An exhibition has brought to life the colourful history of (mostly black-and-white) comics in Bengal

Debotri Ghosh

· Apr 14, 2024 · 01:30 pm

‘Bangladesh: A Literary Journey’: An anthology that takes a stand against cultural elitism

Ikhtisad Ahmed

· Apr 13, 2024 · 11:30 am

‘The spirit of a writer must be open as the sky’: Kazi Nazrul Islam on how to write great literature

Kazi Nazrul Islam Radha Chakravarty

· Apr 05, 2024 · 08:30 am

Abanindranath Tagore’s stories for children about the Sun Dynasty of Mewar get new English versions

Abanindranath Tagore Sandipan Deb

· Mar 21, 2024 · 01:30 pm

Travelogue: In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Durgacharan Rakshit travelled to most parts of India

Durgacharan Rakshit Sarbani Putatunda

· Mar 15, 2024 · 08:30 am

In translation: Subimal Misra’s ‘anti-stories’ about the Gulf War and other man-made atrocities

Subimal Misra V Ramaswamy

· Mar 14, 2024 · 05:30 pm

In search of life and of self: Revisiting the literary works of Samaresh Basu in his centenary year

Debotri Ghosh

· Mar 02, 2024 · 01:30 pm

Watch: This singer has reimagined a Bengali version of Anuv Jain’s hit song ‘Husn’

Scroll Staff

· Feb 26, 2024 · 12:10 pm

Translated fiction: Bengali master Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay’s short stories about the paranormal

Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay Prasun Roy

· Feb 21, 2024 · 05:30 pm

Watch: Comic routine depicts hilarious conversation between Marathi- and Bengali-speaking roommates

Scroll Staff

· Jan 03, 2024 · 04:49 pm

For children: Short stories written (and illustrated) by Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury in translation

Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury Lopamudra Maitra

· Dec 12, 2023 · 01:30 pm

The Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar 2023 goes to Bengali writer Shirshendhu Mukhopadhyay

Scroll Staff

· Dec 08, 2023 · 11:35 am

Magic realism: The legend of German alchemist Johann Bottger in 19th-century Bengali literature

Trailokyanath Mukhopadhyay Sucheta Dasgupta

· Nov 16, 2023 · 05:30 pm

Memoir: An Indian woman faces the Taliban’s horrors after moving to Afghanistan with her husband

Sushmita Bandyopadhyay Arunava Sinha

· Nov 15, 2023 · 08:30 am

‘There is a ban even on breathing’: Leftist poet Birendra Chattopadhyay on the horrors of war

Birendra Chattopadhyay Sayandeb Chowdhury

· Nov 09, 2023 · 05:30 pm

Fiction: A young poet shares all his secrets with a tree. Soon his life will be transformed by love

Srijato Mahargya Chakraborty

· Nov 06, 2023 · 05:30 pm

‘The Nemesis’: In a caste-sick society, anger is the only choice for Manoranjan Byapari’s alter ego

Sayari Debnath

· Oct 08, 2023 · 12:30 pm

Can Rabindranath Tagore be called a nativist?

R Raj Rao

· Sep 30, 2023 · 07:30 am

A new book brings 14 short stories of Bengali women authors from Bangladesh and India in translation

Tilottama Majumdar Subarna Banerjee

· Sep 25, 2023 · 05:30 pm

Between two World Wars, Syed Mujtaba Ali set out on a ship from India to Europe. This is his story

Syed Mujtaba Ali Nazes Afroz

· Sep 20, 2023 · 08:30 am