The year is 1924. The backdrop pre-independent India. A young man is recruited for a secret operation and a child is caught in the crossroads. This is the premise of award-winning independent filmmaker Prataya Saha's latest short film, a city noir and dramatic thriller—1924: The Kakori Project.
Director Prataya Saha's latest offering 'Shonar Khacha' (The Golden Cage), a short film set in Kolkata of the 1980s, captures the essence of the struggle between preserving a heritage building and surviving the vagaries of changing times.
They scrolled through the news of death
"To whom it may concern,
She hated the colour brown. It was something she couldn't escape. Right from the taupe curtains in her PG to the chestnut cabins in her office, it seemed to close in on her.
The world had become unrecognisable to her. Where have all the years gone? Wasn't it just yesterday when she shyly accepted her husband, Sumit's proposal.
Heartbreak inspired singer-songwriter Huyana's (Varshita Ramesh) latest single "Can't Fall/Won't Fall". The song speaks to those who have known the pain of unrequited love and unreciprocated longing. The song has soulful lyrics set to a lilting tune; the kind of song you would listen to when you want to be alone with your thoughts.
For the first time in India, an AI performer and human actors will collaborate together on stage in an interactive theatre play, called Climateprov.
'We Push The Sky' is a reflection on community history and a changed socio-political landscape, interwoven in a narrative of personal stories
Twin sisters Manobina Roy, wife of filmmaker Bimal Roy, and Debalina Mazumder were among India's first women photographers. Their subjects included women, home, household, children and pets spanning across Calcutta, Bombay, Paris and Moscow. They resisted the rigid studio photography of the time and took candid photographs in natural light. The sisters, born in 1919, remained passionate about photography throughout their lives. An exhibition held at Jadunath Bhavan Museum and Resource Centre in the Indian city of Calcutta brought their incredible work into sharp focus
On March 22, 2022, to mark World Water Day, the youth of Jaladarsha Collective organized a march from Academy of Fine Arts to Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) Building, to demand the clean up and preservation of Kolkata's freshwater sources. Even as the city has a good supply of groundwater, it has been depleting over the years, which is a cause of concern. Garbage and illegal encroachments have been affecting the city's freshwater sources. Read more in this Times of India report: https://m.timesofindia.com/city/kolkata/survey-flags-concern-over-depletion-of-ground-water/articleshow/90384945.cms
