Photo Feature: A Photographer’s Ode to Her Mom, an Ex-Cop in Kolkata
Photographer Debalina Bhatta’s photo feature following her mother’s daily routine is an homage to mothers everywhere.
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Truths Pushed Through the Sieve of Fiction: Rijula Das on Her Debut Novel Set in Shonagachhi
Rijula Das’s new novel brings up many facets of Kolkata’s red-light district, from corruption and gender violence to the effect of demonetisation on the flesh trade.
Lockdown Poetry: Prachi Jha and Rianka Bose Saha
We bring you two poems by Indian poets as part of our Lockdown Poetry series.
Here’s How I Plan to Do a Digital Durga Puja This Year
How can you stay safe this Durga Puja while also partaking of all the rituals and festivities? Suranjana Ray is all set with her laptop.
Lockdown Poetry: Mugdha Hareendranath, Viveka Goswami and Preetha Vasan
We bring you three poems by Indian poets written during the lockdown.
Lockdown Poetry Contest Teen Stars: Ashwika Chhabria and S. Rupsha Mitra
These teenagers’ poems made it to the top of eShe’s Lockdown Poetry Contest 2020.
This ‘Bulbbul’ shoot location has been a luxury hideaway during lockdown!
A heritage hotel and a memorable shoot venue for films like ‘Chokher Bali’ and ‘Bulbbul’, the Rajbari Bawali near Kolkata is steeped in tradition and luxury.
This Fashion Designer Creates Clothes in ‘Happy Sizes’ for Real-Women Bodies
Fashion designer and body-positivity activist Kaveri Lalchand is using her experiences in theatre and publishing to fuel her creativity and cause.
Meet Actor Sheena Chohan Who Won the Human Rights Hero Award at UN
She received the Human Rights Hero Award at the United Nations this year, but actor and human-rights activist Sheena Chohan believes her work is only just beginning.
48 Hurried Hours in Calcutta, and a Glimpse into Old-World Slowness
Kolkata is only gradually, languidly moving into a modern metropolis, and its old-world unhurried pace of life is still its most defining feature.
She Hit Rock Bottom, Then Realised the Only Way Out Was to Heal
It took two devastating divorces and a behavioural disorder for Sanhita Kargupta to take up psychotherapy to heal herself and help others.
“No One Ever Has It All, Just Be the Best in What You Do” – Startup Mentor Geetika Dayal
We talk business, emotional intelligence and millennial entrepreneurs with Geetika Dayal, executive director of the Delhi-NCR chapter of TiE
Chitrangada Chakraborty behind the ‘Tottaa Pataaka Item Maal’
An actress who thrives in unconventional roles, a performer from a lineage of Bengali film bigwigs, a photographer, a ukulele player – who is Chitrangada Chakraborty?
“I Feel Like I’m About to Burst with Music”: Vasundhara Gupta on Life, Sound Design and Music Technology
Young Hollywood sound designer, producer and vocalist Vasundhara Gupta looks back at her time at Berklee and shares how advances in music technology have changed the world of sound.