Kolkata: The city that bred Nobel laureates
Kolkata is often called the city of ‘bhadralok’, or ‘noble people’ – a city that has been home to educational elites...
Literature
Nobel Prize in Literature: The firsts
The Nobel Prize is one of the most prestigious awards at the international level. The award honours academic, cultural and/or scientific advances. Literature...
Tagore the painter
Tagore started painting in 1924, at the age of 63. He was surrounded by exponents of visual arts, and so...
Sherlock Holmes died . . . then he was alive again!
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created Sherlock Holmes in 1887 and the fictional detective became a phenomenon. When Doyle attempted to...
Oscar Wilde and his publisher’s interesting communication through telegraph
Oscar Wilde had sent a telegram to his publisher to know how his book was doing in the market. He...
