasised about nurturing a secret affair with a handsome potter. 20 years......

The Bong crossover connection

The Gurinder Chadhas and Mira Nairs of the world can take a break from churning out'crossover' films; Tollywood has promised to share their burden. Its first crossover film, The Bong Connection......

'I can't help acting like Abhishek's mother'

Arguably, Roopa Ganguly isthe Bengali film industry's answer to Bollywood's Shabana Azmi. Accept it or not, Roopa is one of the most cerebral actresses Tollywood -- so-called after Tollygunge, a......

'Soha handled the lovemaking scenes so well'

Jackie Shroff is playing abangali babu once againin Rituparno Ghosh's Antarmahal, after Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Devdas.Yet, ami tomake bhalobashi (I love you) is the only Bengali line he can say,......

Readers wishes to Ganguly

Name:Partha GangulyMessage:wish u a very very happy birthday...--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name:SHivaprasad.HegdeMessage:Many Happy Returns of......