Tag «Bengali»

Eros International and makers of Bengali blockbusters Belaseshe & Praktan gear up for a hat trick with Posto

Posto to have the biggest release for any Bengali film till date   Mumbai, April 19, 2017: Eros International Media Ltd, India’s leading global company in the Indian film industry, reunited with director duo Shiboprosad Mukherjee and Nandita Roy, makers of two consecutive Bengali super hits—Belaseshe and Praktan—to announce their upcoming Bengali family drama Posto …

Bong Curry for the traveller’s Soul – Chawm Ganguly

The myriad influences and their subtle hints in Bengali Cuisine. What do the exiled descendants of the Nawab Wajid Ali Shah of Awadh, the family of Tipu Sultan, the Anglo-Indians, the repressed Hindu widows of yore, the Jewish fortune hunters, the Chinese settlers, British Memsahibs and Marwari traders have in common? The answer is simple …

Happy Durga Puja

The Goddess Durga fought against the combined might of the evil forces – the Dark Side, if you may – for nine long days and on the tenth, emerged victorious. And, it is her victory that we celebrate each year – the victory of righteousness, the triumph of good. On another level, the festival is …

Rediscovered Sound File of Tagore’s Speech in Berlin

Rabindranath Tagore visited Germany three times: 1921, 1926, 1930. On 1st June 1921, he gave his lecture “The message of the forest” in Berlin’s Friedrich Wilhelm University, today’s Humboldt University, for the first time. Because of the overwhelming interest of the public, Tagore had to repeat his speech in front of several thousand listeners at …

Shri Shikshayatan gets CBSE status

Kolkata, May 22, 2014:  In the year 1954, Shri Shikshayatan School was established up to class X. Due to the selfless service and the contribution of the erstwhile and present Trustees, the School now runs on a sprawling campus with Primary section, Secondary Section and Higher Secondary section, Auditorium and, Labs. It has made the …

Saavn Makes Mobile Music Available for Everyone with LAVA Discover 136S

Expands feature phone music experience with trailblazing LAVA Discover series integration New Delhi – May 8th, 2014 – Saavn, the world’s largest Indian music streaming service, today announced a partnership with LAVA International, one of India’s fastest-growing mobile handset companies. The Saavn app, which provides listeners a fast, affordable music experience on the go, will …

Gupshup Introduces Support for Regional Languages – Expands reach into a larger Indian audience

New Delhi, August 1, 2013: GupShup Messenger, India’s leading mobile messaging app, introduced multi-lingual features for their users. These features will allow GupShup users to communicate seamlessly with their followers in 10 languages namely – Hindi, English, Bengali, Gujrati, Kannada, Malyalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu. “Supporting multiple languages is the most important aspect of …