Not only Bengalis...: Amartya Sen amid language row

Wading into the political slugfest over the alleged harassment of Bengali migrant workers in other parts of the country, noted economist Amartya Sen said every citizen of India has the freedom to......

Tagore's Santiniketan added to UNESCO World Heritage List

Santiniketan, the famed place in West Bengal where poet Rabindranath Tagore built Visva-Bharati over a century ago, has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. IMAGE: The clock tower at......

History In Minutes: Man Who Handwrote Our Constitution

Prem Bihari Narain Raizada wrote 145,000 words in flowing italic styles. It took him 6 months and hundreds of nibs. Photograph: Kind courtesy Lalit Kala Akademi The Constitution of India was hand......

Where have Santiniketan's cycle rickshaws gone?

The cycle rickshaws in Santiniketan have been replaced by battery-run 'totos'.These 'totos' strangely are not registered with the regional transport authority but by the strange rules of West......

Amartya Sen, Home in the World

Amartyada, says Omkar Goswami, thank you for being the humane, caring and socially concerned economist that you are. All Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   Born in 1933, Amartya Sen......

Dear Nirmalaji: 'Everybody should be given a job'

Kindly note that this image has only been posted for representational purposes. Photograph: Kind courtesy British High Commission, New Delhi/Creative Commons On February 1, 2021, Finance Minister......

The truth about training

'I wondered how one could impart training to grown men to not lie,' notes Keya Sarkar. Ilustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Over the years that I have been in Santiniketan engaged in the craft......

Brown rice and Bluetooth

Brown and organic rice were just words to many who lived in citiesMany of those who visited my craft shop in Santiniketan had been asking for “brown” or “hulled” rice.......

Aditi Sings Ang Laga De, Noodle Sa Dil

'There must have been some wonderful genetic disorder due to which I was attracted towards filmi songs.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Aditi Paul/Instagram One of the things that was appreciated in......

Why Ananya Is All Heart

Sayani takes a selfie... Rasika enjoys a Bengali thali... Esha gives advice... Photograph: Kind courtesy Ananya Panday/Instagram 'Dad just tried his hand at drawing -- it's called 'The #PehlaPasta......

'I kept holding his hand, waiting for him to wake up'

'His shocking demise is a reminder to us to take life slow.' IMAGE: KK's final performance in Kolkata. Photograph: Kind courtesy KK/Instagram KK's death, at the young age of 53, soon after a......

BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES of Satyajit Ray

Satyajit Ray would have been a hundred years old on May 2.To mark the legendary film-maker's birth centenary, Rediff.com brings you a treasure trove of features from our archives. A lot has been......