Bengali

West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC Supremo Mamata Banerjee. File Photo: Collected
South Asia

Delhi police call Bengali as ‘Bangladeshi language’, Banarjee, BJP reacts

Indian police purportedly wrote to Banga Bhawan in Delhi seeking assistance with translating documents written in “Bangladeshi language”

Bangali cuisine, with all its varieties in colour, flavour, and texture, remains primarily a “rice-based” offering. Photo: Collected
Panorama

What could make Bangali food truly global?

A sweet shop of Kolkata in West Bengal. Photo: Reuters
Features

The Bengali and his mishti . . .

The supreme sacrifice of ‘Ekushey February’ led to the recognition of Bangla as an official language of Pakistan. Photo: Collected.
Amar Ekushey

The Eternal Ekushey

Illustration: TBS
Panorama

Ekushey . . . and those little important details

Ayub Khan and the Bengalis
Thoughts

Ayub Khan and the Bengalis

"A Grammar of the Bengal Language", written by English Orientalist and Philologist Nathaniel Brassey Halhed in 1778. Photo: Collected
Features

The book that shaped Bengali language

Japanese speaks flawless Bangla, loves shorshe-ilish
Offbeat

Japanese speaks flawless Bangla, loves shorshe-ilish

Seminar on Bengali language, culture held in Japan
Bangladesh

Seminar on Bengali language, culture held in Japan