Usha Uthup, Joy Sarkar grace the launch of UMR band in Kolkata
May 11, 2022, at 05:43 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Veteran singer Usha Uthup and popular music composer Joy Sarkar graced the launching of Kolkata's new band, UMR, here last week.
Musical artist Partha Ghosh passes away
May 07, 2022, at 05:18 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Eminent musical artist Partha Ghosh passed away at the age of 83 on Saturday, media reports said.
Hefty Art takes artist Arzan Khambatta’s works to the metaverse
May 03, 2022, at 12:53 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Hefty Art, an initiative of Hindustan Talkies, a new-age media content company, will bring well-known sculptor Arzan Khambatta’s artworks to the metaverse.
Theatre doyens Rudraprasad Sengupta, Bibhas Chakraborty felicitated with SNU Samman
May 01, 2022, at 03:26 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Five theatre personalities including Rudraprasad Sengupta and Bibhas Chakraborty were felicitated with SNU Samman for their contribution to the art form, followed by the premiering of Nandikar's new play Antaron, Friday.
Singing was always my first love: Surangana Bandyopadhyay launching maiden lyrical video Aachi Aami
May 01, 2022, at 05:38 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Actress-singer Surangana Bandyopadhyay unhesitantly called singing her first love at a time her maiden lyrical video Aachi Aami was released.
Hip-hop is an inclusive musical genre which can be moulded into any form: DJ Invisible
Apr 30, 2022, at 04:13 am
Kolkata/IBNS: American Hip-Hop artist Carl Hollier or DJ Invisible was in Kolkata recently along with other members of his band, The Invisibles, to attend a workshop as well as a live performance as Covid-19 cases seem to be more or less controlled in India.
When Tamil war gods descend on a Bengal town
Apr 11, 2022, at 07:13 pm
Did you know that the famous Tamil festival of Vel Vel is also observed in West Bengal? IBNS-TWF lensman Avishek Mitra captures the frenzy this April
Italian wildlife painter Maurizio Boscheri to paint mural in Kolkata
Apr 09, 2022, at 08:22 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Italian wildlife painter Maurizio Boscheri, who is presently in Kolkata, will be painting a mural at Gariahat in the southern part of the city.
RAD's annual show at Birla Academy showcases works of 28 artists
Apr 02, 2022, at 10:30 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Kolkata's Birla Academy of Art and Culture recently showcases the works of .... artists under the aegis of Reflection of Another Day, popularly known as RAD, an art collective that primarily draws inspiration from the non-sentient, static world.
Kaee Contemporary’s latest exhibition in Kolkata forges an intergenerational conversation
Mar 27, 2022, at 12:33 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Kaee Contemporary, a new art gallery in Kolkata, is holding an exclusive exhibition titled ‘When The Other Stares Back’ – curated by Adwait Singh – which will run till the end of April.
Finding Dinanath Pathy's 'Geeta' in Osaka
Mar 25, 2022, at 04:19 am
Nikhilesh Giri, an Indian diplomat currently posted in Japan, writes about late Odiya painter and art historian Dinanath Pathy after he chanced upon his illustrations in a children's book in Osaka's Asian Library.
Vasant Utsav by PKF to welcome spring was an ode to late kathak exponent Birju Maharaj
Mar 03, 2022, at 11:04 pm
Spring blooms a smile in Nature. Spring blooms joy in the human heart. There’s a fragrance of happiness all around. Green, red, orange, yellow, pink, blue, and violet – the abundance of colours during spring calls for a celebration with song and dance.
Kreative Minds presents online art exhibition
Mar 01, 2022, at 08:46 pm
Bengaluru/IBNS: Kreative Minds, a Bengaluru-based organisation offering courses in art, design, craft and music, is hosting a group art exhibition till March 2 this year.
PKF's 3-day boutique festival of love enriches Valentine's Day season with literary ferment
Mar 01, 2022, at 06:47 pm
Valentine's Day was perfect for an exclusive festival on love, Chasing Love, presented by the Prabha Khaitan Foundation. The 3-day virtual boutique literature festival was online thanks to the pandemic and was pre-recorded for a seamless quality watch. The seven sessions with 26 speakers was curated by author and literature festival director Shinie Antony.
Hit by pandemic and paucity, Kolkata's young hearts struggle to paint dreams at art workshop
Feb 28, 2022, at 09:52 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: During the 30th Apeejay Anand Art workshop, 15-years-old Mohammad Rihan Manzoor was trying to express his covid induced lockdown experiences through paintbrush along with 1,000 other students, including children from Nepal and Pakistan, who joined the event in online and offline mode.
Stairway To Nirvana: Composer Samir Bodhi 's debut album stands for peace through music
Feb 22, 2022, at 02:37 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Kolkata-born scientist Samir Chatterjee, now a resident of southern California, has also proved his mettle in the world of music.
Stairway To Nirvana: Composer Samir Bodhi 's debut album stands for peace through music
Feb 21, 2022, at 08:38 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Kolkata-born scientist Samir Chatterjee, now a resident of southern California, has also proved his mettle in the world of music.
Jammu and Kashmir: Exhibition showcasing finest of Kashmir Handicrafts inaugurated at Gulmarg
Feb 21, 2022, at 04:59 am
Gulmarg: Beginning today, Gulmarg will play host to a “craft mela”, a unique handicraft exhibition showcasing the exquisite art and craft of Kashmir.
Kolkata artist Ranjit Das pays tribute to late Lata Mangeshkar through street graffiti
Feb 14, 2022, at 05:33 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Artist Ranjit Das, one of the countless fans of India's nightingale late Lata Mangeshkar, is paying his tribute to the iconic singer through his graffiti series in the streets of Kolkata.
Kashmir: This young man weaves to make pashmina posh again
Feb 08, 2022, at 07:12 pm
A Kashmiri youth makes pashmina weaving an international brand. Dilshad Noor reports from Srinagar
Kreative Mind declares results of their All India Online Talent Competition
Feb 04, 2022, at 12:09 am
Bengaluru/IBNS: Kreative Minds, a Bengaluru-based institute offering courses in Art, Design, Craft and Music to participants across all age groups, recently organised an All India Online Talent Competition.
Santoor Ashram felicitates winners of the Stars of Tomorrow competition
Feb 03, 2022, at 11:22 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Philanthropic organization Santoor Ashram, spearheaded by Santoor maestro Tarun Bhattacharya, recently held a competition titled ‘Stars of Tomorrow’ to identify young talented performers from India and abroad in the field of Indian music and dance.
Odissi, the Japanese connection
Feb 02, 2022, at 03:39 am
The beauteous Odissi dance has admirers and exponents not only in India but also beyond. In Japan, for example, there are disciples and schools to teach the art. Why does this classical dance from the shores of the Bay of Bengal attract dancers from far-off Japan? Amrita Singh from Kobe, meets three exponents to find out
Singer duo pay tribute to Republic Day with Hindi adaptation of a famous Bengali patriotic number
Jan 26, 2022, at 07:15 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Musical duo Anindya-Shelley has come up with their latest patriotic song in Hindi, which is an adaptation of the famous Bengali song -- Uthogo Bharoto Lakshmi -- by lyricist, composer and singer, late Atul Prasad Sen.
Jan 26, 2022, at 07:13 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Santoor Ashram organised a special performance by select participants of the 'Stars of Tomorrow' competition, at the Bholagiri Kalamandir, Howrah, recently to mark the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
Jan 25, 2022, at 07:21 pm
Solo acting by women performers has its own appeal and relevance which go beyond the scope just as a theatre format. Ranjita Biswas ponders on what makes it tick following the recent demise of veteran in the field, Saoli Mitra
Hansa Veena exponent Pandit Barun Kumar Pal passes away
Jan 17, 2022, at 08:34 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Pandit Barun Kumar Pal, an exponent of Indian slide guitar Hansa Veena and one of the seniormost disciples of late sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, passed away on Monday. He was 76.
Muskaan’s fresh approach to promote India’s literary and cultural heritage among students
Dec 31, 2021, at 08:17 pm
Kolkata: Project `Muskaan’ – an initiative of Prabha Khaitan Foundation and Education for All Trust and supported by Shree Cement - will reach out to thousands of students across India to popularise heritage literature and culture by engaging them in cultural programmes, story-telling, dance, music, puppetry, theatre and art.
Pandit Prodyut Mukherjee presents Music for Peace concert
Dec 31, 2021, at 05:39 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Rhythm Express Global Art Presenter and Kalyani Ray Memorial Trust presented GiMA awardee Pandit Prodyut Mukherjee at this year's ‘Music for Peace’ concert to usher in the New Year.
Nostalgia: A musical album of contemporary Ghazal by US-based Dr Susmita Datta
Dec 28, 2021, at 05:23 pm
Florida (US)/IBNS: Listeners of the very niche genre of lyrical compositions, Ghazal, will be happy to know that it has not lost its appeal despite the advent of modern music.