For over 20 years, Jatra Biroti has been taking us on a journey of all things Bangladeshi. From clothes, local crafts to food it is a celebration of Bengali culture. They support vegetarianism, ...

Looking ahead, the band is focused on movement: their latest music ill come alive on the road in the Mohashoshan Jatra (The Great Crematorium Journey), a deeper dive into the band’s collaborative spir ...

Bengal’s jatra industry, which was hit hard by the pandemic like most other aspects of life, is finally gearing up to get back on its feet after the state government allowed the folk theatres to ...

The publication ceremony of "Boundless Bengal," a research-based book on Bengali folk theatre traditions, was held at the Seminar Room of Central Public Library yesterday. Swedish folklore researcher ...

For years, Chapal Bhaduri was the reigning star of the Bengali ’jatra’ theatrea man who transformed himself into a beautiful woman before each performance. This is his story, in his own words, told on ...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced that the annual stipend of ‘jatra’ artists in the state would be increased by Rs 10,000. Inaugurating the annual ‘Jatra Utsav’ here, ...

Ten years after leaving his childhood home in West Bengal, photographer Soumya Sankar Bose returned to find that stars of Jatra, a popular local... Photographer Soumya Sankar Bose remembers how Jatra, ...

When I began, the concert party or musicians would line up on both sides, at a slightly lower level than the actors. The musicians would set up – a harmonium on each side, the tuba, the cornet, the ...

Jeffrey Stanley, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, is a 2018-19 Fulbright-Nehru Scholar researching early 20 th century film and theatre in the state of West Bengal and its impact on India's ...