Many art forms of the rural areas of Bangladesh are on the verge of extinction. We often talk about the rural artistes in seminars or symposiums, but do we really care for those who put in efforts to ...

A very old Bengali tradition is theatre, which can also be called "jatra pala" in Bangla. Out of all the places in Dhaka city -- this is what attracts people the most. Shilpakala Academy often has ...

The cultural arena of the country celebrated Victory Day on Tuesday with a series of programmes across the country. The main ...

New Delhi: Picture Delhi in the 1970s — a chilly night, makeshift stage, people huddled together, wide awake until 4am, watching Utpal Dutta's Jallianwala Bagh perform a jatra. For Siddhartha Dasgupta ...