As revered as Swami Vivekananda by Bengalis, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar is the 19th century polymath reformer who modernised and simplified the Bengali alphabet and propagated widow remarriage. The ...
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 ...
Missing Vidyasagar again: The 19th-century reformer deserves better than brickbats and hollow praise
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 ...
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar is the 19th century polymath reformer from Bengal who became a powerful voice against women oppression in the state and also propagated widow remarriage. He is a revered ...
Vidyasagar did not want to build India based on religion; instead he wanted India to be the melting pot of all cultures, Suranjan Das, the vice-chancellor of Jadavpur University, said. He has become ...
Popular South actress Meena's husband Vidyasagar has breathed his last due to lungs-related complications in Chennai, yesterday evening at 7 pm. He was undergoing treatment for the same for the past ...
Renowned Jain seer Acharya Vidyasagar Maharaj died on Sunday morning at Chandragiri Teerth in Chhattisgarh's Dongargarh. Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to X (formerly Twitter) to express his ...
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