Prabuddha, Author at RadioBanglaNet

Taking Tagore Beyond

Visva Bharati, founded by Bengal’s greatest cultural icon Rabindranath Tagore to break the narrow domestic walls of our society, is

Gone are the days when TV was considered the poor cousin of the big screen. The industry has grown manifold

Two of the leading Bengali general entertainment channels (GECs), Star Jalsha and Zee Bangla, have recently started airing several new

Bollywood superstar and living legend, Amitabh Bachchan, turns a year older today. From the angry young man of the seventies

She was never beautiful, certainly not in the league of Madhubala or Nargis Dutt. But Rekha was perhaps, and still

Oh, Achha (I see). The tepid reply was preceded by a ‘Ke re (Who was he)?’ as I shared the

“ওনার কয়েকটা বই পড়েই তো গোয়েন্দা হওয়ার ভূত চেপেছিল মাথায়।” “কয়েকটা? সবগুলো নয়?” “না ভাই। গল্পের বই কেনার মত পয়সা

Thousands tune in to their radios every Mahalaya to listen to the baritone voice of Birendra Krishna Bhadra chanting hymns

Love is complex. But marriage is perhaps more complicated. It’s one thing to be in love, and a big step

From the reigning queen of mainstream Bengali cinema to more meaningful roles, Rituparna Sengupta, has played a near-exhaustive gamut of