These photos of the poet were taken three months before his death.

Baul song is where mysticism, universalism, and peace – this trio – meet.

From a crowded kitchen to the pages of history: How Shreemati Rassundari defied social norms to write the first autobiography by a Bengali woman.

‘Nabayug’ marked the beginning of Nazrul’s journalistic career, but this was no ordinary professional journey; rather, it was the expression of a revolutionary consciousness.

East Bengal winning the Indian Super League symbolises profound cultural vindication for displaced refugees facing political anxieties.

Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam is widely known as the “Rebel Poet”, but he was also a profound “Poet of Equality”. Nazrul’s ideas about equality emerged from the realities of his own life.

Radha had tragically bought into Braja Sundari’s and the colonial masters’ ‘unnatural’ logic of the cash nexus, ignoring his brother's assurance regarding the organicity and naturalness of munificence–dependence.

In 1897, synthetic indigo was introduced to the market by BASF and Hoechst, two German chemical giants.

Someone’s great-grandfather might have known which drummers came beating the kara and nakara to announce, "Tonight at seven, the Chaitanya-lila folk play commences."

As legends associated with the charisma and spiritual power of Nizamuddin Auliya spread, many anecdotes from folkloric traditions began to be linked with his life, which cannot be entirely discarded either.

Mrinal Sen transformed South Asian cinema by turning political unrest, middle-class anxieties, and moral contradictions into art.

The more closely we look at Bongabdo, the less it seems like the work of a single dynasty.

For over a century and a half, the collective memory and historiography of the 1857 uprising, variously termed the ‘Sepoy Mutiny’ or the ‘First Indian War of Independence’, have remained overwhelmingly anchored within the north-central Gangetic heartland of the Indian subcontinent.

Burma and Bengal had shared extensive socio-cultural and economic exchanges long before the British landed on their shores.

At the opening of the Zoffany exhibition, the 'Nagaphon Ghat' was regarded by many as one of the most beautiful paintings ever.

Amid rising communal rhetoric, the historic bond between Lahore’s Mian family and Allahabad’s Nehrus offers a powerful lesson.

Rabindranath pointed to one particular path for rural advancement: the strategy of a cooperative approach.

Rabindranath Tagore’s artistic evolution into a universal humanist was forged through his transformative East Bengal experiences.

Most of the karigars/ustads and people at other levels of work hierarchies pointed to the palm of their hands and said “this is our everything”.

Pritilata was much more than just a nurse or a sexual object as portrayed in the media; she wanted her death to mobilise women to join the fight against imperialism, to prove detractors wrong about their abilities.