India's premier Bengali literary festival, the 11th Apeejay Bangla Sahitya Utsob, has commenced, celebrating literary giants ...

It's been 150 years since Vande Mataram first appeared in print. The British once banned it, yet it became the cry that echoed in jails, protests, and hearts, a song that still defines India's idea of ...

In 2017, an FIR was lodged against him in Siliguri alleging that the poet deliberately offended Hindu sentiments.

As Bengal polls approach, BJP walks tightrope between Bankim’s song & Tagore’s legacy. 5 yrs after invoking Amar Sonar Bangla to woo Bengal, BJP on the defensive.

Vande Mataram, inspired by the Sanyasi rebels, evolved from Bankimchandra Chatterjee’s 1875 poem into a unifying nationalist ...

Ironically, a song that the Nobel laureate wrote in 1905 to call for the unity of Bengal amid the British move to partition ...

On Thursday, the state government asked all state and state-aided schools to sing the song. State education minister Bratya ...

Kochi: There is no bigger poet than Ezhuthachan, although many great poets followed him, such as Sree Narayana Guru and Kumaran Asan. Every poet born .

At a time when women, especially widows, had few means, Bahinabai Chaudhari, a poor Maharashrian farmer, faced her circumstances with grit and resilience. As she worked to sustain her three children ...