I heard it for the first time during an evening walk a few days after I had arrived in Lucerne. Crack. Crack. Crack. Crack. Crack. The sharp, abrupt, and consecutive […]
Lisa’s colors of passion
Did you know Lisa Ray loves to paint? The Water actress has recently been sharing pictures of her paintings on social media. “Works in progress. Back to painting with watercolours […]
Three for the road
Different people react to street performances in different ways. Some dismiss them as a form of begging, some think of them as free entertainment, some pity the performers for not […]
Memorable festivities
Shilpita Roy and Arnab Nandy list their top five Jagadhatri Pujas in Chandannagar There wasn’t a drop of tear in their eyes nor were they looking sad as the […]
Salute to Sukumar Ray
Earlier this month, Nandipot recreated the hilarious world of Sukumar Ray through their drama, Cawh, at Girish Mancha. Loosely based on Ray’s immortal characters, Cawh proved to be a wonderful […]
Celebrating young talent
With participants from leading theatre groups of Delhi, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kashmir and West Bengal, as well as troupes from Sweden and Bangladesh, Nandikar’s 24th Theatre Festival included laudable plays in […]
Lost in fairyland
Chandannagar’s Jagatdhatri Puja is famed across Bengal for its spectacular lighting and beautiful idols. Shilpita Roy and Arnab Nandy take us on a grand puja parikrama of this well-known festival […]
Theatre at its best
Theatre is losing its charisma for the present generation. Most youngsters these days prefer movies to theatre. If you cared to find out, you would find that a majority of […]
Theatrical extravaganza
Voices Coordinators share their experience of the recently concluded Nandikar’s 23rd National Theatre Festival Furruth: Group-Blank Verse. Though the target audience is basically children, the play is based on Upendrakishore […]
The N factor
Nachiketa performing for school students is not a common sight but the audience at Vibes 2006 got the opportunity to witness this on the evening of 25th November. When asked […]