Christmas Bazaar Exhibition: Kamala invites people with wide range of gift items
Kolkata, Dec 10 (IBNS) : It’s already December, the last month of the year and winter has already stepped into Kolkata with a cold nip in the air.
My art has given me enough immunity: Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee
As Kolkata gears up for Monologues, India's only solo art festival, (at ICCR on Dec 10 and 11), IBNS correspondent Sudipto Maity catches up with the festival's artistic director Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee. In a candid chat, he opens up about Monologues, theatre in Kolkata, Bengali cinema and LGBTQ rights. Excerpts:
Sonata ACT: One-of-a-kind safety watch launched
Kolkata/Mumbai, Dec 9 (IBNS): Sonata, India’s largest-selling watch brand from Titan Company Limited, part of the TATA group, launched their safety watch called ACT – App-Enabled Coordinates Tracker - designed exclusively for women.
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw to debut an Art and Science Exhibition at Serendipity Arts Festival 2016
Kolkata/New Delhi, Dec 9 (IBNS): 2016: Biocon’s Chairperson and Managing Director Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is enabling the showcase of a special exhibition of Science Gallery Bengaluru, ‘Entanglement: A Dance between Art & Science’ at the Serendipity Arts Festival in Goa this December.
Shiraz Restaurants launches Lazeez Express outlet in Salt Lake in Kolkata
Kolkata, Dec 8 (IBNS): Kolkata's Shiraz Restaurants Pvt Ltd launched their 17th Lazeez Express outlet in Salt Lake (CD 22, Sector 1) in the eastern part of the city recently.
Sharad Sundari 2016: Ahiri Biswas wins the beauty pageant organised by Shyam Sundar Co. Jewellers
Kolkata, Dec 8 (IBNS): The finals of the beauty pageant Sharad Sundari 2016 organised by Shyam Sundar Co. Jewellers was recently organised at The Park Hotel in Kolkata.
Fface goes international for calendar shoot with Bollywood actress Sonali Raut
Kolkata, Dec 8 (IBNS): Fface, a talent management brand of eastern India, which churns out fresh talents every year through their signature event, Fface Calendar, has now stepped on the international platform.
USF launches second Kalam postgraduate fellowship
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IBNS) The University of South Florida (USF) has announced the launch of second Kalam Postgraduate Fellowship.
Stomp and Dharavi Rocks come together to spread Love and Care!
Mumbai, Dec 8 (IBNS): Stomp, a British Theatrical Sensation was recently spotted at a busy street of Mumbai painting the town red with our very own Dharavi Rocks.
Bihar asks coaching centres to register with government or face the music
Patna, Dec 7 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): The education department in Bihar has asked the mushrooming coaching institutes to register themselves with the government by January 31, failing which severe punitive action will be initiated against them.
STORY collaborates with Rare Planet to encourage student artists
Kolkata, Dec 7 (IBNS): Kolkata's leading lifestyle and bookstore, STORY, has collaborated with city-based Rare Planet, to present some attractive household decorative items and utility products that also double up as style statements.
Floyd Cardoz: Telling stories through food
Celebrated Indian American chef Floyd Cardoz has restaurants in both India and the United States, including the critically acclaimed ‘Paowalla’ in New York and ‘The Bombay Canteen’ in Mumbai. He was the winner of Season 3 of “Top Chef Masters†in 2011 and was also named among the Top 50 Most Influential Global Indians by GQ Magazine. Cardoz visited India recently to discuss the food and beverage industries in the US and India and shared with SPAN writer Suheil Imtiaz some of his impressions
As the Harry Potter books are getting introduced in the new school syllabus in India, Surangama Guha Roy takes a look at the women characters in the series and the author’s portrayal of them
Google pays tribute to Ole Roemer's discovery of the speed of light
Mountain View, Dec 7 (IBNS): Tech giant Google on Wednesday dedicated a doodle to mark the 340th anniversary of the determination of the speed of light.
American Universities reach out to reassure international students worried about Trump effect
Mumbai, Dec 6 (IBNS): With foreign students in the United States concerned about a possible Trump effect, American universities have been reaching out to them to reassure them that they have nothing to worry about.