A tribute to Bengali author Shankar (Mani Shankar Mukherjee), whose novels like Chowringhee and Jana Aranya shaped Kolkata’s middle-class imagination and explored ambition, compromise and urban life.

Eminent Bengali author Mani Sankar Mukherjee, better known by his pen name ‘Sankar’, whose works transformed the mundane ...

The Bengali-language author Mani Shankar Mukherjee, who wrote under the pen name of Sankar, died in Kolkata on February 20 at ...

Ahead of Martyrs’ Day and International Mother Language Day, the Shyampur thana unit of Bashundhara Shuvosangho organised a ...

Mohan Lalit lalitmohan13@gmail.com My mother makes the nevda before anyone eats. Every meal, every day. The first serving goes to the gods-a small steel plate set before the mandir in the kitchen ...

There is clear evidence that learning in multiple languages, starting with the mother tongue and then gradually adding national and global languages, is good for cognitive abilities and does not ...

The book is a distilled version of Khan’s spoken accounts in Santiniketan in 1952, first transcribed in Bengali by Subhomay Ghosh as ‘Amar Katha’.

From Washington to London, recent events involving Donald Trump and Prince Andrew offer a powerful reminder that in functioning democracies, even the most powerful must answer to the law ...

Daily Current Affairs and GK Updates for 21st February 2026. Read top national, international, sports, economy, and ...