Author: Tirthankar Mitra
It was considered next to impossible for any female playback singer to emerge past the shadow of Lata Mangeshkar, the nation’s melody queen. But this feat was achieved by Asha Bhosle, who passed away recently.
General Min Aung Hlaing had been made the President of Myanmar. This is a refinement and not a transition in the politics of the troubled country.
Her beauty did not launch a thousand ships but it certainly made a million hearts flutter whenever Suchitra Sen appeared on screen or was seen by a fortunate few who talked about it was a lifetime experience. Ever since her first hit Share Chuattor, and long after she left her acting career, time has been unable to dim her beauty and her performances even on her 96th birth anniversary today.
The Red Corridor took root in areas marked by multiple state abdications and political failures. It’s fallout was the long stretch on which Maoist insurrection cast a shadow for almost six decades.
Inarguably, Paris is fashion capital of the world. Small wonder, it would emerge as a pioneer in thrift of an essential part of our everyday dress-up – footwear.
There is a shift in climate crisis. It is not a headline temperature spike or a heatwave.
Music is a great healer. The saying draws confirmation again and again; this time from Ramos Mejia Hospital in Buenos Aires where Parkinson patients loosen muscles
Contestants’ priorities and the factors deciding who will emerge victorious or worsted differ as poll battle for Bengal inches closer. Given her party is better placed in South Bengal, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee kicking off her campaign from north Bengal is a pointer that she seeks to trundle her poll machinery from a portion of the state where BJP is stated to have its strongest following
Len Deighton, the man who brought the “office memo” to the spy novel, has passed away. From his groundbreaking debut to his masterful military histories and culinary writing, Deighton proved that the most compelling stories aren’t found in gadgets and martinis, but in the gritty, human complexities of real life.
Len Deighton, the quiet architect of modern.spy thrillers is no more. Featured in the bestsellers list for decades, his novels were known for their tough stylish presentation of a cloak and dagger profession.