Debabratee Dhar

Nov 30, 2024 | telegraphindia.com | Debabratee Dhar

As Alipore Zoo begins its 150th anniversary celebrations, The Telegraph profiles some of its special residents Debabratee Dhar Published 01.12.24, 06:48 AM The chimps climb onto the iron jungle gym, take dips in the pool and if the sun is too bright, they rest in the night shed at the back of the enclosure. Pictures: Rashbehari Das The first recorded instance of a proposal for a zoo in Calcutta was raised in 1842.

Nov 2, 2024 | telegraphindia.com | Debabratee Dhar

The author tunes in to random Santhal melodies and discovers a story of incessant movement and migrations and an underlying generational lament Debabratee Dhar Published 03.11.24, 08:17 AM Santhal dance at Bishnubati village in Birbhum. Courtesy: Boro Baski When Boro Baski was only a boy, he heard his mother sing a song wherein a brother tells his sister, “Let’s build a bridge on the Ajay river.

Oct 26, 2024 | telegraphindia.com | Debabratee Dhar

Inside the train, I become the woman sitting beside me, and she becomes the woman standing in front of us. Me, her, us, we get strung together on some invisible string Debabratee Dhar Published 27.10.24, 07:17 AM Metro Railway. Pradip Sanyal Have you ever thought of it like this? Does something happen to you when you take the metro every day? You turn up at the station, a fully formed person, but only half of you gets past those sliding doors.

Oct 19, 2024 | telegraphindia.com | Debabratee Dhar

At its core, this kind of theatre remains raw and vulnerable, audience, even if disturbed at times, cannot turn away Debabratee Dhar Published 20.10.24, 06:23 AM WILL’S WAY: Scenes from Julius Caesar and (right) Himayet. Photos: Sandip Kumar, Debabratee Dhar The curtain lifts and Horatio walks in, burning candle in hand. He is wearing a white muslin dhoti and a poite or sacred thread hugs his lean torso, foregrounding his Hindu Brahmin identity.

Oct 5, 2024 | telegraphindia.com | Debabratee Dhar

Some sounds are of protests and politics, sacred spaces and prayers, food-related sounds, life during Covid-19 etc. Debabratee Dhar Published 06.10.24, 06:04 AM NOTED: Migrants reach Panama, South America, after crossing the Darien Gap, a dense forest once considered impassable; (right) Mohammed Shahjahan at work in Bethnal Green, London Dhash. Stop. Dhash. Stop… Dhashhhh… You have heard this before.