Tagore

Ami Kolkata: A museum housed within Metcalfe Hall re-imagines the City of Joy, reflects its democratic spirit

Ami Kolkata has its mandatory Tagore and Ray, but it also has a stairwell lined with quirky posters – old movie classics as well as vintage ads for Horlicks malted milk, Lily barley biscuits, and Firpo’s machine-made bread. It celebrates Kolkata biryani and Chinatown breakfasts as much as it honours its pioneers like Raja Ram Mohun Roy and Begum Roqeya.

As Bioscopewala comes to theatres, a look at other films inspired by Rabindranath Tagore's works

Deb Medhekar's upcoming film Bioscopewala is based on Rabindranath Tagore's short story Kabuliwala.

Jerry Pinto receives Sahitya Akademi Award; urges writers to protect truth in acceptance speech

Mumbai-based novelist Jerry Pinto, who was one of the 24 recipients of the 2016 Sahitya Akademi Award, argued the role of authors in the wake of rising debate between nationalism and freedom of speech in India

Home where Rabindranath Tagore wrote parts of 'Gitanjali' is now in ruins

Leopards and leeches are permanent partners in a dilapidated home nestled in the dense forests of Uttarakhand where Rabindranath Tagore once found inspiration for his epic, Gitanjali

Gulzar laments the absence of Tagore's works in school textbooks

Reading Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's works was a "turning point" in his writings, acclaimed lyricist Gulzar says

Amitabh Bachchan pays homage to Rabindranath Tagore on his birth anniversary

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Thursday paid homage to Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore on his birth anniversary.

Tagore's wife Mrinalini Devi to be portrayed in a Bengali tv series

With a month to go for Rabindranath Tagore's birthday, a TV serial on the life of Mrinalini Devi, his wife, and other women who played a role in the poet's life, is in the making

Japanese Emperor Akihito says India left a 'lasting impression'

Japanese Emperor Akihito said the first visit of the royal couple to India more than half a century ago, as the then crown prince and princess, had left "a strong and lasting impression on us to this day" and hoped their current visit, as the king and queen of Japan, would deepen the bond of mutual friendship and trust between the two Asian countries.