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Bengal

Entertainment

Sydney Film Festival 2025: Indian links

Khushee Gupta -
  Indian cinema at the Sydney Film Festival 2025 isn't playing by the usual rules. Storytellers embrace the unconventional and amplify the kind of cinema...
India in Australia

Durga Puja 2023 : A celebration of community and creativity

Sandip Hor -
  It’s said that when five random Bengali families get together, they form a club – and then organise a community-level Durga Puja event! This happens...
Food

Forgotten Bengali dishes you must try!

IANS -
  Phuchkas. Macher jhol. Alur dom. A whole host of begun dishes. Luchi. Biryanis. Even if you're a non-Bengali, you know of these Bengali dishes. And what...
India

Durga Puja: Linking Kolkata with the rest of the world

Sandip Hor -
  Urban nests in almost every corner of the world - New York, Toronto, London, Johannesburg, Singapore or Sydney - may have no direct synergy...
Books

From an Indian Palace to the Outback: The Last Prince of Bengal (Review)

Nidhi Joshi -
  The Last Prince of Bengal is the intriguing true story of one of India’s most powerful royal families. It’s a fascinating tale about Nawab...
Books

Mission Bengal: How the state went from ‘Laal Salaam’ to ‘Jai Shri Ram’

Indian Link -
"Mission Bengal: A saffron experiment" by Snigdhendu Bhattacharya is an in-depth look at how Bengal went from 'Laal Salaam' to 'Jai Shri Ram' in...
Books

Amitav Ghosh's Gun Island review: Magic of the Bonduki story

Indian Link -
Gun Island By Amitav Ghosh Journeys to distant lands, migration and ancient connections between civilisations are recurring themes in Amitav Ghosh's books. His latest offering, Gun...