From medical representative to street artist: Kolkata man honours football icons ahead of World Cup
Jun 11, 2026, at 06:42 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: As football fever builds ahead of the FIFA World Cup, a quiet lane in Baranagar has been transformed into an open-air gallery celebrating some of the sport's greatest icons.
Kolkata: UK inaugurates exhibition on climate action to mark World Environment Day
Jun 10, 2026, at 06:09 pm
An exhibition titled “Contours of Climate Action: Our Planet, Our Lens” was inaugurated in Kolkata on Tuesday, showcasing a powerful collection of photographs that highlight themes of conservation, biodiversity, and climate action.
Jun 09, 2026, at 03:38 pm
Hyderabad/IBNS: Pt. Prodyut Mukherjee, renowned Grammy Jury member , Governor's National Awardee & GIMA awardee, recently conducted a transformative music workshop at Autism Ashram, Hyderabad, in collaboration with Sangitanjaly Foundation.
Paint, dance, create: The secret to slower ageing may be simpler than you think
May 30, 2026, at 04:51 pm
Regularly taking part in arts activities such as reading, listening to music or visiting a gallery or museum may slow the pace of biological ageing, suggests a new study by UCL researchers.
Who is Giampaolo Tomassetti? Italian artist behind Varanasi painting presented to PM Modi
May 20, 2026, at 02:16 pm
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was presented with a painting depicting the ghats of Varanasi after arriving in Rome during the final leg of his five-nation tour.
Beyond Books – A College Street Heritage Walk to Trace Kolkata’s Literary and Academic Legacy
May 15, 2026, at 10:19 pm
College Street, often referred to as Kolkata’s Boi Para, has long been associated with the city’s intellectual and academic life. Stretching through central Kolkata, the area is lined with rows of book stalls selling everything from rare and second-hand titles to academic textbooks and contemporary works.
Smithsonian Unveils Rare Pahari Paintings from India’s Himalayas
May 12, 2026, at 08:49 am
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art in Washington DC is set to spotlight a lesser-explored chapter of Indian art history with a new exhibition, “Of the Hills: Pahari Paintings from India’s Himalayan Kingdoms,” running from April 18 to July 26, 2026.
‘A new dawn has risen for Bengal’: Tabla maestro Prodyut Mukherjee thanks PM Modi after BJP win
May 11, 2026, at 04:34 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Prodyut Mukherjee, Grammy Jury member and GiMA award-winning tabla maestro, has thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party leadership after the saffron party scripted history by winning West Bengal for the first time.
The Man Behind the Lens: Remembering Raghu Rai
Apr 26, 2026, at 12:12 pm
It was an ordinary day in the late 1990s when I set out into the villages of Howrah district alongside Dominique Lapierre, the celebrated French writer whose soul seemed stitched into the soil of Bengal. To the villagers we visited that day, he was not a foreign author — he was "Dominic Da," their own.
Apr 09, 2026, at 12:33 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The Bengal, one of Kolkata's most distinguished socio-cultural organisations, hosted a special felicitation ceremony at Taj Bengal in honour of its Working President and celebrated filmmaker Goutam Ghose on his appointment as Sheriff of Kolkata — and the new Sheriff used the occasion to announce an ambitious plan to recover and restore the city's long-forgotten colonial history.
Mar 30, 2026, at 07:52 pm
The death of actor Rahul Arunoday Banerjee at Talsari last Sunday has stirred a painful memory in Bengal's cultural conscience — of another brilliant performer- Keya Chakraborty- mysteriously lost to water during a film shoot, nearly five decades ago
Sacred Waters, Shared Faith: Panchu Dola Melana Lights Up Odisha’s Chilika Lake
Mar 15, 2026, at 04:56 pm
In Odisha’s Parikuda village, devotees wade through the waters of Chilika Lake carrying idols of gods and goddesses during the centuries-old Panchu Dola Melana, a vibrant celebration of faith, community and Radha-Krishna devotion. IBNS-TWF photojournalist Rupak De Chaudhuri captures the moments
Sitar virtuoso Ustad Shujaat Khan enthralls Sydney’s Indian classical music aficionados
Mar 10, 2026, at 11:18 am
Sydney’s connoisseurs of Indian classical music gathered for a rare and memorable recital by the celebrated sitar virtuoso Ustad Shujaat Husain Khan on March 6.
Mar 06, 2026, at 06:15 pm
International Women’s Day, observed on March 8, marks a global moment to recognise the social, political, and cultural contributions of women. In Kolkata, many of these histories are closely tied to Dalhousie Square — now known as B.B.D. Bagh — the administrative and political heart of colonial-era Calcutta.
Mar 03, 2026, at 04:36 pm
Kolkata’s design landscape gets a major boost as Design Cultures 2026 – The Art of Contemporary Living opens at the Kolkata Centre for Creativity, bringing together some of India’s most celebrated design brands, studios and creative minds under one roof.
Dalai Lama wins first Grammy at 90! What is ‘Meditations’ all about?
Feb 02, 2026, at 03:20 pm
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama won his first Grammy Award at the age of 90 on Sunday (local time) for his spoken-word album Meditations: The Reflections of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, media reports said.
Rich tribute to Bhupen Hazarika at Kolkata Book Fair marks birth centenary
Jan 29, 2026, at 12:45 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: “‘Sudhakantha’ Dr. Bhupen Hazarika belongs not only to Assam, West Bengal, or India, he is, in the truest sense, a global artist.
Kolkata Vistiwalas: The Last Bearers of Water
Jan 16, 2026, at 03:56 pm
A special annual calendar by photographer Bijoy Chowdhury, gifted to friends and associates, captures Kolkata’s last remaining vistiwalas through his lens—preserving a vanishing profession and an essential fragment of the city’s living heritage for generations to come.
Beyond Old and New: Bickram Ghosh and the Art of Fusion at Serendipity
Dec 25, 2025, at 02:51 pm
At the Serendipity Arts Festival’s tenth edition in Goa, percussionist and curator Bickram Ghosh advanced a compelling cultural argument—that tradition survives not by standing still, but by learning how to flow. Jayalakshmi Sengupta reports
Lake Club Art Fair in Kolkata opens with strong focus on young artists
Dec 21, 2025, at 12:54 am
Kolkata, Dec 20: The fourth annual Lake Club Art Fair, showcasing fine works by more than 300 painters and craftsmen, was inaugurated at the club complex on Friday evening in the presence of hundreds of young artists and art lovers.
Nov 16, 2025, at 11:19 pm
Iconic Bengali rock band Cactus, which toured Canada during Durga Puja, recalls the overwhelming warmth, familiarity and sense of belonging they felt while performing for audiences thousands of miles away from Kolkata. What began as a concert tour soon turned into an emotional homecoming across continents.
Oct 09, 2025, at 03:08 pm
Mandala South Asian Performing Arts has partnered with India Development Service to present “6-A Akash Ganga,” an award-winning film about legendary musician Annapurna Devi, the widow of renowned sitarist Ravi Shankar.
Classical singer and Padma Vibhushan awardee Chhannulal Mishra dies at 89
Oct 02, 2025, at 10:43 am
Varanasi/IBNS: Legendary Indian classical singer Chhannulal Mishra died of age-related ailments at the age of 89 on Thursday.
Yellow Taxis and the Colours of Puja
Sep 27, 2025, at 02:08 pm
Art and Kolkata are like a close-knit couple, thriving in a space not clearly defined, yet always with ample room to grow.
Saptak Music School of Pittsburgh hosts spellbinding evening of Indian classical music
Sep 23, 2025, at 10:31 pm
Pittsburgh/IBNS: The Saptak Music School of Pittsburgh, in collaboration with the Music Department of Chatham University, staged a captivating evening of Indian classical music that drew students, connoisseurs, and the wider community into a celebration of India’s cultural heritage.
Pt. Prodyut Mukherjee receives Governor’s Award of Excellence at Raj Bhavan Kolkata
Sep 19, 2025, at 02:06 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Percussionist and Grammy jury member Pt. Prodyut Mukherjee was presented the Governor’s Award of Excellence by West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose at the Navyug@75 celebrations at Raj Bhavan, Kolkata, on Wednesday.
Exhibition showcases ways to revitalize Kolkata’s declining urban heritage
Sep 12, 2025, at 04:38 pm
Should we deliberately demolish vintage urban structures to accommodate modern aspirations? Or can cities balance heritage conservation with the need for modernization? A recent exhibition in Kolkata attempted to showcase how preservation of built heritage may be aligned with urban development.
Three-Day exhibition pays tribute to literary legends Sunil Gangopadhyay and Shakti Chattopadhyay
Sep 10, 2025, at 07:48 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A three-day exhibition celebrating the life and works of eminent author Sunil Gangopadhyay, on the occasion of his 92nd birth anniversary, and renowned poet Shakti Chattopadhyay, was inaugurated on Tuesday at the Gaganendra Pradarshan Shala.
Zigzag to clarity: Sonal Mansingh’s dance of life captivates Delhi
Sep 08, 2025, at 01:19 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) was abuzz with intellectual and cultural energy as it hosted a special discussion on the revised edition of danseuse Sonal Mansingh’s autobiography, A Zigzag Mind.
Asian Paints gives Kolkata’s Yellow Taxis a pujo makeover for 40 years of Sharad Shamman
Sep 06, 2025, at 05:47 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Asian Paints Sharad Shamman, the city's iconic Durga Puja celebration, marked its 40th anniversary in 2025 with the "Cholte Cholte 40" project, which transforms the city's yellow taxis into moving time capsules.