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To be a ‘Bangali’, one need not speak ‘Bengali’
August 15, 2025 7:10 pm
Mamata Banerjee government’s recent order to show a Bengali film on prime time across multiplexes represents Bhadralok hegemony
Knowledge Nugget of the day: Classical languages
October 25, 2024 2:59 pm
As the Union Cabinet extends the "classical language" designation to Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese, and Bengali. What are classical languages? What makes a language 'classical'? What is the difference between classical and official languages? Take a look.
TMC, BJP spar over credit for Bengali getting ‘classical language’ recognition
October 04, 2024 1:46 pm
While West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said her government ‘snatched the recognition from the GOI', the state’s prominent BJP leaders thanked the Prime Minister for the decision under his ‘leadership’.
Mamata writes to PM Modi, seeks classical language status for Bangla
January 12, 2024 4:03 am
Mamata Banerjee said in the letter that Bengali is the second most spoken language in India and the 7th most spoken language in the world.
Kolkata: Insurance impasse ends, TV shooting to resume today
June 11, 2020 10:24 am
The shootings were scheduled to resume from Wednesday but got postponed following a stand-off between TV producers and the West Bengal Motion Pictures Artists’ Forum over a demand of Rs. 25-lakh Covid-19 medical insurance for each artiste, effective from the first day of shooting.
Woman in White
June 09, 2019 6:19 am
A life shaped by the rigours of widowhood, and the violence of Partition and 1970s Kolkata, finds an untimely return to colour.
Fight for independent digital identity of the Assamese script continues
November 20, 2018 9:12 pm
A petition with 500 signatures has been forwarded to the PMO, CMO seeking an independent slot in the Unicode.
‘I’m interested in the overheard, misheard, or noticed things’
February 11, 2014 12:14 am
Amit Chaudhuri talks about switching genres and mediums, and his bittersweet relationship with the city he grew up in.
The road to independence
September 04, 2011 3:07 am
Dr Kamal Hossain is credited to be one of the principal archiects of the constitution of Bangladesh and one of the last surviving members of Sheikh Mujibur Rehman cabinet.
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