Archive

Title Description Posted Date
West Bengal State Akademi of Dance Drama... Kolkata, Jan 27 (NITN) The West Bengal State Akademi of Dance Drama Music and Visual Arts, Rabindra Bharati University will hold its Annual Art Exhibition 2015-16 with works of promising and talented artists of West Bengal in the fields of traditional art and contemporary art in Kolkata next month. 27-Jan-2016
Painting the walls Bohemian Be it to protest the Paris attack with paintbrush instead of guns or to spray colours in the dull streets of our cities, street art expressed through wall graffiti is gaining in popularity. Sujoy Dhar travels from best street art cities like Toronto and Berlin to Delhi to capture the trend 27-Jan-2016
Hakuna Matata in Kolkata woos foodies wi... Kolkata, Jan 25 (NITN) Hakuna Matata is a Swahili phrase meaning "No Worries". A Kolkata restaurant in its iconic entertainment hub Park Street now lives up to that spirit, albeit with a platter of fusion global dishes for the vegans as well as non-vegans, not always spoilt for a choice of vegetarian food that can take on the non-veg culinary arsenal. 25-Jan-2016
Actor Arjun Chakroborty pens book on non... Kolkata, Jan 24 (NITN) Foraying into another creative discipline, seasoned Bengali actor Arjun Chakraborty now comes up with his first publications of poems, intriguingly called “Arjuner Awkobita”(Non-poems of Arjun) . 24-Jan-2016
Go the bohemian way A bohemian attitude, a need for self-expression are playing big in the current fashion scene, finds Pramita Bose 24-Jan-2016
Moon Moon Sen, daughters unveil book on ... Kolkata, Jan 24 (NITN): In her lifetime and even after her passing away, screen diva Suchitra Sen remained an enigma for generations of cine-goers. Now a new book in English by senior journalist Shoma A Chatterji explores the career and works of the film legend. 23-Jan-2016
Starmark, Patra Bharati hosts launch of ... Kolkata, Jan 23 (NITN): Popular lifestyle store of Kolkata Starmark, in association with Patra Bharati, hosted the launch of actor Arjun Chakraborty’s book of poems, Arjuner Aw Kobita at its South City Mall outlet in the city this week. 23-Jan-2016
The Job Charnock Riddle is written as a ... An international communication expert by profession, Victor Ghoshe loves art and its different manifestations. In Kolkata to promote his latest novel, his first in English, The Job Charnock Riddle, a historical thriller, Ghoshe opens up about the book and his 6-year long journey to get it published, in a chat with IBNS correspondent Sudipto Maity 22-Jan-2016
Kolkata: Moon Moon Sen unveils Shoma A. ... Kolkata, Jan 21 (NITN): Actor-turned-politician Moon Moon Sen and her daughters-Riya Sen and Raima Sen- unveiled senior journalist Shoma A. Chatterji's book 'Suchitra Sen The Legend and the Enigma' at lifestyl store Starmark in Kolkata on Wednesday. 21-Jan-2016
Down Under Rocky Sensations Australia is famous for its plethora of natural wonders, ranging from spectacular underwater scenery and lush green rainforests to pristine beaches and mountainous regions. However, the Red Centre in its central part is exceptional. It’s an expansive domain of red-soil dominated desert region where presence of some stunning rocky formations makes it a tourism hot-spot. The sandstone outcrops are so amazing that people don’t mind travelling round the world to Australia to have a glimpse of them. Unquestionably most famous is the Uluru Rock, the largest monolith in the world. Rising from the spinifex plains of the red desert land, like some giant continental beacon, it’s perhaps the ultimate icon of this great Southern Land. 20-Jan-2016
Starmark to launch Arjun Chakraborty’s... Kolkata, Jan 19 (NITN) Lifestyle Starmark, in association with Patra Bharati, will host the launch of Arjun Chakraborty’s book of poems ‘Au Kobita’ at Starmark in Kolkata this week. 19-Jan-2016
Starmark to launch Shoma A. Chatterji’... Kolkata, Jan 16 (NITN) Kolkata's popular lifestyle store Starmark, in association with Harper Collins Publishers, will host the launch of writer Shoma A. Chatterji’s book ‘Suchitra Sen The Legend and the Enigma’ at its Quest Mall outlet in Kolkata next week. 17-Jan-2016
Writing has always been a very close par... Kolkata Jan 15 (IBNS): Actor, writer and child right activist Nandana Dev Sen, while launching her book 'Mambi and the Forest Fire' in Kolkata, has said that writing has always been a very close part of her life. 16-Jan-2016
Kite Kraze: High in the Sky As Jaipur celebrates one of its biggest festival, Makar Sankranti on Jan 14 and 15 this year, Rajasthan Post’s Iram Tasleem takes a walk down the memory lane when kite flying was a passion and capturing the King’s kite could earn one a jaagir 15-Jan-2016
Ontario Beckons Ontario packs the touristy Niagara Falls as well as Canada’s prettiest city Niagara-on-the-Lake and the mystic water world of 1000 Islands. And then you can wrap up with an adventurous Edgewalk on the roof of Toronto’s CN Tower. Sujoy Dhar explores 11-Jan-2016
Printing’s historic and cultural impac... Birmingham, Jan 9 (NITN) The historic art of printing, which gave rise to modern graphic design and influenced social and political thinking, will be explored through a pioneering new research centre in the UK. 09-Jan-2016
Kolkata: Starmark to launch Nandana Dev ... Kolkata, Jan 8 (NITN) Lifestyle store Starmark, in association with Puffin Books, will host the launch of Nandana Dev Sen’s book Mambi And The Forest Fire on Jan 14. 09-Jan-2016
Zoctr to grow into a 18-city operation i... Zoctr Health is creating India’s first fully integrated Healthcare Aggregator Platform to address Home Health, Telehealth and Remote Monitoring based services using the iZoctr Website and Mobile App. Brain-child of a management professional with several years of professional experience in the IT Services industry and setting up a successful clinical research organisation, Karmic LifeSciences, Nidhi Saxena is fired up with a vision to cause a disruptive shift in the way healthcare is delivered in India by introducing a proprietary and fully integrated Home and Telehealth services with high personalization, affordability, accessibility and scalability. Zoctr aims to offer a seamless post discharge experience to Post Acute, Post Operative, Terminally ill and Chronic patients. 06-Jan-2016
Climate-change sweeps real estate buyers... Kolkata, Jan 5 (NITN): With the climatologists' persistent warnings of climate change that is and will be affecting the entire world; investing in real estate becomes a nail-biting risk game. 05-Jan-2016
Kolkata: Starmark to host Young Readers... Kolkata, Jan 2 (NITN): Kolkata’s largest bookstore chain Starmark is holding its Young Readers’ Fest with a wide range of books for children at its outlets at South City Mall, Quest Mall, Mani Square and City Centre-Salt Lake. 04-Jan-2016
Kolkata: Rotary Calcutta Mahanagar to ce... Kolkata, Jan 1 (NITN) Rotary Calcutta Mahanagar is celebrating its 25th Anniversary on Saturday at an event being held at G.D. Birla Sabhaghar in Kolkata. 01-Jan-2016