Suman Kalyanpur

Nation

Veteran playback singer Suman Kalyanpur passes away at 89

Photo courtesy: Facebook/Bashir Badr

Nation

‘My music, my films, my poetry — all begin with Bashir Badr’: Vishal Bhardwaj

Anik Dutta, the celebrated Bengali filmmaker.

Entertainment

Anik Dutta: The maverick leaves his mark with few films, rare courage

Photo courtesy: Facebook/Bashir Badr

Art and Culture

AMU entrance: When Bashir Badr failed a viva on a couplet he himself had written

Eid prayers at Brigade Parade Ground instead of the traditional Red Road, Kolkata, 28 May

Nation

A subdued Eid in Kolkata

Dr Bashir Badr, 1935-2026

Art and Culture

Bashir Badr, the poet who humanised the Urdu ghazal

Jawaharlal Nehru during a visit to Gaza in 1960

Tribute

‘Jo Meri Tarah Jiya Karte Hain Kab Marte Hain’: Sahir, Kaifi and their poetic farewell to Nehru

Shereen Ratnagar

Nation

Remembering a fearless historian of the Indus: Shereen Ratnagar and the burden of rational enquiry

Part of the play's poster

Art and Culture

Kaifi Aur Main: When poetry, politics and love share the stage

Mahasweta Devi (1926-2016)

Art and Culture

‘I wanted to fill this unpardonable gap’

The all-women Khabar Lahariya team, bringing ‘Aapki khabar, aapki bhasha mein’

Art and Culture

Book extract: ‘Your news, in your language’

People offer prayers at the Bhojshala complex following the Madhya Pradesh High Court verdict, 22 May

Opinion

More fake history in the service of bigotry

Despite the drop, France remained Europe's largest wine-consuming nation in 2025.

Art and Culture

Beer overtakes wine in France for first time as high cost of living reshapes drinking habits