Shuvaprasanna

From a dark depiction of the "omnipresent stench", the people dwelling in concrete pipes and damning criticism of the city's culture of hero worship to a philanthropic reachout to its marginalized people like ragpickers - Gunter Grass' 40-year-old association with Kolkata had multiple shades.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today questioned well-known artist Shuvaprasanna in connection with the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam.

65 years after independence, some clubs in Kolkata still have a very strict dress code: men must wear either formal western attire  or the national outfit - a dhoti and kurta. Last Wednesday, leading artist Shuvaprasanna was not allowed to dine at the 104 year old Calcutta Club as he was wearing a kurta-pajama.  This enraged many who view...

From a dark depiction of the "omnipresent stench", the people dwelling in concrete pipes and damning criticism of the city's culture of hero worship to a philanthropic reachout to its marginalized people like ragpickers - Gunter Grass' 40-year-old association with Kolkata had multiple shades.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today questioned well-known artist Shuvaprasanna in connection with the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam.

65 years after independence, some clubs in Kolkata still have a very strict dress code: men must wear either formal western attire  or the national outfit - a dhoti and kurta. Last Wednesday, leading artist Shuvaprasanna was not allowed to dine at the 104 year old Calcutta Club as he was wearing a kurta-pajama.  This enraged many who view...