In the light of these events, Bengal Foundation, one of country's biggest patrons of art and culture, launched a four-day long multidisciplinary cultural festival including an array of musical ...

Amid political unrest in Bangladesh and growing concern in India over the lynching of a Hindu man across the border, ...

The recent heated debate between political parties over the 150-year-old nationalist song Vande Mataram is a telling example of the growing disconnect between them and grassroots politics in the ...

For immigrants living far from home, Christmas often touches sorrow too. Yet, this very festival offers renewed strength, ...

Bengali singer Lagnajita Chakraborty has alleged abuse by a man while she was singing on stage. | One of India's leading ...

The man allegedly stormed into the stage, shouting ‘sing a secular song’, when Lagnajita Chakraborty was performing at an annual day function of a private school ...

Dharma Sankat is a 2025 Bengali romantic web series about Souvik, a conservative man, and Mou, who fall in love despite their ...

The BJP is using the 150th anniversary of India’s national song, “Vande Mataram,” to polarize society and win votes. In the run-up to the 2026 West Bengal assembly elections, Bangla or Bengali ...

The sentence to death against Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for crimes against humanity is seen as a chance for national healing after the violent uprising last year that killed ...

It's been 150 years since Vande Mataram first appeared in print. The British once banned it, yet it became the cry that echoed in jails, protests, and hearts, a song that still defines India's idea of ...

When it came time to commission a new pop song for her bittersweet romance Materialists, Celine Song had a simple guideline for prospective songwriters: Make it like John Prine’s “In Spite of ...

KISS fans are celebrating the long-awaited release of ”Mistake.” The 50-year-old song, written by founding member Paul Stanley, is included on the band’s newly released Dressed to Kill 50th ...