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 Srimanta Mitra For ardent lovers of Satyajit Ray’s detective Feluda, The Mystery of the Pink Pearl is not a very memorable one. It does not have the depth of The Golden Temple, or the thrills of The Bandits of Bombay, or the edge-of-the-seat spookiness as The Secret of the Cemetery. But for me, it was […]

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Sraboni Mitra Ghosh Do you want an amazing dish for your lunch? Then, you got to try the Chicken pulao. Pulao is the all-time favourite dish of Bengalis. Add a bit of chicken to it and it’s going to make your mouth salivate. Here is a recipe for Chicken pulao. All set? Now, let’s have […]

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Sreyashi Mitra This recipe is a very special one for me. This is my Thamma’s bread pudding. Throughout my childhood, I’ve been hearing about this special recipe of hers from everyone. I have tasted that also when I was very little. My Ditima (Dida), who got the recipe from Thamma makes it quite often and […]

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Author: Kakali Roy Chowdhury Do you want a cool ice cream Sandesh for you and your family? Here is an amazing ice cream Sandesh recipe! Ingredients Chena/cottage cheese – 3 Cups Sugar -1 and a 1/2 cup Cream – 6 tablespoons Rose pink color – 3 to 4 drops Vanilla essence – A few drops […]

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Suprabhat Sen A Mythological Look The Koh-i-noor diamond is not only set in the books of Indian History. The history of the Koh-i-noor dates back to Hindu mythology as well, even having connections with Lord Krishna. Author William Dalrymple wrote in his book, “The history of Kohinoor”, that according to the two Puranas, the greatest […]

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Author: Bolai Chatterjee I had seen the maestro’s film as a child, as a teenager, as a newlywed, and as I greyed my hair to eventual whiteness. This sheer poetry on celluloid has offered me different suggestions at different times…much akin to my changing perspective on almost all matters as the shadows got longer for […]

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Anjan Basu Chaudhury   Rishi Kapoor, a name which Indian Film Industry will remember with pride every day as long as the industry continues to make films. He is one of the sons of Late Raj Kapoor. I believe Rishi used to imitate his beloved father from his childhood which no one used to. He […]

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Sarbani Ghosh Basu One of the most versatile actors in Indian cinema and one of the most respected individuals in the film fraternity, Irrfan Khan has passed away today, in Mumbai. He was 53. He was admitted to Mumbai Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital due to a colon infection. In 2018, he was diagnosed with rare […]

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Author: Soumya Mukherjee Have you followed the German team at world cups? They have never had a Ronaldo or Ronaldinho, a Maradona or Messi, a Pele or Eusobio, but they have beaten teams who have these stars, and won the cup a disproportionate number of times.  They have a secret. They know how to pass […]

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Author: Sanchari Goswami Majumdar How Different Are Indian TV Serials From The Modern Indian Web Series?     We all need entertainment in some form – be it movies, books, or theatre. However, since the invention of the Television set, it has become the most powerful form of audiovisual medium of entertainment. The one thing […]

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