Sanghamitra Mazumdar

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Sanghamitra is Senior Editor. She writes on a whole range of subjects including food, parenting and music.

When Greece fell in love with Madhubala

Wed, Feb 14, 2018

Madhubala was born in 1933, and it's her 85th birthday today. In her life spanning all of 36 years, she stunned everyone with her divine looks and her films took her mesmerising beauty to people across the world.

In search of Famagusta: Wandering in a beautiful Mediterranean island, Cyprus

Sun, Sep 10, 2017

A beautiful eastern Mediterranean island, Cyprus boasts of a history that is as rich as it is deeply scarred.

Saregama Carvaan review: This is your little time machine for a musical journey to the past

Fri, Dec 07, 2018

Saregama Carvaan is a music player that looks like the good old transistor given a trendy makeover with Bluetooth, USB and FM support. You may miss new singing sensations and popular contemporary numbers, but Carvaan offers FM radio to make up for that.

Rabindranath Tagore in Bollywood: 8 Hindi film songs based on Rabindrasangeet

Tue, May 09, 2017

It’s Rabindranath Tagore’s 156th birthday today as per the Bengali almanac.

Cyprus: Divided island seeks an end to 40-year-old conflict

Fri, Apr 28, 2017

In his meetings with Pranab Mukherjee and Narendra Modi, President Nicos Anastasiades could seek India’s help on the ‘Cyprus question’. The Indian Express summarises the situation in that country.

Cyprus President is coming to India, with a Gandhi and a lot more to offer

Tue, Apr 25, 2017

Gandhi is revered in Cyprus and the painting reflects the relationship India has had with the European nation for decades

International Mother Language Day: UN devotes 2017 to multilingual education

Tue, Feb 21, 2017

The day commemorates the 1952 martyrdom for students in Dhaka in their fight for recognition of Bangla as a national language of the then Pakistan.

Osim uSqueez Air review: Let your feet relax

Mon, Oct 17, 2016

Osim product is programmed to massage your calves, ankles and feet, trying to recreate the effects of ‘traditional foot reflexology’

CG Slate review: A Lenovo tablet primarily for kids

Tue, Oct 04, 2016

Educational technology company ConveGenius has come up with the product for children studying in LKG to Grade 5.

More parents now tend to use digital media as redressal mechanism: Survey

Tue, Sep 13, 2016

Study says 58 per cent parents believe digital learning tools have a positive impact on children’s development, 68 per cent use online platforms to teach new concepts to kids.

As Flying Jatt becomes a book, there is a concentrated effort to popularise comics again

Mon, Sep 05, 2016

With fresh storylines, Thought Bubbles Studio Planet plans to tackle all the problems faced by India's graphic novels industry - pricing, waning interests and dearth of vernacular content.

Munshi Premchand, the Hindi ‘Upanyas Samrat’, is still contemporary

Mon, Aug 01, 2016

On his 136th birth anniversary today, a look at the life and works of Premchand

Munshi Premchand Google doodle is inspired by Godaan

Sun, Jul 31, 2016

Munshi Premchand was born Dhanpat Rai on July 31, 1880 at Lamhi village in Uttar Pradesh and started writing at the age of 13

The others who left Kairana gharana, many decades ago

Mon, Jun 27, 2016

The seat of the famous Kirana gharana of Hindustani classical music, Kairana lost its cultural identity long back.

Remembering Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, the face of Bengal renaissance, on his birth anniversary

Tue, Jun 27, 2017

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay — the legend who gave India its national song Vande Mataram — was a gifted story-teller too.

The others who left Kairana, many decades ago

Mon, Jun 27, 2016

Kairana, or Kirana, was the birthplace of Ustad Abdul Karim Khan (1872- 1937), one of the greatest musical minds Hindustani classical music has ever seen.