On the reading list this week is a pioneering work on the lost textile traditions of Bengal from the 16th to the 20th century ...

The Partition of Bengal changed the political climate in India ... When we see India’s map today made up of twenty-eight states and eight Union Territories, it’s difficult to imagine India ...

Linking Delhi, the Taj Mahal and the pink city of Jaipur, with detours for temples and tigers, this is the perfect route for ...

Why is it that textiles from undivided Bengal have not been given their due? They faced significant challenges due to partition ... supporting objects such as maps, paintings, dyes, carpets ...

The Jameel Prize exhibition explores the interdependency of community, landscape and labour, where home is offered as healing ...

The name “West Bengal” comes from the 1905 partition of Bengal, when the British divided Bengal into East Bengal (Muslim majority) and West Bengal (Hindu majority). Although the partition was ...

Also read: Mahakumbh stampede: Two more West Bengal pilgrims succumb to injuries The 1947 partition divided Bengal -- the Indian side was called West Bengal and the other side was named East Pakistan.

A Shared Legacy at the Kolkata Centre for Creativity explores Bengal’s textile heritage from the Mughal era to post-partition. Featuring iconic traditions like muslins and jamdani, the exhibit ...

The Gulf of Mexico is now called the Gulf of America for Google Maps users in the United States, keeping with the terms of President Trump's controversial executive order to rename the body of water.

Partition—Heirs Act—Decision of First Impression—Judgment of Partition and Sale Vacated—Failure To Comply With Heirs Act—“Right To Purchase At Fair Market Value, As Opposed To Auction ...