Soumita Saha's new song, 'Uma Eseche,' blends tradition and contemporary rhythm to celebrate Durga Puja. The song, written, composed, and sung by Saha, captures the essence of Goddess Durga's ...

Hooligaanism, after their global hit Melar Gaan, has released Pujor Gaan, a track embodying the spirit of Durga Puja. The song blends folk rhythms with contemporary sounds, celebrating resistance, ...

Prasenjit Nath and Avijit Sarkar are part of the Suffolk Bengali Society which organised Ipswich's first Durga Puja festival A town's Bengali community has held a major festival for the first time. A ...

The smell of night-blooming jasmine (shiuli flower), the rhythmic beats of dhaak, Bengali numbers reverberating at pandals — Durga Puja brings back a lot of memories. From awaiting the arrival of the ...

As the Durga Puja festival begins on Monday, the Chaltabagan Sarbojanin Durga Puja in Kolkata’s Machuabazar pays tribute to the mother tongue Bengali: “Ami Banglai Bolchi” – I am speaking in Bengali.

Durga Puja isn’t just about pandal hopping and feasting in Kolkata — it is also about family time, childhood memories and nostalgia that refuses to die. It is this emotion that many filmmakers have ...

A town's Bengali community has held a major festival for the first time. A two-day programme for Durga Puja was organised in Ipswich by the Suffolk Bengali Society on 27 and 28 September. Sue ...