My KOLKATA BLOG

East Bengal would look to close in on leaders Dempo when the city giants face a struggling Mumbai FC in their round 22 fixture of the I-League at the Yuba Bharati Krirangan on Friday. After their upset win over league champions Salgaocar in the last round, East Bengl are eight points behind Dempo. But Dempo being way ahead,There are five more rounds to go for the marathon league to conclude and Dempo have outings with both Mohun Bagan and East Bengal left. Mumbai FC may be struggling at the relegation zone with 17 points from 21 matches, but Morgan said they would be determined to earn full points. Referring to their 4-0 win over Tollygunge Agragami in a local league mach, he said: "It was not easy. We had to fight to win. Against Mumbai also it won't be easy. It will be a tough outing but the boys are looking forward to it." East Bengal's attack would be bolstered with the return of a fit-again Gurwinder Singh. The attack and the midfield wo...

Raj Chakraborty shoot 'Mann Bawre' song at Victoria Memorial, Maidan and Prinsep Ghat with Sayoni, Srabanti and Ankush for his new Bangla movie 'Kanamachi', playback singers Shreya Ghoshal and Mohit Chauhan. Kolkata always a favourite city of Raj. And it is very difficult to shoot in the crowd of the city. So, it was a challenge for him. And he shoot with excellence as his fame of a director is charismatic. The story of 'Kanamachi' on the backdrop of Kolkata handling the issue of taxi fares for NRI's.-- A. B.

Gajon of Bengal is a traditional dance with songs in praise of Lord Shiva, during Chaitra - last month of Bangla calendar. Although this profession is very rare to find at present, some rural folks still love to perform this ancient art publicly. Here in this picture, a similar group performing Gajon songs at a place near Kolkata.-- A. B.

These priceless oil paintings once enhanced the beauty of inner mahals of Bengal zamindars and baboos. Now, the touch of time made them pale yet worthy to praise. Skillful painters of early Bengal created these paintings in between the year 1857-64 approximately.-- A. B.