Jeffrey Stanley, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, is a 2018-19 Fulbright-Nehru Scholar researching early 20 th century film and theatre in the state of West Bengal and its impact on India's ...

For us humans to see, to hear and to feel can never be enough, for experience is meaningless without expression. It is the primeval, instinctive impulse to share one's inner visions, emotions and ...

A social media storm erupted in the Bengali entertainment industry this week after television host and actress Paroma Banerjee likened the recently released Hoichoi web series Dainee to a “jatra-type” ...

Although this highly traditional medium of entertainment faces threats from modern theatre and other forms of entertainment, the story of this specific journey, and the way it has served the ...

The word Yakshgana literally translated means the songs of the demi-gods. These performances started sometime during the 11th century during the Vaishnava Bhakti movement in the coastal areas of ...

Bengal’s jatra industry, which was hit hard by the pandemic like most other aspects of life, is finally gearing up to get back on its feet after the state government allowed the folk theatres to ...

Known for her histrionics off-screen, the starlet finally gets the role of a lifetime - 40 jatra shows Known for her histrionics off-screen, the starlet finally gets the role of a lifetime 40 jatra ...

Today, like many traditional art forms in Bangladesh, Jatra stands on the verge of extinction. What once echoed through open fields and village fairs is now fading into memory. Last December, the ...