Bengal Archives - Asian Culture Vulture

Venice 2021 (video): Bengali star actor Sreelekha Mitra – “Sometimes a woman can manipulate a man and if she wants it to be physical, it’s her choice”

September 12, 2021 //
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STAR of Bengali screen – Sreelekha Mitra doesn’t hold back in talking about her character, Ela’s situation in the film, ‘Once Upon a time in Calcutta’ which just enjoyed it…read more →

Jibanananda Das – the forgotten and melancholic poet who ‘succeeded’ Tagore, remembered in spoken word, song and dance on birth anniversary

February 21, 2020 //
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‘Shishirer Shobder moto sondhya name Danar Roudrer gondho muche phele chil’ ‘At day’s end, like hush of dew Comes evening. A hawk wipes the scent of sunlight from its wings.’…read more →

‘The Story of Bengali Oedipus’ – folk opera (Pala Gaan) of rural Bengal comes to the UK in new adaptation mixing dance, music and narration…

July 12, 2019 //
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Understood to be a western premiere and coming to Rich Mix… IT WAS ONCE performed all over Bengal and much loved by those in the villages and rural areas where…read more →