Santiniketan

When Gandhi first met Tagore: The story of their friendship, despite disagreements

March 11, 2024 11:19 am

Mere months after returning from South Africa, on March 6, 1915, Mahatma Gandhi met Rabindranath Tagore for the first time. The day is commemorated in Santiniketan on March 10 every year.

At Santiniketan, guides, traders hope UNESCO tag changes their fortunes

September 24, 2023 5:00 am

A few metres away, Joydeb Pal, who works as a guide and a toto driver, reiterates the same hope.

‘Santiniketan truly global... Proud moment for Bengalis’

September 19, 2023 6:24 am

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September 18, 2023 8:43 am

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Santiniketan on UNESCO’s World Heritage List

September 18, 2023 8:32 am

Established in 1901 by the Nobel Laureate, Santiniketan was a residential school and centre for art based on ancient Indian traditions and a vision of the unity of humanity transcending religious and cultural boundaries.

Tagore's home Santiniketan added to UNESCO World Heritage List

September 18, 2023 5:54 am

Bordering Bolpur city in the Birbhum district of West Bengal, it was established by Maharshi Debendranath Tagore, father of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore.

'Indira Gandhi, who had studied in Santiniketan, respected art and artists': Shanti Dave, artist

August 04, 2023 6:51 pm

One of India's early abstractionists, the 91-year-old pioneer of calligraphic modernism on being an early Modernist, working with the government in the ’70s and his ongoing retrospective

President arrives today for 2-day tour, to visit Jorasanko and VBU

March 27, 2023 12:27 am

On the first day of her visit, the President would be visiting Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s residence Netaji Bhavan and Jorasanko Thakurbari, where Rabindranath Tagore lived. She is also likely to attend a programme organised by a nationalised bank later during the day.

West Bengal government transfers rights of disputed land in Santiniketan to Amartya Sen

March 22, 2023 2:34 am

Visva-Bharati University, in a letter dated March 17, had asked Sen to explain why an eviction notice should not be issued against him as he had been occupying 13 decimals of land without authorisation.

Remembering Kanak Rele: Born to dance

February 23, 2023 10:57 pm

Driven by her conviction that no traditional performing art form should be studied in isolation, she taught generations of students not only dance, but also its deep links to the music, literature and philosophy of the land. If today Mohiniyattam is one of the eminent classical dance forms of India, some of the credit goes to Rele’s unflagging devotion to it