Poet Sankha Ghosh, who had spoken out against the 2007 Nandigram firing and the 2012 arrest of a professor for circulating a cartoon lampooning Mamata Banerjee, today ...

Sankha Ghosh, one of Bengal’s foremost intellectuals, poets, professors and literary critics, passed away in Calcutta on Wednesday morning. He was 89. Ghosh had tested positive for Covid-19 and was in ...

CHENNAI: The historic area of Nandambakkam, a suburb of Chennai, is home to the Kodandarama Svami temple, which dates back to the Vijayanagara era. It is believed that sage, Bhringi performed ...

Kolkata: Lauding late litterateur Sunil Gangopadhyay, President Pranab Mukherjee said Saturday the amount of historical research that went into his writing was noteworthy. Presenting the Sunil ...

My songs are about the harsh realities of life and are meant to open people’s consciousness,” says Sankha Bopearachchie, better known to his fans as Sankha B. Among the many artists who have shown ...

Bengali brides wear bangles made of conch shell, red lac and iron. As always, I am amazed by the manner in which the medicinal products available in nature are brought to our notice. Who can forget ...

Noted Bengali poet Shanka Ghosh, who tested positive for covid-19 recently and was in home isolation, died on Wednesday in Kolkata, a report in the newspaper Anandabazar Patrika confirmed. He was 89.

Conch, the election symbol of the Biju Janata Dal, has become a catalyst for promotion of a traditional folk dance form named ‘Jodi Sankha’ from Ganjam district. During most of its political ...

Eminent poet and critic Sankha Ghosh passed away in Kolkata on Wednesday. The Jnanpith awardee was 89 and had tested positive for COVID-19 earlier in April. He was under home isolation for the past ...