Most performers are interested in the parts that have the greatest number of lines. But of the two roles that Nitya Vidyasagar has in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” she prefers the one that has the ...
The recent demolition of a bust of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar in the lobby of the Vidyasagar College building on Bidhan Sarani, Kolkata, provides a sad reminder of long-standing cultural ambivalence ...
In nineteenth-century Bengal, two figures who offer an interesting study in contrast are Rammohun Roy (1772-1833) and Iswarchandra Vidyasagar (1820–’91). Both were Brahmans who were closely associated ...