Met curator Shanay Jhaveri on sculptor Mrinalini Mukherjee’s vision and narrative, being the first curator of Modern and Contemporary South Asian art at the Met, state of the South Asian art and cross-regional conversations. read more

The Visva-Bharati has approached Mitsubishi Corporation, one of Japan’s biggest conglomerates, for funds to upgrade the infrastructure for its department of Japanese. read more

One of the favorite anecdotes that master printmaker and sculptor Krishna Reddy liked recounting was when Nandalal Bose—or ‘Mastermoshai’ as he was called at Santiniketan in West Bengal—saw him drawing the flowers on a tree inside the leafy campus of... read more

Accommodating Rohingya refugees is an issue on which the establishments in Delhi and Dhaka differ. The Narendra Modi-led government wants to deport all Rohingya refugees, who are considered as the most persecuted ethnic minority in the world. read more

Narendra Modi is attending the convocation ceremony of the Visva Bharati University with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee. read more

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee was present on the dais along with Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was speaking at the Visva-Bharati university in Santiniketan. read more

State officials said that while no meeting was planned between Mamata and the two national leaders, they are ready to counter any question regarding the state administration’s decision to shelter members of the persecuted community. read more

PM Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina will address the convocation at Visva-Bharati University and hold bilateral talks there on May 25. The two leaders will also inaugurate a Bangladesh Bhavan at the university. read more

Tagore, who began painting much later in his life when he was into his 60s, had made more than 3,000 paintings and drawings in the last 17 years of his life. He did not have a formal training in art but created a variety of images. read more

Narendra Modi gifted Xi Jinping prints of paintings by legendary Chinese artist Xu Beihong, who working under Rabindranath Tagore from 1939 to 1940 read more