Bangladesh sets up university to commemorate Tagore's contribution

Each year Rabindra Jayanti is celebrated with fervour and festivity across Bangladesh. Rabindranath Tagore may not have been a Bangladeshi poet, but his song Amar Sonar Bangla is the national......

The king who made his own calendar

Wajid Ali Shah, the last Nawab of Awadh, was not just a poet, playwright, dancer and patron of the arts, says Payal Mohanka. He was a royal who hand-created his personal calendar. Wajid Ali Shah,......