A common phenomenon of recent time, especially since the advent of the internet and smartphone, has been the profligacy of ...

Portuguese colchas, enslaved artisans in Mexico, and Aurangzeb’s ‘invisible’ muslins reveal a global saga. This Kolkata exhibition is ‘a bridge between a coffee-table book and a lost history'.

Illustrations and old maps highlighting the textile hubs in Bengal, trace the influences and impact of the tumultuous times, from the advent of the Mughal empire, to the rise of the East India ...

FRIENDS or foes? Neither can decide! At best it’s peculiar, at worst, vague and a sordid affair. Both, until recently, ...

In 2020, her well-established Weavers Studio Resource Centre (WSRC), based in Kolkata, started a comprehensive study of the textiles of undivided Bengal from the 14 th century until today. The first ...

It may have been light as air but in its heyday, the Bengal Muslin was a heavyweight whose popularity extended to Europe. Two garments from the Weavers Studio Resource Centre (WSRC) in Kolkata ...

East Bengal became a part of Pakistan, while West Bengal remained a part of India. However, Calcutta, the undivided capital of Bengal until 1947, remained in West Bengal, while Dhaka was once ...

Kolkata earthquake: A 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck Bay of Bengal on Tuesday at 6:10 a.m., causing tremors in Kolkata and surrounding areas, according to NCS. Kolkata earthquake updates ...