Tear gas, lathicharge as WB cops stop BJP march to Mamata's office

Parts of Kolkata and adjoining Howrah resembled a battle zone on Thursday as Bharatiya Janata Party workers and supporters clashed with police, hurling stones and blocking roads with burning tyres,......

'I had no right to teach students who I deserted'

'It's the least I could do,' says Professor Soumitra Basu, head of the Philosophy department at Jadavpur University, who resigned to protest against the police violence last week. Professor......

Can't say Cow, Gujarat, Hindutva: Censor Board wants Amartya Sen beeped in film

A documentary on Amartya Sen has been stalled by the Censor Board with its film maker Suman Ghosh being told to mute words like 'cow', 'Gujarat' and 'Hindutva' uttered by the Nobel Laureate in the......

Discovering the charming Soumitra Chatterjee

Soumitra Chatterjee -- one of the finest Indian actors of our time -- meant so much to Aseem Chhabra. IMAGE: Soumita Chatterjee and Sharmila Tagore in Satyajit Ray's Apur Sansar. He had a thick......

10 roles that proved Soumitra Chatterjee's versatility

This is an alternate list of 10 screen roles that saw Soumitra Chatterjee, a paragon of gentility, venture beyond his comfort zone and deliver masterclasses of subtlety and depth, lists Saibal......

What's hot on the OTT menu?

Affluence without conscience, haunted homes and heads, a big fat Punjabi wedding and more on OTT this week. Here are Sukanya Verma's 10 recommendations.   Scam 1992-The Harshad Mehta Story......

Saying goodbye to the ones we lost in 2020

We have lost so many extraordinary talents this year. Subhash K Jha remembers the dear departed.   Irrfan Khan Photograph: Kind courtesy Irrfan Khan/Facebook Irrfan lost the battle to cancer......

Parimarjan Negi wins Nat. sub-junior chess

India's youngest International Master-norm holder Parimarjan Negi of Delhi clinched an all-important victory against overnight sole leader K Vijay Keerthi in the crucial ninth and final round to......