CSC adds Bangladesh summer service program Nov 12, 2009
Notre Dame boxers pose with a group of local Bengalis during the CSCs first Banglandesh ISSLP last summer ... The local Bengali priests were eager to receive the first wave of student volunteers to not only to assist their country but also learn about it as well ... There is no limit of learning and I think students should cross the borders of every sort, Bengali Holy Cross priest Fr. (The Observer, IN)
Eritrea: Africa's version of North Korea? Nov 11, 2009
Eritrea: Africa's version of North Korea. Eritrea: Africa's version of North Korea. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Bollywood gets political Oct 30, 2009
The Hindi film industry began to grow in Mumbai after the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947, which divided the Bengali film industry based in Kolkata and the Punjabi film industry based in Lahore along with their respective audiences. Mumbai enjoyed an influx of prominent actors, producers, directors, lyricists and technicians from these weakening industries in Pakistan. (Asia Times Online)
'The Immortals,' by Amit Chaudhuri Sep 7, 2009
Mallika has a beautiful voice and harbors hope of a record deal, but her Bengali pronunciation of Hindi songs is considered an amateurish flaw. "She knew she could have been famous," she tells herself, "but she had opted for the life of a Managing Director's wife.". (San Francisco Chronicle)
'Shakespeare was the Ekta Kapoor of his time' Sep 6, 2009
The pretentious Bengali vs ostentatious Punjbai repartee in Mira Nairs Monsoon Wedding is repeated in many households, and not always with humour. When Chetan took Anusha they met at IIM-Ahmedabad on a meet-the-relatives round in Delhi, their first astonished comment was, Gori Madrasan. (India Times, India)
DIRECTV Launches New Exclusive Punjabi-Language Entertainment Channel Tailored to the South Asian Community Aug 21, 2009
The DIRECTV International platform has launched over 125 channels that deliver a wide variety of new programming in multiple foreign-languages, including Spanish, Russian, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Bengali, Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Korean, Polish, Portuguese and Greek, to emerging ethnic markets throughout the United States. About DIRECTV. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Decades of dance Aug 12, 2009
Ms Mitha was born into a traditional Bengali Chatterjee family who moved to Lahore about 130 years ago when it was part of British India. She married a Pakistani army officer. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Q&A: 'Literary trends swing like a pendulum' Jun 29, 2009
But languages like Tamil, Bengali, Hindi, Malayalam are flourishing. Text. (India Times, India)
Sundarbans: On the edge of the tide Jun 25, 2009
Sundarban literally the beautiful forest in Bengali is the worlds largest delta formed by the mighty trio of rivers, the Ganges, Meghna and Brahmaputra, and forms the southern maritime border of West Bengal ... Sundarban literally the beautiful forest in Bengali is the worlds largest delta formed by the mighty trio of rivers, the Ganges, Meghna and Brahmaputra, and forms the southern maritime border of West Bengal. (India Times)
NRI sisters in German reality show finals Jun 24, 2009
KOLKATA: It is Bollywood dance that has led two teenage Bengali NRI sisters on the threshold of winning a popular reality television show in Germany. Debarati Mandal, 18, and Nabaneeta Mandal, 14, would be seen dancing in the finals of the "Germany's next Showstar" contest to be broadcasted on Germany's Pro Sieben channel this Thursday. (India Times, India)
Review of Provincializing Europe Jun 6, 2009
The first four chapters largely set up the terms of the second four chapters, which are significantly narrower in their scope, focusing on the Bengali middle class. It is in the introduction and the first four chapters that Chakrabarty best and most clearly elucidates his four central premises. (Suite101.com)
Mamata, colleagues take Bengal tally to 8 May 29, 2009
The six TMC ministers trooped into Rashtrapati Bhawan together and alighted from the same vehicle at the forecourt to step on to the red carpet that led to the Ashoka Hall, clad in traditional Bengali style -- white dhoti, kurta and `uttariya', as a symbol of the state's culture. The idea was Banerjee's, who has been repeating her party's slogan "Ma, mati, manush (mother, earth and people)", almost as a war cry to win Bengal away from the ruling Left Front government in the state. (India Times, India -- Community News)
COMMENT: High Decibel Democracy May 25, 2009
Some years before India's independence, anthropologist N K Bose, who had been Mahatma Gandhi's interpreter and companion at Noakhali, published an article in a Bengali magazine on the institutions of the Bengalis. He contrasted the uncivil conduct at meetings in Calcutta where people came and went as they pleased with the orderly conduct in rural assemblies in Bengal which he had observed closely. (India Times, India)
Patient welfare fears 'ignored' May 11, 2009
Page last updated at 23:31 GMT, Sunday, 10 May 2009 00:31 UK. Patient welfare fears 'ignored. (BBC News -- UK)
DIRECTV Delivers the Widest Array of Programming for U.S. Chinese Audiences with the Addition of CCTV-4 Apr 18, 2009
Through quality, relevant programming like CCTV-4, we are able to help Chinese audiences in the U.S. carry on their traditions and culture and keep them informed of the latest news and entertainment events in their home country," said John de Armas, vice president, WorldDirect, Inc. DIRECTV offers the widest variety of Chinese programming and that speaks to our commitment to provide the Asian community in the U.S. with the best and most meaningful television experience available.Some of... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) Mar 5, 2009
Bengalis have suggested that Tagore's views on non-violence influenced Mahatma Gandhi and the struggle for Indian Independence ... He was seen to exemplify the flowering of Bengali culture that continues to blossom with the talents of musician Ravi Shankar and film director Satyajit Ray ... Tagore became an icon in the pantheon of prominant Bengali cultural figures. (Suite101.com)
Fast Facts: India Feb 17, 2009
Languages: English enjoys associate status but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the national language and primary tongue of 30% of the people; there are 14 other official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language. Literacy:... (CBS News)
Dig into Tagoreda's favorite dishes Feb 17, 2009
"There are not many documents to support that Tagore was a diehard food lover. But he actually was one, and whenever he attended a lunch or dinner abroad, he used to collect and bring back the menu cards. These menus were even tried at the Tagore family kitchen here, along with Bengali delicacies," Basu said ... "These are just the nuggets, we are planning to arrange weekend soirees in our cafe. The old-timers will recall the swinging '60s when the evenings in Park Street in south Kolkata used... (Sify.com, India)
Confucius Classroom launched in Bangladesh Feb 15, 2009
CRI Bengali Department Director Yu Guangyue said the difference with Confucius Institute is that Confucius Classroom is teaching Chinese with local language. The students also can learn Chinese through radio program. (Xinhuanet, China)
Multilingualism brings communities closer together Feb 10, 2009
Consisting of linked case studies of schools serving four of Britain's linguistic minority communities, the study focused on Bengali schools in Birmingham, Chinese schools in Manchester, Gujarati schools in Leicester, and Turkish schools in London ... These included two Bengali schools in Birmingham, two Chinese schools in Manchester, two Gujarati schools in Leicester and two Turkish schools in London. (EurekAlert!)
