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Picture perfect: See more posters from Zubaan’s feminist archive

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This poster bears no words, just a heartfelt wish. It shows a woman reclining in a sari, her feet up on a stool, a book in her hands and a cathode-ray TV on its stand in front of her. A cup of tea sits at her side, and she wears a carefree smile. (Courtesy Poster Women)
art culture
Updated on Apr 18, 2026 02:31 pm IST

Shadows on the bedroom wall: At home with Satyajit Ray

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Ray with Ravi Shankar at a recording session for the music of his debut film, Pather Panchali (1955). (Wikimedia)
art culture
Updated on Jan 16, 2026 06:52 pm IST

Handwritten letters by Rabindranath Tagore to be auctioned

Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore. (File Photo)
mumbai news
Published on Jun 24, 2025 08:05 pm IST

Authorities to take action for demolition of painter Abanindranath Tagore's heritage house

Authorities to take action for demolition of painter Abanindranath Tagore's heritage house
kolkata news
Updated on Oct 06, 2025 10:04 pm IST

Santiniketan's Asrama area to be reopened to public soon: Official

Santiniketan's Asrama area to be reopened to public soon: Official
kolkata news
Published on Mar 22, 2025 01:37 pm IST

New Visva Bharati vice chancellor opens campus to tourists after 5 years

Currently, tourists can visit only the Visva Bharati museum by paying a fee. (Photo: Visva Bharati website)
india news
Updated on Mar 21, 2025 10:25 pm IST

West Bengal minister denies ban on Holi at Santiniketan: ‘Just made a request’

Youth at Santiniketan apply colours to each other, amid reports of a ban on the festivities in the region
india news
Published on Mar 13, 2025 03:24 pm IST

Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2024: 10 powerful quotes by the Nobel laureate

According to the Bengali calendar, Rabindra Jayanti will be observed on May 8 this year.
art culture
Published on May 07, 2024 08:08 pm IST

Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2024: Will it be celebrated on May 7 or May 9?

Rabindranath Tagore's birth anniversary, lovingly referred to as Rabindra Jayanti, is celebrated in the homes of Bengalis with poetry, songs and drama
art culture
Published on May 07, 2024 12:50 pm IST

Visva-Bharati’s eviction order against economist Amartya Sen illegal: Bengal court

Economist and Nobel Laureate, Amartya Sen. (File photo)
india news
Published on Jan 31, 2024 05:52 pm IST

Santiniketan’s annual fair started by Tagore’s father to resume after 3 years

The Poush Mela, which draws thousands of people and even foreign tourists, has been an integral part of the Santiniketan township and Visva-Bharati. (File)
kolkata news
Published on Dec 02, 2023 02:43 pm IST

Review: Rituparno Ghosh On/And Film edited by Somdatta Mandal and Koushik Mondal

Bengali filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh won around 12 national and some international awards for his critical and commercially successful films like Unishe April, Dahan, Asukh, Chokher Bali, Raincoat, Bariwali, Antarmahal, Noukadubi, Abohoman, Chitrangada and The Last Lear. (Prateek Choudhary/Hindustan Times)
books
Updated on Nov 22, 2023 09:54 am IST

Santiniketan residents hold protest at Visva-Bharati, seek removal of plaques

State minister Chandranath Sinha (green kurta) took part in the agitation where protesters held photographs of Rabindranath Tagore (HT Photo/Sourced)
kolkata news
Published on Oct 27, 2023 07:57 pm IST

Santiniketan’s UNESCO tag plaques to be replaced after row over Tagore exclusion

Viswa Bharati got UNESCO's World Heritage tag in September. (ANI)
india news
Published on Oct 23, 2023 02:40 pm IST

Row over Tagore’s name missing on Santiniketan’s Unesco tag plaques

The plaques have named PM Narendra Modi, who is chancellor of West Bengal’s only central university, and V-C Bidyut Chakrabarty (HT)
india news
Updated on Oct 22, 2023 04:13 am IST

Myanmar national studying at Visva-Bharati goes missing; abduction alleged

Visva-Bharati University in West Bengal (File Photo)
kolkata news
Updated on Sept 22, 2023 08:30 pm IST

World heritage tag to Hoysala temples: Here's what CM Siddaramaiah said…

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said it is a matter of happiness and pride that the Sacred Ensembles of Hoysalas have been included in the UNESCO World Heritage list.
bengaluru news
Published on Sept 20, 2023 10:38 am IST

Santiniketan in Bengal now part of Unesco’s World Heritage List

The famed Santiniketan town in West Bengal where Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore (File photo)
india news
Updated on Sept 17, 2023 11:54 pm IST

Santiniketan on UNESCO list: BJP lauds PM Modi, TMC credits Mamata Banerjee

Prime Minister Modi and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee
india news
Published on Sept 17, 2023 10:27 pm IST

Rabindranath Tagore's Santiniketan to be on UNESCO's World Heritage List

Santiniketan in West Bengal’s Birbhum district.
india news
Updated on Sept 17, 2023 06:59 pm IST

Shutter island:See how one studio is reviving the alchemy of photos without film

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Vivek Muthuramalingam attended workshops at Studio Goppo and has since co-founded his own alternative-photography studio, Kanike, in Bengaluru.
art culture
Updated on Aug 03, 2023 04:24 pm IST

Santiniketan proposed for inclusion in Unesco heritage list, says govt

Santiniketan in West Bengal’s Birbhum district.
india news
Updated on May 11, 2023 12:57 am IST

Intellectuals stage sit-in against Visva-Bharati’s eviction order to Amartya Sen

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen (File Photo)
kolkata news
Updated on May 07, 2023 01:32 pm IST

Row over Sen’s home keeps sleepy Bengal varsity town on edge

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Visva-Bharati has accused Sen of illegally occupying 13 decimals of the 1.38 acres covered by his house ‘Pratichi’. (HT Photo)
india news
Updated on May 02, 2023 01:36 pm IST

If Visva Bharati tries to bulldoze Amartya Sen’s house, I’ll sit there: Mamata

Set up in 1921 by Rabindranath Tagore, Visva Bharati is West Bengal’s only central university. (Facebook | Mamata Banerjee)
kolkata news
Updated on Apr 26, 2023 07:27 pm IST

Visva-Bharati’s claim on ancestral land has no standing, says Amartya Sen

Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen speaks with the media at his ancestral home ‘Pratichi’ at Santiniketan in Birbhum district (PTI File Photo)
india news
Updated on Apr 18, 2023 06:51 pm IST

Bengal govt declares school, college holidays from Monday as heatwave continues

The Bengal government earlier said that summer vacation in schools would start from May 2 instead of end-May. (Representative Image)
kolkata news
Updated on Apr 16, 2023 07:18 pm IST

Visva-Bharati serves final eviction notice to Nobel laureate Amartya Sen

The university sent three letters to Sen since January 24 and issued an eviction notice on March 17. (File image)
kolkata news
Updated on Apr 14, 2023 03:37 pm IST

Bengal: Visva Bharati University vice-chancellor ‘attacked’ during protest

Students have been protesting near residence of vice-chancellor Prof Bidyut Chakrabarty.
kolkata news
Updated on Dec 13, 2022 08:11 pm IST

Visva Bharati administration stopped from building wall along road connecting Satiniketan, Sriniketan

Locals had long been using the route, and no restriction can be imposed all of a sudden, he said, adding that problems need to be solved amicably through discussions.
kolkata news
Published on Jan 01, 2021 06:58 pm IST
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