The commercial release of a Bengali movie in Kolkata coincided with the Durga Puja of 2014.? I still remember the first movie made by the same director a few years back. Impressed with the slick trailer and unconventional songs, I wanted to watch it. Back in my home town from college for a between-terms break…
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Review: Shei Somoy (Those Days)
Shei Somoy by Sunil Gangopadhyay A review Shei Somoy (Those Days) is a landmark historical novel by Sunil Gangopadhyay in which he paints a lively and vivid picture of the city of Kolkata in particular and Bengal in general in the period between 1840 and 1870. In contrast to the period described in his other…
Review: Prothom Alo (The First Light)
Prothom Alo by Sunil Gangopadhyay A review Prothom Alo (The First Light) by Sunil Gangopadhyay is an epic work by the great author which encompasses the society of Bengal in the later part of the nineteenth century. The period is often referred to as the period of the ?Bengal Renaissance? as this period saw a…