‘Bishohorir Gaan’, a form of popular Bangla indigenous theatre of north Bengal, narrates the conflicting story of Mansha Debi and Chand Sowdagar as described in ‘Mansha Mangal Kabya’. This structure ...

Jeffrey Stanley, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, is a 2018-19 Fulbright-Nehru Scholar researching early 20 th century film and theatre in the state of West Bengal and its impact on India's ...

For us humans to see, to hear and to feel can never be enough, for experience is meaningless without expression. It is the primeval, instinctive impulse to share one's inner visions, emotions and ...

Rabin Kumar Majhi (left), 51, and Anukul Ghosh, 63, pose for a portrait as a newly-married couple. Mr Ghosh used to play female characters in Jatra in the 1970s The popularity of Jatra, a ...

The story of Jatras, the popular travelling folk entertainment operas in Odisha, may well be over from July this year with the opera owners deciding to stop organising shows due to a financial crisis.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced that the annual stipend of ‘jatra’ artists in the state would be increased by Rs 10,000. Inaugurating the annual ‘Jatra Utsav’ here, ...

Rabin Kumar Majhi (left), 51, and Anukul Ghosh, 63, pose for a portrait as a newly-married couple. Mr Ghosh used to play female characters in Jatra in the 1970s The popularity of Jatra, a ...