Elders for celebration of Tagore`s Nobel prize centenary

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 16:46

A demand was made in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday by Trinamool Congress to celebrate the centenary of conferring Nobel prize on Rabindranath Tagore.

Bollywood turns our collective brains into chicken-feed: Director Q

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 5, 2012, 19:19

Quashik Mukherjee, a true auteur, expresses his elation about Tasher Desh and his esoteric experimentation with the medium of cinema.

WB: Rebel minister not to attend Mamata meeting

Last Updated: Thursday, November 29, 2012, 23:09

TMC minister Rabindranath Bhattacharya said he would not attend Mamata Banerjee`s administrative meeting.

Festival honours literary greats Tagore, Bhanja

Last Updated: Thursday, November 29, 2012, 15:08

Literary greats Upendra Bhanja and Rabindra Nath Tagore were honoured with a music and dance festival, which had performances by Odissi dancers Chandana Raul and Minakhi Behera.

Mamata aware that TMC workers extort money: WB Minister

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 27, 2012, 16:55

Trinamool Congress cadres are engaged in extortion and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee knows about it, a disgruntled minister has said.

Tagore`s bust unveiled at Buddhist temple in Indonesia

Last Updated: Monday, November 26, 2012, 17:07

The bust of Indian Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore was unveiled on Monday at Indonesia`s Borobudur temple, the largest Buddhist complex in the world dating back to the 9th century.

Speculation over Rabindranath Bhattacharya`s resignation

Last Updated: Friday, November 23, 2012, 15:53

Speculation is rife that a minister in the West Bengal government resigned following change in his portfolio in the ministerial reshuffle carried out last Wednesday.

Rabindranath Tagore paintings begin tour of India

Last Updated: Thursday, November 22, 2012, 09:37

Rabindranath Tagore entered the world of visual imagery, drifting from words to images, only when he turned 64.

Tagore`s `Dakghar` finds relevance in mute children

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 20, 2012, 16:17

Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore`s play ‘Dakghar’ is open to multiple interpretations by different segments of actors, as showcased by a group of challenged children who gave it a contemporary colour with fusion music, mime and body language acting.

Rabindranath Tagore`s `Dakghar` finds relevance in mute children

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 20, 2012, 15:52

At the inauguration of the bi-annual children`s urban theatre festival, ‘Jashn-e-Bachpan’, a group of challenged children gave Rabindranath Tagore`s play a contemporary colour with fusion music, mime and body language acting.

Baul song rechristened as tribute to the Bard

Last Updated: Monday, October 22, 2012, 08:26

Invoking the `baul` philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore, on his sesquicentennial birth anniversary, prolific singers of Bengali including Srikanto Acharya, Lopamudra Mitra, Rupankar and elocutionist Bratati Bandyopadhyay have chipped in together for a `tribute` album this puja.

Fake Tagore paintings: College principal suspended, FIR filed

Last Updated: Friday, October 19, 2012, 16:39

A group of art college students and painters have lodged an FIR with the police seeking action against those who had made and exhibited the counterfeit Tagore paintings.