Bengal through Literature

Long ago, there was a king ruling a land. He and his minister were good friends. In course of time, they were blessed with children. They…

I wrote this on the first day of Navaratri, 2021. I wrote on Bengali Durga worship and it’s political, economic and social aspects before…

Durga, the mother Goddess is known in India since not later than 5th century.The Khajuraho Durga sculpture (900–1100 CE) or Javanese…

Madankumar never had any intension to listen to anyone. With his fleet of fourteen boats, he set off on a voyage of discovering…

There was a king who ruled a kingdom.

Some of us are aware of antique Bengali folklore and fairy tales. But defining exactly where and when a story was developed is almost…

If the Durga temple of Aihole (550 AD) is the oldest temple dedicated to Hindu goddess Durga, we certainly cannot consider her to be very…