Durga Puja: Kolkata festival confronts crime against female …
WEB2 days ago · Durga Puja art is public art, but it's also central to a religious festival that fuels the state's economy. A British Council report valued Durga Puja’s 2019 economic impact at over $4.5bn ...
Durga puja 2024: RG Kar case overshadows Bengal's biggest festival
WEB6 days ago · Kolkata, Durga puja, West Bengal's biggest carnival, is likely to be subdued this year as calls to boycott the festivities grow in response to protests over the brutal rape-murder of a woman ...
Durga Puja in Kolkata | Durga Puja 2024: RG Kar rape and …
WEB6 days ago · Durga Puja 2024: RG Kar case overshadows Bengal's biggest festival As Calcutta grapples with this tragedy, the city stands at a crossroads between tradition and change, torn between devotion to the goddess Durga, symbolising strength, protection, and justice, and the harsh reality of daily violence and injustice faced by women
In Kolkata, cops brace for a double challenge — handling Puja …
WEB4 days ago · The Kolkata Police are bracing for a challenging Durga Puja season this year, as the festivities coincide with the ongoing protests by doctors over the rape-and-murder of a junior colleague at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. With 2,905 Puja events, 248 of them major, being organised in the ...
Braving flowers and coins, how these ‘live Durgas’ in Kolkata keep ...
WEB4 days ago · News; Cities; Kolkata; Braving flowers and coins, how these ‘live Durgas’ in Kolkata keep still for hours; ... During the annual Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, women, often in their thirties, portray the goddess at the ‘Live Durga Utsav’ being organised by the Brahma Kumaris. Decked up as various goddesses by 4 pm, they sit still from ...
Durga Puja: Durga Puja Begins: CM Mamata Banerjee …
WEBOct 3, 2024 · Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee, referring to the fact that people have already started thronging Durga Puja pandals, stressed the reason Unesco has declared Durga Puja an intangible ...
Durga Puja revelry grips Kolkata on weekend, green auto and other news ...
WEBOct 5, 2024 · In pictures: From Belgachia to Tala, puja themes fill revellers with ‘full and void’ feelings; Durga Puja Guide 2024 released, chocolate goddess and more Kolkata news in pictures; In pictures: Mumbai band Anthracite brings ‘Linkin’ to ‘Park’ Street, Kolkata; Durga Puja Inauguration, traffic snarls and more Kolkata news in pictures
Mass protests over Kolkata doctor's murder cast a shadow on the Durga …
WEBOct 2, 2024 · As mass protests over the August 9 rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital continue, organisers of many community Durga pujas in West Bengal are...
Kolkata: Durga Puja pandal features installation symbolizing RG …
WEBOct 04, 2024 02:16 pm. What's the story. A Durga Puja committee in Kolkata has erected a poignant installation at their pandal, themed "Lajja" or shame, depicting the trainee doctor who was raped ...
Durga Puja: Kolkata Thrives in Durga Puja Fever: Pandal …
WEBOct 4, 2024 · Kolkata buzzes with energy as residents and tourists flock to Durga Puja pandals and local shops, celebrating the festival amidst traffic jams and unexpected rain.