Kolkata's Ballygunge Cultural announces zero-waste theme for 76th Durga Puja
Sep 17, 2026, at 05:00 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Ahead of Durga Puja, Ballygunge Cultural Association announced its theme for this year on Wednesday, focusing on a zero-waste celebration as the committee prepares to mark its 76th edition.
Kolkata's Ballygunge Cultural announces zero-waste theme for 76th Durga Puja
Sep 14, 2026, at 03:07 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Ballygunge Cultural Association has announced a zero-waste theme for its 76th Durga Puja, with the committee planning to reduce waste and ensure that materials generated during the festivities do not end up in landfills.
‘We are carrying a legacy’: Iman Chakraborty’s Parampara brings over 150 young musicians together
Sep 08, 2026, at 03:32 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Bengali folk and Rabindra Sangeet singer Iman Chakraborty’s Iman Sangeet Academy hosted its annual showcase, Parampara, on Friday, bringing together more than 150 students from Kolkata, and different parts of India and overseas.
Sep 03, 2026, at 02:25 pm
Hyderabad/IBNS: Ravindra Bharathi witnessed an evening of musical synergy on August 14 as Sangitanjaly Foundation in association with the Department of Language and Culture, Government of Telangana, hosted the 13th season of One World Fusion 2026.
Sep 03, 2026, at 11:25 am
Denied entry into temples, they did not argue — they carried Ram on their skin instead. TWF-IBNS correspondent Souvik Ghosh traces how Chhattisgarh's Ramnami Samaj, a Dalit devotional community that began tattooing the name of Ram across their bodies in the 1890s as a quiet act of resistance against caste exclusion, has travelled from the margins of religious history to the heart of this year's Durga Puja — where their extraordinary story of faith, identity and defiance is the centrepiece in Chaltabagan, one of North Kolkata's most celebrated pandals.
Tata Steel celebrates the legacy of Sir Dorabji Tata with immersive sports exhibition in Kolkata
Sep 02, 2026, at 01:53 am
Tata Steel recently commemorated the birth anniversary of its first Chairman, Sir Dorabji Tata, with a special celebration titled “Celebration of Sports: The Sir Dorabji Tata Legacy” at the Atrium, Tata Centre, Kolkata.
34 years later, ‘Holud Pakhi’ gets a Gen Z twist as 40 students recreate Cactus’ cult anthem
Sep 01, 2026, at 10:56 am
Kolkata/IBNS: A musical journey that begins with a song can sometimes continue across generations, finding new listeners and new voices along the way. For Cactus, that journey reached another milestone as the iconic Bengali rock band celebrated its 34th anniversary, marking the occasion with a special recreation of its cult song ‘Holud Pakhi’ featuring 40 students of PB Academic School.
From Ramnami tattoos to a global app: Chaltabagan's 'Nishan' takes Durga Puja beyond Kolkata
Aug 31, 2026, at 06:12 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: They came from Chhattisgarh with the name of Ram tattooed across every inch of their bodies—elders of the Ramnami Samaj, a devotional community who began inscribing themselves in the 1890s as a quiet act of protest against temple exclusion.
From folk art to portraits: Manikana Upadhyay unveils 29-work solo exhibition in Kolkata
Aug 12, 2026, at 03:33 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Artist Manikana Upadhyay on Tuesday opened her latest solo exhibition in Kolkata, showcasing 29 artworks that reflect her evolution from folk-inspired art to a more diverse artistic style.
Aug 12, 2026, at 02:54 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Kolkata-based pianist and composer Avik Ganguly has released his fifth independent instrumental album, My Black and White Affair.
EPR Iyer returns to Kolkata, says Bengali hip-hop will go mainstream in 5 years
Aug 06, 2026, at 05:23 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Ahead of the premiere of the fifth season of MTV Hustle, rapper and mentor EPR Iyer returned to Kolkata, a city he says shaped his identity as an artist, where he interacted with students, explored iconic cultural landmarks and shared his vision for the future of Bengali hip-hop.
Jul 22, 2026, at 11:41 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Every Durga Puja begins long before the first drumbeat echoes through the city. It begins with a ritual that quietly marks the arrival of Bengal's biggest festival, turning anticipation into celebration.
Prabha Khaitan Foundation, French Embassy explore deeper Indo-French cultural collaboration
Jul 17, 2026, at 02:06 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Prabha Khaitan Foundation hosted a high-level French delegation led by Thierry Mathou, Ambassador of France to India, for wide-ranging discussions on strengthening cultural collaboration between the two countries.
From memory to modernity: Shiphra Bhattacharjee’s ‘In Bloom’ blossoms at KCC
Jul 16, 2026, at 01:46 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Kolkata opened its doors to 'In Bloom', an art exhibition celebrating 50 years of the artistic journey of veteran artist Shipra Bhattacharya, at the Kolkata Centre for Creativity (KCC) on Tuesday. Notable figures from the worlds of art, culture, business and fashion attended the opening.
The Battle for Buddha's Relics: Why the Piprahwa Treasures Sparked a Global Row
Jun 24, 2026, at 11:21 pm
The Piprahwa relics, associated with Lord Buddha, has evinced a lot of public interest in India and the Buddhist-majority countries recently, especially after a purported auction was blocked at the last moment. Ranjita Biswas delves into the controversy with help of the publication Crystal & Ash: The Buddha of Piprahwa
World Music Day 2026 Concert Writes a New Chapter in Kolkata's Cultural Soul
Jun 23, 2026, at 07:27 pm
When Gulzar, Shankar Mahadevan, Vishal Bhardwaj and a constellation of India's finest gathered at Netaji Indoor Stadium, the city remembered why it has always been music's most faithful home
Reviving memories: A retrospective on G.C. Chakravarty, an artist the world forgot
Jun 21, 2026, at 10:07 pm
Former Indian President Dr S. Radhakrishnan was impressed ‘by the originality of his conceptions and the neatness of execution', yet few remember this Bengali artist who once exhibited alongside Jamini Roy, Gopal Ghose, and D. P. Roy Chowdhury.
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.