All My Kolkata file photographs It is International Museum Day and the theme for this year is ‘Museums for Education and Research’. Started in 1977 by the International Council of Museums, it is ...

Draped in a traditional dhoti-kurta, Ishikawa Yoshihisa, Consul General of Japan in Kolkata, effortlessly blended into ...

The origin and growth of the Indian Museum in Kolkata are among the more remarkable events in the preservation of India's heritage and culture. Founded in 1814 at the present location in the Asiatic ...

Every time I walk along the Chowringhee, northward from Park Street, past the metro, the air begins to swell with the chants of wild hawkers, flute sellers, palmist thugs and beggars. And then ...

Anyone who grew up in the Calcutta of the 70s and 80s – a time when it was possible not to go cross-eyed looking into cell phones all day – has paid at least a few visits to the Indian Museum, the ...

Kolkata is gearing up to celebrate the centenary of Uttam Kumar with 'Shudhui Uttam,' a comprehensive exhibition at Nehru ...

A Durga Puja in Hatigaban, Kolkata, pays tribute to the unsung women heroes of the 1942 Quit India Movement, showcasing their ...

Kolkata: A bomb threat triggered panic at the Indian Museum here on Tuesday, prompting security personnel to launch a search operation, officials said. The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), ...

Decades ago my cousins visited Kolkata from London for the first time. Though we were first cousins, my sister and I had never actually met them in the flesh. They were just names scrawled at the ...

Kolkata witnessed the rare Blood Moon during the final lunar eclipse of 2025. Students at Birla Museum viewed the supermoon eclipse through advanced telescopes, spotting craters, rifts, and surface ...