'TMC intolerance no match for BJP vindictiveness'

'The BJP's modus operandi is not just to be intolerant of dissent, it is to create mistrust and doubt between communities and the electoral process itself.'Payal Singh Mohanka reports. IMAGE:......

Cartoons cannot be stopped by law: JU professor

A Jadavpur University professor awarded compensation of Rs 50,000 by the West Bengal Human Rights Commission for being arrested after he emailed a cartoon allegedly derogatory to Chief Minister......

Cartoon row: Rights panel tells Mamata to pay fine

Finding fault with the way a professor and his neighbour were arrested for posting online a cartoon allegedly derogatory to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal Human Rights Commission on......

Dinesh Trivedi takes a dig at Mamata over cartoon row

Reacting to the arrest of a Jadavpur University professor in Kolkata for posting a cartoon of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the internet, former railways minister Dinesh Trivedi on Saturday......

The Very Best of Soumitra Chatterjee

A Dadasaheb Phalke Award is the least one could have asked for Soumitra Chatterjee.Still slogging it out on the studio floors, this 77-year-old actor has dominated Bengali cinema for years. Many of......

10 Satyajit Ray Films You Must Watch

Satyajit Ray would have been a hundred years old on May 2, 2021.To mark the legendary film-maker's birth centenary, Rediff.com brings you a treasure trove of features from our archives. Satyajit......

What Soumitra Chatterjee taught me

Yuvraj Mehta remembers the time he, a first year college student, called on Soumitra Chatterjee at the legendary actor's home. IMAGE: Soumitra Chatterjee in Shaka Proshaka. Growing up in Kolkata......

10 OTT Shows to Watch This Week

Bhumi Pednekar and Konkona Sen Sharma's ode to sisterhood, Robert Pattinson's amusing accent, Satyajit Ray's many masterpieces, Steven Soderbergh'S breakout indie, Mark Ruffalo's good fight -- all......