| 单词 | Calcutta |
| 例句 | My father, who worked as a clerk at the General Post Office of Calcutta, died of encephalitis when I was sixteen. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Africa will push northward into Europe, squeezing the Mediterranean out of existence and thrusting up a chain of mountains of Himalayan majesty running from Paris to Calcutta. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Upon returning to Calcutta, Gogol and Sonia both get terribly ill. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z There was the disappearance of the name Gogol’s great-grandmother had chosen for him, lost in the mail somewhere between Calcutta and Cambridge. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He cannot thank the book; the book has perished, as he nearly did, in scattered pieces, in the earliest hours of an October day, in a field 209 kilometers from Calcutta. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They have never known a person who has been to Calcutta. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “It is but one of dozens, and not the largest. Shanghai, Calcutta, Batavia, Bangkok—They are widely spread and they are the answer to feeding the billion and three quarters of the East.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z They all come from Calcutta, and for this reason alone they are friends. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z In Gogol’s opinion, eight months in Calcutta is practically like moving there, a possibility that, until now, has never even remotely crossed his mind. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z My father has visited the institution in Calcutta twice—once without warning, hoping to see a transformed Moni, living a secretly normal life behind the barred gates. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Gogol is dressed as an infant Bengali groom, in a pale yellow pajama- punjabi from his grandmother in Calcutta. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The following year Ashoke is up for a sabbatical, and Gogol and Sonia are informed that they will all be going to Calcutta for eight months. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He remembers the astonishment of seeing pages full of Gangulis, three columns to a page, in the Calcutta telephone directory. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Every now and then someone in the house moved out, to live with a woman whom his family back in Calcutta had determined he was to wed. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z No matter how many times they’d been to Calcutta, his father was always anxious about the job of transporting the four of them such a great distance. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Last night Baba talked again about moving to Calcutta after Starry's graduation. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But she had not understood being excluded from the family’s plans to travel to Calcutta that summer to see their relatives and scatter Ashoke’s ashes in the Ganges. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They fly first to London, and then to Calcutta via Dubai. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve never been there. Calcutta’s in the east, closer to Thailand.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I read two of these studies on a winter morning on the subway in New York, a few months after returning from Calcutta. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Born in Calcutta, Bechu was an orphan, which put him at the very bottom of society. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z In Calcutta, I knew, every accent is a surgical probe. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Apart from visiting relatives there was nothing to do in Calcutta. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z During summer visits to Calcutta, strange men mysteriously appeared in the sitting room of her grandparents’ flat. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He takes off his thick-rimmed glasses, fitted by a Calcutta optometrist, polishes the lenses with the cotton handkerchief he always keeps in his pocket, A for Ashoke embroidered by his mother in light blue thread. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I flew first to Calcutta, to attend my wedding, and a week later I flew to Boston, to begin my new job. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z There is a pen-and-ink drawing on page eleven by her father, an illustrator for the magazine: a view of the North Calcutta skyline sketched from the roof of their flat one foggy January morning. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Ashima has been consuming this concoction throughout her pregnancy, a humble approximation of the snack sold for pennies on Calcutta sidewalks and on railway platforms throughout India, spilling from newspaper cones. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z For the rest of the afternoon she is furious with herself, humiliated at the prospect of arriving in Calcutta empty-handed apart from the sweaters and the paintbrushes. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It is here that his twenty-seventh birthday is celebrated, the first birthday in his life that he hasn’t spent with his own parents, either in Calcutta or on Pemberton Road. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He reads about U.S. planes bombing Vietcong supply routes in Cambodia, Naxalites being murdered on the streets of Calcutta, India and Pakistan going to war. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z And yet there were days when Boori Ma insisted that she had come to Calcutta on a bullock cart. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z In Calcutta—in Berlin, Peshawar, Delhi, Dhaka—men like this seem to turn up every day, appearing out of nowhere off the streets and walking unannounced into houses, stepping casually over thresholds into their past. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The day before our visit with Moni, my father and I took a walk in Calcutta. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He was transferred to Calcutta Medical College, where two screws were put into his hips. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z In Calcutta, from taxis and once from the roof of his grandparents’ house, he has seen the dead bodies of strangers carried on people’s shoulders through streets, decked with flowers, wrapped in sheets. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z As a teenager he preferred sailing camp or scooping ice cream during the summers to going to Calcutta. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Though we visit Calcutta every few years, and bring back more drawstring pajamas and Darjeeling tea, we have decided to grow old here. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z His own mother had fallen to pieces when his father died, abandoning the house he grew up in and moving back to Calcutta, leaving Shukumar to setde it all. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z But for the first time in her life, Ashima has no desire to escape to Calcutta, not now. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z "Takurdada tried, though. He must have sent fifty letters full of legal threats from Calcutta." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In Calcutta, before she was married, she was working toward a college degree. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z First class, overnight on the Madras Mail to Madras and then with a friend of their father’s from Madras to Calcutta. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He had agreed to fly with her and her parents to Calcutta, to meet her extended family and ask for her grandparents’ blessing. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I received a telegram with her flight information; my brother’s house in Calcutta had no telephone. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He was traveling on the 83 Up Howrah-Ranchi Express to visit his grandparents for the holidays; they had moved from Calcutta to Jamshedpur upon his grandfather’s retirement from the university. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z A few weeks before the wedding, they were out to dinner with friends, getting happily drunk, and she heard Graham talking about their time in Calcutta. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But he was adopted by a missionary who taught him English, and then he worked for various English people in Calcutta before signing up for his indenture and traveling across the ocean. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z “Plain! You? Not at all. You are much too pretty, as well as too good, to be grilled alive in Calcutta.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Baba was so upset when he heard, he wanted to move us back to Calcutta. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In Calcutta, like a plant uprooted from its natural habitat, Jagu wilted and fell apart. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z But this time it frustrates him that it is to Calcutta that they always go. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Instead they were overwhelming, disorienting expeditions, either going to Calcutta, or sightseeing in places they did not belong to and intended never to see again. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He had never been uprooted; he had lived all his life in a secure home in Calcutta. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Pappachi agreed to let her spend the summer with a distant aunt who lived in Calcutta. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I want to go to Calcutta,” Maxine says, as if this has been a thing denied to her all her life. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z "Return to Calcutta, I suppose. A widow with two girls to marry off? She doesn't really have a choice, does she?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But Ruth expresses interest, asking about his visits to Calcutta. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Because neither set of grandparents has a working telephone, their only link to home is by telegram, which Ashoke has sent to both sides in Calcutta: “With your blessings, boy and mother fine.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z All those trips to Calcutta he’d once resented —how could they have been enough? The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She added that in Calcutta people ate fish first thing in the morning, last thing before bed, as a snack after school if they were lucky. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Ammu was made to send him back to their father, who had by then resigned his lonely tea- estate job in Assam and moved to Calcutta to work for a company that made carbon black. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Could I drive all the way to Calcutta? How long would that take, Eliot? Ten thousand miles, at fifty miles per hour?” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z For most of them I might as well have been living in the Black Hole of Calcutta. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Various cities had been circled with lines drawn between them to indicate my parents’ travels, and the place of their birth, Calcutta, was signified by a small silver star. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The wedding will be in Calcutta, a little over a year from now, on an auspicious January day, just as she and her husband were married nearly thirty- four years ago. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Like his parents when they went to Calcutta, he could have had an alternative identity, a B-side to the self. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “There may very well be feral giraffes and feral hippos living in Tokyo and a polar bear living freely in Calcutta. We just don’t believe there was a tiger living in your lifeboat.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Like Ashoke, the bachelors fly back to Calcutta one by one, returning with wives. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It will be Gogol and Sonia’s first journey outside of Calcutta, their first time on an Indian train. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z His paternal grandfather, a former professor of European literature at Calcutta University, had read from them aloud in English translations when Ashoke was a boy. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It was with this voice that she enumerated, twice a day as she swept the stairwell, the details of her plight and losses suffered since her deportation to Calcutta after Partition. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z There had been the same frequent trips to Calcutta, being plucked out of their American lives for months at a time. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z His parents tell him that they each have two names, too, as do all their Bengali friends in America, and all their relatives in Calcutta. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He thought with a flicker of regret of the snapshots his mother used to send him from Calcutta, of prospective brides who could sing and sew and season lentils without consulting a cookbook. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z "So you can send more money to Calcutta?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In Bengali class they read from hand-sewn primers brought back by their teacher from Calcutta, intended for five-year-olds, printed, Gogol can’t help noticing, on paper that resembles the folded toilet paper he uses at school. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z For Ashima, migrating to the suburbs feels more drastic, more distressing than the move from Calcutta to Cambridge had been. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z As Nat shouldered his way through the crowded wharves he heard talk of Russia and France and Spain, of Bombay and Calcutta. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z In Calcutta, Ashima will live with her younger brother, Rana, and his wife, and their two grown, as yet unmarried daughters, in a spacious flat in Salt Lake. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z These trees were without a doubt the gates into a meerkat arboreal city with more bustle in it than Calcutta. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It was through this "auntie"—a woman with loose connections to our family back in Calcutta—that Baba found the apartment. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But bad luck trails them on the trip back to Calcutta. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But the nearest one is in Delhi, over eight hundred miles from Calcutta. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She has learned to do things on her own, and though she still wears saris, still puts her long hair in a bun, she is not the same Ashima who had once lived in Calcutta. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The following evening they board a Pan Am flight to London, where after a five-hour layover they will board a second flight to Calcutta, via Tehran and Bombay. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The trip to Calcutta is four months away. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z All we could return to is a rented, joint-family flat in the overcrowded city of Calcutta, where Ma's inability to have a son would be a constant subject of conversation for other women. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The sight of them when they visit Calcutta every few years feels stranger still, six or eight weeks passing like a dream. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She cries after the mailman’s visit because there are no letters from Calcutta. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They are ushered into waiting taxis and down VIP Road, past a colossal landfill and into the heart of North Calcutta. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Ma is draped in one of the white widow's saris our grandmother sent from Calcutta. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Rajesh had arrived in Calcutta in 1946, just as the city was itself losing sanity—its nerves fraying; its love depleted; its patience spent. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Oh! Calcutta!” was on Broadway at the time, and we found every non-working dancer we could and got them to perform. As Studio 54 Boogies to Brooklyn, Its Denizens Look Back in Wonder 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z There’s an exquisite Haggadah, handwritten in Calcutta and festooned with Mughal-inspired illumination, whose pages tell the Passover story in both Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic. ‘The Sassoons’: A Family Romance at Global Scale 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Another satellite link allowed the acclaimed Indian director Satyajit Ray to accept his honorary Academy Award from his hospital bed in Calcutta; he died 24 days later at 70. Academy Awards 25 Years Ago: Not So Different From Today 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z One thing that gave Calcutta the characteristic of a special region, and therefore of the pastoral, was the ubiquity of Bengali, the language spoken there. Amit Chaudhuri: my new perspective on Calcutta 2013-02-02T07:01:14Z The real joke about Apu was that he holds a Ph.D. from the Calcutta Technical Institute. 'Outsourced' deserves better TV treatment 2010-09-22T21:31:00Z I'd written three novels which had Calcutta as their setting, and my agent probably saw me as the ideal candidate for producing a non-fiction work on the city. Amit Chaudhuri: my new perspective on Calcutta 2013-02-02T07:01:14Z I could repeat that statement, replacing "deprivation" with "Calcutta". Amit Chaudhuri: my new perspective on Calcutta 2013-02-02T07:01:14Z Most improbably of all, on a trip back to that clattering, honking, riotous city called Calcutta, where I was born, I woke up one morning to songbirds. India, Through a Birder?s Eyes 2011-01-14T20:30:41Z Other studies of Calcutta will offer quotable statistics, dates of key events, incisive critiques of its politicians and property developers. Calcutta: Two Years in the City by Amit Chaudhuri – review 2013-04-06T06:01:32Z The young Apu—born to a family in which his father is a priest and a writer of plays on Indian mythological themes—is sent to Calcutta for a Western-style education. Cultural Clicks: "Mad Men," the Radical Art of Chris Burden, and the Momofuku Empire 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z The canonization of Mother Teresa of Calcutta on Sunday will be the culmination of a process - sometimes called "the saint-making machine" - that is long, complex, expensive, opaque and often contentious. Mother Teresa borne to sainthood by complex, mysterious process 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z That early visit to Calcutta would also provide the germ of Trash when he encountered a street child who would, years later, provide the inspiration for Raphael. Andy Mulligan talks Trash 2010-12-20T14:00:00Z The play was set in the Anglo-Indian community in 1980s Calcutta, and she inhabited a room full of busts of viceroys and royal portraits, reliving the Indian Mutiny with blood-curdling cries of "Remember Cawnpore". Sheila Burrell obituary 2011-07-27T17:41:02Z He became involved in left-wing politics while studying at St. Xavier’s College and Presidency College in Calcutta. Sunil Janah, Who Photographed Bengal Famine, Dies at 94 2012-07-09T22:34:05Z Just as I'd escaped to Calcutta as a boy, to write about it was to escape the unspoken, but increasingly palpable, duty – for the Indian writer in English – to write about India. Amit Chaudhuri: my new perspective on Calcutta 2013-02-02T07:01:14Z Calcutta is "more Dickensian than London ever was". John Mullan on The Great Railway Bazaar – Guardian book club 2013-06-07T17:00:01Z When Joe got back to Calcutta, he learned that Austria-Hungary had declared war on Serbia, and that Germany had declared war on Russia and France. The Second Man in the Front Row: A Forgotten Story of the First World War 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z His four days in Calcutta, seeing the sights, pass in half a sentence. John Mullan on The Great Railway Bazaar – Guardian book club 2013-06-07T17:00:01Z I was adopted from Calcutta, India, at 10 weeks old by my mom, and I grew up in Sacramento, California. 4 Basque-Pyrenees pantry essentials in my kitchen 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z It’s easy to see where Kolkata’s reputation as an educated city comes from: simply visit the College Street Book Market, near the University of Calcutta. In Kolkata, a Love of Literature, Fried Street Food and, Mostly, Sweets 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z Calcutta!” the most expensive show in town, on or off Broadway. Hillard Elkins, Producer, Is Dead at 81 2010-12-07T07:09:00Z "I had experiences in Calcutta that made me realise, I don't think I can go back to the UK and continue trying to beg money to put on a silly play," he says. Andy Mulligan talks Trash 2010-12-20T14:00:00Z At the time of our conversation, West Bengal, the state of which Calcutta is the capital, had had 28 years of Left Front rule: already a world record for a democratically elected communist government. Amit Chaudhuri: my new perspective on Calcutta 2013-02-02T07:01:14Z The son of a Brahmin landlord, Tagore was born in Calcutta, as Kolkata was called back then, in 1861. Footsteps: Where a Poet’s Vision Lives on in India 2013-02-01T18:07:13Z About the book: A sweeping account of life in 1960s Calcutta which focuses on the secrets and rivalries within the Ghosh family. Man Booker Prize 2014: At a glance 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z Having lived all my life in Bombay and Britain, I set about fulfilling my childhood fantasy, of living in Calcutta; but it wasn't the city I'd daydreamed about. Amit Chaudhuri: my new perspective on Calcutta 2013-02-02T07:01:14Z My favorite of Gedney’s India photos depicts two Calcutta rickshaw-pullers on a break, perched next to each other on one of their vehicles. William Gedney’s Travels in India 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z There are different kinds of influences from China, one was where they traded and so in Calcutta, there is a Chinatown. Madhur Jaffrey makes both the supple and complex flavors of Indian food stand up to the Instant Pot 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z Calcutta!,” which actually had its premiere three years before “Deep Throat.” | 'The Deep Throat Sex Scandal': Trials Caused by a Pornographic Film Are Brought to Life 2010-10-11T21:13:00Z When it arrived in Calcutta four months later, the ship still held 100 tons of ice. The icy backstory to that "clink clink" you’ll hear when raising a toast to the end of 2020 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z After he finds his vocation, he stumbles around Calcutta’s battleground of the haves and have-nots and glimpses a fairy “holding aloft a lamp.” Review | Decades after the raucous ‘Harbart’ became a cult classic in India, a translation finally arrives 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z From the perspective of this compressed view of eternity, my novels about Calcutta might almost have inhabited another era. Amit Chaudhuri: my new perspective on Calcutta 2013-02-02T07:01:14Z Calcutta!” to the stage, died on Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles. Hillard Elkins, Producer, Is Dead at 81 2010-12-07T07:09:00Z They lived for two years in a slum in Kolkata, once known as Calcutta, in a four-by-six room without running water. Dominique Lapierre, 91, Dies; Popular Author Wrote ‘Is Paris Burning?’ 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Growing up in Calcutta, the former capital of British India, but exposed to global culture, the director, known simply as Q, wants to challenge a society he describes as "highly moralistic and post-Victorian". The new Indian cinema: sex, crime and censorship 2012-06-21T19:30:01Z Ms. Lo, 29, was born in Darjeeling and raised in Calcutta and New York; Mr. Mehta, 30, grew up in New Delhi and studied design at Parsons. The Chinese Club Cuts a Culinary Path Through India 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z A caption under one of the last photos in the exhibition reads: “Calcutta benefited from British rule more than other Indian cities, and also paid a greater price.” In Kolkata, a Love of Literature, Fried Street Food and, Mostly, Sweets 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z Suchitra Sen, one of ’s best-known movie actresses, who remained famous more than 30 years after she made her last film, died on Friday in Calcutta. Suchitra Sen, Actress Famed in Bengali Cinema, Dies at 82 2014-01-18T04:22:39Z The same is true of Avinash, who brings her for a year to Carbondale, Ill., where he is completing graduate studies, before returning to Calcutta, where he settles into a life that is constrained. Secret conflicts shape a family in Sandip Roy's 'Don't Let Him Know' 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z From the Congo to Calcutta and from comedy to the darker side of human nature, the shortlist for this year's Independent foreign fiction prize runs the gamut of genres and countries. Globetrotting shortlist for Independent foreign fiction prize 2010-04-16T09:44:00Z What I used to hate about filming is that I'd want to get up before dawn in Calcutta and film the sunrise. Mark Cousins: the kids stay in the picture 2013-05-20T18:00:02Z Banerjee, who was born in Calcutta and raised mostly in New York, seems interested not just in the imaginative possibilities of hybridity, but also how easily things might shift or come apart. What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in June 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z There was the magical childhood in Calcutta with loving parents, private yoga lessons and bedtime stories. A Personal Fight for the Dignity of L.G.B.T. People in India 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z “On the streets of Calcutta these days, the book is often seen clutched in the hands of Western tourists,” wrote The Los Angeles Times in 1987. Dominique Lapierre, 91, Dies; Popular Author Wrote ‘Is Paris Burning?’ 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z The actual owners, Simon and Charlotte Hayward, are a British brother-and-sister team who were born and raised in India, mostly in Calcutta. Pursuits : Hotels With History in Goa, India 2014-02-06T19:17:38Z Brooklyn, in a certain sense, seems to be Paul's Calcutta. "In Treatment" finale recap: Jesse calls it quits 2010-12-08T13:30:00Z For this reason, an exemplary epic about Calcutta – in the manner of the new non-fiction work about India – was difficult to write. Amit Chaudhuri: my new perspective on Calcutta 2013-02-02T07:01:14Z Narrating a train journey he had taken from the Bangladesh frontier to Calcutta, during which he saw an old man die, it became a meditation on borders and in-between spaces, life and death. A life in dance: Akram Khan 2010-09-27T07:00:00Z An emergency airlift of supplies was sent to Calcutta and a carrier battle group was dispatched to the Bay of Bengal. Clash of the titans 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z It used to be called the Calcutta of North America. Will Joe Beef survive the apocalypse? 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z They also documented the turmoil before and after Gandhi’s assassination in 1948, notably in pictures of people filling the streets of Calcutta after his death. Sunil Janah, Who Photographed Bengal Famine, Dies at 94 2012-07-09T22:34:05Z Roy, of course, understands this territory from all sides; born in India, he spent years in San Francisco before returning to Calcutta, where he now lives. Secret conflicts shape a family in Sandip Roy's 'Don't Let Him Know' 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z India professor arrested over cartoon A professor in Calcutta was arrested by police in India last year for allegedly ridiculing the Chief Minister in West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee. Cartoons that courted controversy 2013-01-29T13:04:18Z When news of the ice in Calcutta circulated, British merchants in Bombay, modern-day Mumbai, excitedly raised money to build an ice house in the city's docks. The icy backstory to that "clink clink" you’ll hear when raising a toast to the end of 2020 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z “Calcutta is laid back, old world, colonial. People have time; it’s a little easier,” said Mrinalini. In Kolkata, a Love of Literature, Fried Street Food and, Mostly, Sweets 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z It was in Calcutta, 40 years ago, a steaming hot Friday monsoon morning, and I had come down from my newspaper’s office in Delhi to write about the industrial tea trade. If You Use Tea Bags, You’ll Be in Hot Water With This Connoisseur 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z It is places, not people, that always seem to resonate for him more deeply — as in A Dead Hand, where "the stew of Calcutta," as he puts it, overpowers all other subjects. 2010-01-08T21:05:00Z Mother Theresa, an Albanian-born nun, was recognized in 1979 for her work with the poor in the Indian port city of Calcutta. Pakistani teen, Indian activist win Nobel Peace Prize 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z This is not to say that the way I thought of Calcutta was joyless; in fact, my sense of the commonplace aspects of its petit bourgeois life was fundamentally joyful. Amit Chaudhuri: my new perspective on Calcutta 2013-02-02T07:01:14Z At the time – the late 80s – Calcutta, if it was at all thought about in the larger world, was hardly associated with the quotidian. Amit Chaudhuri: my new perspective on Calcutta 2013-02-02T07:01:14Z This language helped create a particular world in Calcutta. Amit Chaudhuri: my new perspective on Calcutta 2013-02-02T07:01:14Z When, in 1783, he arrived in India to take a Calcutta judgship, Jones commanded 11 ancient and modern languages, and had a smattering of “about fifteen others.” ‘Philology’ by James Turner explains what happened to a discipline that flourished Kipling was just 23 when his first collection, Plain Tales from the Hills, was published in Calcutta and London. A brief survey of the short story part 41: Rudyard Kipling 2012-06-21T11:28:42Z If Delhi is the voice of power and bureaucracy, and Mumbai is the sound of showbiz cacophonies, Calcutta is ghosts and whispers, strange resonances, elusive melodies. Calcutta: Two Years in the City by Amit Chaudhuri – review 2013-04-06T06:01:32Z My grandfather had met him, my father said, at Tagore’s ashram, outside Calcutta. The Second Man in the Front Row: A Forgotten Story of the First World War 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z Then I go to Calcutta, a tough city that is like a magnet for the desperate and the vulnerable, so yeah, kinda like LA. Lindsay Lohan's Indian Journey | TV Review 2010-04-02T05:45:00Z He was born in Calcutta, now Kolkata, the son of a Scottish jute trader, himself the son of a Liberal mayor of Greenock, on Clydeside. Robert Kee obituary 2013-01-11T18:56:24Z Margaret Murray was a teenager living in Calcutta, reading the books from her mother's bookshelf. Before Wikipedia, there was the Oxford English Dictionary 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z These books' settings stretch from Congo to Berlin to Calcutta. Globetrotting shortlist for Independent foreign fiction prize 2010-04-16T09:44:00Z So in the Chinatowns of Calcutta for example, you will find a lot of these mixed kind of dishes. Madhur Jaffrey makes both the supple and complex flavors of Indian food stand up to the Instant Pot 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z But not Calcutta, which was out of joint. Amit Chaudhuri: my new perspective on Calcutta 2013-02-02T07:01:14Z She moved to Kolkata, then called Calcutta, in India in 1929 and established her mission in 1950, working to help the destitute. In Skopje, residents proud of native Mother Teresa canonization 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z When the first exhibition of German Bauhaus paintings opened in Calcutta in 1922, the work of figures like Kandinsky and Paul Klee electrified the city’s vanguard art world. Art Review: ‘Radical Terrain’ at the Rubin Museum of Art 2012-12-27T20:03:54Z Last December, Sotheby’s in London sold a 1780s portrait of two British officials in Calcutta and their exhausted Indian manservant for $1.2 million. Antiques: Johan Zoffany, Portraitist; Diaries of M. Louise Baker 2011-10-20T20:53:53Z There also is a 1920s wristwatch with a rectangular dial beneath a lid of polished onyx, made by the jeweler Hamilton and Co. in Kolkata, then called Calcutta. Vivien Leigh’s Jewelry on Auction at Sotheby’s 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Fifty years ago, on June 17, 1969, robes opened and so did “Oh! Calcutta!” ‘Oh! Calcutta!’ at 50: Still Naked After All These Years 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z “He is India’s official statue maker, and the sheer volume of his work is phenomenal,” said Tapati Guha-Thakurta, professor of history at the Center for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta. An Indian Sculptor With Monumental Ambition 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z Living in such a Calcutta for decades had made that alternative untenable. Amit Chaudhuri: my new perspective on Calcutta 2013-02-02T07:01:14Z The story of Calcutta was now the story of being between a rock and a hard place. Amit Chaudhuri: my new perspective on Calcutta 2013-02-02T07:01:14Z Her travels took her from international movie sets to the Calcutta missions of Mother Teresa, from vivid high school prom portraits to a homeless family struggling on the skids of Los Angeles. New art photo books explore the famous and 'unfamous' among us 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z During the first world war Herbert, who was not fit enough to fight, was involved in the management of a factory producing military uniforms in Calcutta, India, where Raphael was born. Raphael Loewe obituary 2011-08-04T18:00:49Z Among this crowd, there’s a sizable contingent of Bengalis, homesick for the kabobs and biryanis of Calcutta. Bengali Cuisine in the Suburbs of Mumbai 2010-07-25T10:00:00Z Instead of entering the factory, he sailed at 16 on a merchant ship from Boston to Calcutta. Guns, Gunfights and the Legends of the Wild West 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Little is known about her last 20 years except that she died penniless and intestate in Calcutta. 2010-01-30T05:29:00Z So on May 12, 1833, the ship Tuscany sailed from Boston for Calcutta, its hold filled with 180 tons of ice cut during the previous winter. The icy backstory to that "clink clink" you’ll hear when raising a toast to the end of 2020 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z Calcutta, for whom modernity was its "bread and butter", becomes a kind of alimentary canal, a place one apprehends with the stomach as much as the eye or ear. Calcutta: Two Years in the City by Amit Chaudhuri – review 2013-04-06T06:01:32Z In 1833 Tudor was approached by Samuel Austin, a merchant of silks and spices, to ship ice to Calcutta, modern-day Kolkata, 16,000 miles away, as ballast to add weight to his empty ships. The icy backstory to that "clink clink" you’ll hear when raising a toast to the end of 2020 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z As I began to feel, for the first time, that a new book about Calcutta was possible, precipitous political changes were taking place. Amit Chaudhuri: my new perspective on Calcutta 2013-02-02T07:01:14Z Calcutta was an antithesis of both the suburban and the natural; it constituted, for me, during those visits to my uncle's house, my first, and at the time only, encounter with urban modernity. Amit Chaudhuri: my new perspective on Calcutta 2013-02-02T07:01:14Z When he was 16, Dad’s parents took him on a three-and-a-half-week trip: New York–San Francisco–Honolulu–Kamuela–Tokyo–Nagoya–Osaka–Okinawa–Taipei–Hong Kong–Calcutta–Karachi–Tehran–Rome–Florence–Nice–London–New York. My father had a lifelong ticket to fly anywhere. Then they took it away 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z The couple married in Calcutta and held a large reception at the theatre there, at which Berta wore a borrowed gown and met most of Ben’s colleagues for the first time. Lost at Sea on the Brink of the Second World War 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z Lahiri's The Lowland - the story of two brothers brought up in Calcutta in the late 1960s - was shortlisted for last year's Man Booker Prize. Debut writers dominate Baileys list 2014-04-07T18:15:07Z They became friends, then dated briefly, but soon Ben accepted an offer to manage a Loews theatre in Calcutta, India. Lost at Sea on the Brink of the Second World War 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z As a child, I escaped Bombay and school, during my summer and winter holidays, into Calcutta. Amit Chaudhuri: my new perspective on Calcutta 2013-02-02T07:01:14Z “If Paris has the Guide Michelin, Calcutta has ‘The City of Joy.’” Dominique Lapierre, 91, Dies; Popular Author Wrote ‘Is Paris Burning?’ 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z The Narrow Road to the Deep North had been the bookmakers' second favourite after Neel Mukherjee's The Lives Of Others, a sweeping account of life in 1960s Calcutta. Flanagan wins Man Booker Prize 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z Two brothers, born in Calcutta in the years just before the Partition of India, grow apart when one moves to America and the other becomes aligned with an increasingly violent radical movement. 43 new books for fall 2013 2013-08-24T21:21:11Z Mukherjee's The Lives Of Others, a sweeping account of life in 1960s Calcutta, is 5/2 favourite to win with bookmakers William Hill. Mukherjee is Man Booker favourite 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z For example, in 1835, the British Baptist Mission in Calcutta, India, appealed to the ABS for help in funding a translation of the New Testament into the Bengali language. How the American Bible Society became evangelical 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z Made redundant from a theatre job, he went to work for a friend in a Calcutta orphanage and "had the old Indian cliché experience, everything changed", he says. Andy Mulligan's school rules 2011-08-05T15:34:00Z Ray filmed the movie in his native Calcutta, and the roiling power of his connection to the place is apparent from the very start. Movie of the Week: “The Big City” 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z Mukherjee's The Lives of Others begins in Calcutta in 1967, and which focuses on the secrets and rivalries within a family against a backdrop of political activism. Mukherjee is Man Booker favourite 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z Ganguly, formerly a Calcutta attorney, now devotes his life to working with slum children in India. ‘The Revolutionary Optimists’: a story of hope in Indian slums 2013-03-28T22:00:43Z When the family returned to Calcutta, she was enrolled in Loreto House, an elite Roman Catholic school run by an order of Irish nuns. Bharati Mukherjee, Writer of Immigrant Life, Dies at 76 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z India changed rapidly, often disturbingly, after 1991; Calcutta remained resistant to and the new world order, cultivating their irrelevance to itself, and its own to theirs. Amit Chaudhuri: my new perspective on Calcutta 2013-02-02T07:01:14Z In fact, Calcutta had become synonymous with politics, nationalism, and trouble in general from the late 19th century. Amit Chaudhuri: my new perspective on Calcutta 2013-02-02T07:01:14Z A memento from Mother Teresa: it’s a medal encased with a picture of her, her signature, one of the crucifixes she wore and a splinter of the bench she sat on at home in Calcutta. Martin Sheen: ‘Which living person do I most despise? Yellow Hair' 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z Brierley was 5 and begging for food with his brother when he lost track of him and boarded a train to Calcutta, more than 900 miles away. Book by Man Reunited with Family Gets U.S. Release 2013-11-01T15:13:53Z Then an anonymous benefactor allows him to move to Calcutta and become an English gentlemen. Great Expectations - review 2011-03-13T14:58:32Z Kolkata, formerly known as Calcutta, is a city with deep historical, strategic and political significance. Insight: India's BJP, the world's biggest party, plots election drive of epic scale 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z September 2002 — An express train traveling from Calcutta to New Delhi jumped its tracks and plunged into a river, killing at least 121 people. A look at deadly train crashes in India in recent decades 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z But he eventually outgrew the stereotype, playing serious roles in films like Calcutta Mail and dabbling with negative characters. Satish Kaushik: The actor who fought for his place in Bollywood 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Or perhaps a way to suggest improvements had already been made despite failing to win back the Calcutta Cup? Borthwick faces dynamic Italy seeking first win 2023-02-11T05:00:00Z France extend their winning run, Ireland spoil Warren Gatland's return and Scotland complete the Calcutta Cup hat-trick against their oldest rivals England. Six Nations talking points after thrilling weekend 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z Borthwick had spent just 11 days in camp with his players prior to getting their Six Nations under way at Twickenham on Saturday with a third successive Calcutta Cup defeat. England 'weren't good at anything' - Borthwick 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z The tense win was all a bit much for Townsend, who may have led Scotland in the Calcutta Cup for the last time. More to come from Scots, says emotional Townsend 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z Scotland arrive in possession of the Calcutta Cup - the historic trophy the two sides play for in this fixture - and having claimed a first win at Twickenham since 1983 on their last visit to London. All you need to know as Six Nations set to begin 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Scotland are settled and hold the Calcutta Cup. 'Six Nations cannot come soon enough for rugby' 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z Gandhi leaving a jail housing political prisoners in Calcutta, now known as Kolkata, in 1938 as part of negotiations to secure their release. Gandhi’s Life in Photos, 75 Years After His Assassination 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z Borthwick, appointed four weeks ago as Jones' successor, will have a fortnight with the players in camp before hosting a buoyant Scotland - who have won three of the last five Calcutta Cup encounters. Important to recognise special Farrell - Borthwick 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z The government wants to increase the rail network' share of freight transport to 40-45% from the current 27%, said Siemens, whose first contact in India - a London to Calcutta telegraph line - dates back to 1867. Siemens signs 3 bln eur train deal in India 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z “It is certainly unusual to hear someone who buys blood from the poor of Calcutta exclaim, ‘Holy mackerel!’” she wrote. Dominique Lapierre, author of best-selling historical narratives, dies at 91 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z “Surely those negatives existed in Calcutta. But amidst the fetid stenches of Indian urban decay, I mainly recall the strong aroma of exotic spices.” Kevin M. Cahill, 86, Dies; Tropical Disease Expert With a Political Bent 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z Her early education was at Loreto College, a convent school in Kolkata, India, then called Calcutta. Nafis Sadik, U.N. Official and ‘Proud Champion of Choice,’ Dies at 92 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z And many were driven out of their homes by communal violence, starting with the 1946 Calcutta Killings, in which an estimated 2,000 died. Partition: Why was British India divided 75 years ago? 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z Below, the police in Calcutta using tear gas to break up mobs. India’s Partition: A History in Photos 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z He also named several VIPs with Albanian roots, from the late comedian John Belushi to the late Mother Teresa, now known as Saint Teresa of Calcutta. Festival founded by Dua Lipa’s father decamps from Kosovo 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z The schedule was announced Wednesday and again features the Calcutta Cup in the first round with Scotland visiting Twickenham looking for a third straight victory over England. Defending champion France opens 2023 Six Nations at Italy 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z She got her start in acting through the Calcutta Amateur Theatrical Society in the 1920. Merle Oberon: India's forgotten Hollywood star 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z So imagine his surprise when he played Royal Calcutta. Cantlay picked as additional player added to PGA Tour board 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z British economic interest in India began in the 1600s, when the British East India Company set up trading posts at Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Scotland were pretty abject in losing to Wales two weeks ago, ceding the momentum and positivity gained by their Calcutta Cup triumph on the opening weekend. Are Scotland facing best team in world? 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Scotland had celebrated a Calcutta Cup victory against England, but their 20-year record of not winning in Cardiff continues. Wales edge Scotland in tense fight 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z She even acknowledged Tasmania as her hometown but rarely mentioned Calcutta. Merle Oberon: India's forgotten Hollywood star 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Scotland make five changes to the team that won the Calcutta Cup, with injured flanker Jamie Ritchie ruled out for the rest of the tournament. Preview & key stats: Wales v Scotland (Sat) 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z In 1948, she established the Order of the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, which committed itself to serving the sick, needy, and unfortunate. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Scotland were awarded a scrum, from which they won the penalty which Russell converted as the hosts retained the Calcutta Cup. England have 'got behind' Cowan-Dickie' 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z Flanker Ludlam will miss Sunday's Six Nations match against Italy in Rome after suffering rib cartilage damage in the Calcutta Cup defeat by Scotland. Launchbury called up by England 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z I was talking to a Scottish mate after Scotland's Calcutta Cup win against England on Saturday and he was in a bit of a daze about how well they had played. 'Smith should have stayed on in Scotland' 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z Sen’s fight with oral cancer, which he first diagnosed himself in 1952 using a few volumes from the Calcutta Medical College library, is told in moving detail. Review | An economist at home in many cultures 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z Watch highlights as Scotland claim a nerve-shredding Six Nations victory over England to secure successive Calcutta Cup wins for the first time since 1984. Scotland beat England in dramatic game at Murrayfield 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z Back-to-back Calcutta Cup wins for the first time in almost 40 years and huge momentum going to Wales next week. Scotland claim dramatic Calcutta Cup win 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z Two years ago, his team won in a Murrayfield monsoon, the type of conditions that brought to mind a story told by Paul 'The Judge' Rendall about a bitingly cold Calcutta Cup day in Edinburgh. Can Scots live up to high expectations? 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z England meet in Brighton this week for a training camp before ramping up preparations for the Calcutta Cup showdown at Murrayfield on 5 February. Ford handed England Six Nations recall 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z I grew up in this little town called Jamshedpur, which is in the northeastern part of India, about four hours from Calcutta. Why the C.E.O. Behind Match.com and Tinder Took a Stand on the Texas Abortion Law 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z But despite being behind closed doors, this was a Calcutta Cup classic, with Scotland full value for their 11-6 win over a scruffy England. What was 2021's most memorable rugby moment? 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z The reception the squad received in Kolkata - Calcutta as it was then - surpassed all expectations. 'I didn't even have a passport' - South Africa's pioneering black cricketers 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z A settled side, no injuries, home advantage, a winning record in the Calcutta Cup in the four years that Gregor Townsend and Eddie Jones have coached against each other. Can Scots live up to high expectations? 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z As their trip was cut short, Himmler made arrangements for the team to fly out of Calcutta at the last moment and was himself present to greet them when their plane landed in Munich. When the Nazis sent scientists to the Himalayas 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z “You get all the flavors of Calcutta here, so it’s the best way to travel,” said a medical student, Megha Roy, riding the tram with two friends. Kolkata’s ‘Fairy Tale’ Trams, Once Essential, Are Now a Neglected Relic 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Other large cities on bays and estuaries include New York, Calcutta and Buenos Aires. Walling Off One Coastal Area Can Flood Another 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z Before leaving Calcutta, we visited one of Mother Teresa’s rescue facilities near the heart of a “bustee,” or slum dwelling. Opinion | Surely we can do better for the people in D.C. living without homes 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z The reality is this: if you interviewed every Scottish fan walking through the gate for the Calcutta Cup on Saturday, you'd encounter twisted knots of anticipation and dread. Can Scots live up to high expectations? 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z If England win, their title hopes will be revived after the opening Calcutta Cup loss. 'Farrell is holding England back' 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z “Scientifically, economically, environmentally, there is no reason to convert the tramways for buses,” said Debasish Bhattacharyya, president of the Calcutta Tram Users’ Association. Kolkata’s ‘Fairy Tale’ Trams, Once Essential, Are Now a Neglected Relic 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z In Scotland's 2018 Calcutta Cup win, Russell set up a try with an audacious looping pass more precisely plotted than most space missions. Two fly-halves add up to Calcutta Cup puzzler 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z England head coach Eddie Jones says the weight of expectation may get "heavy" for Scotland in the latter stages of Saturday's Calcutta Cup match. 'The expectation is going to get heavy' 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z Scotland begin their campaign with a Calcutta Cup showdown against England at Twickenham on 6 February. Redpath in Scotland's Six Nations squad 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z The results were encouraging enough for the Calcutta health officer to fund a wider trial, but convincing people to be vaccinated was easier said than done. Waldemar Haffkine: The vaccine pioneer the world forgot 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z After graduating from the University of Calcutta in what is now Kolkata, he received a master’s degree from the school in Bengali literature. Soumitra Chatterjee, celebrated Indian actor and ‘one-man stock company’ for Satyajit Ray, dies at 85 2020-11-22T05:00:00Z After graduating from the University of Calcutta in 1915, he took his vows as a monk, choosing the name Yogananda, which means “divine union with God through yoga.” If you practice yoga, thank this man who came to the U.S. 100 years ago 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z World War II British agents send retired Calcutta cavalrymen to sink three German ships off the coast of Goa. Movies on TV this week: 'Pulp Fiction'; 'Goldfinger' and more 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z "I would be great if someone came up with an Oh! Calcutta! for 2021 or 2022. But it would need to take note of a lot of changes in society." Oh! Calcutta!: How nude 70s stage show could still rouse the critics 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z Haffkine was granted leave to return to employment in India and he gladly returned as director in chief of the Calcutta Biological Laboratory. Waldemar Haffkine: The vaccine pioneer the world forgot 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z In 1997, funeral services were held in Calcutta, India, for Nobel peace laureate Mother Teresa. Today in History 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z In Calcutta, India, weeping masses gathered to pay homage to Mother Teresa, who had died the day before at age 87. Today in History 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z But in the anonymity and freedom provided by the West, he presented himself as Dr. S. Coult of New York, London and Calcutta. Review | An innovative gun made a Wild West huckster into an American industrialist 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z Calcutta! be revived today in anything like its original form? Oh! Calcutta!: How nude 70s stage show could still rouse the critics 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z After Haffkine's experiments in the bustees of Calcutta the following year yielded promising results, he was invited by the owners of tea plantations in Assam to vaccinate their workers. Waldemar Haffkine: The vaccine pioneer the world forgot 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z A train slammed into another at a station north of Calcutta, India, killing at least 63 people. Today in History 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z I’d like to see Suren as the first non-white chief of police in Calcutta, in independent India, but there’s a long way to go before that. Me and my detective by Lee Child, Attica Locke, Sara Paretsky, Jo Nesbø and more 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z He contributed to the 1969 hit musical “Oh! Calcutta!,” which was among the first plays to feature full nudity. Bruce Jay Friedman, novelist, playwright with an edge of ‘black humor,’ dies at 90 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z Calcutta! it's mainly because they - and the whole cast, male and female - got their kit off for much of the evening. Oh! Calcutta!: How nude 70s stage show could still rouse the critics 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z Haffkine's work in the Calcutta slums placed him among a select group of scientists who pioneered a profound and global shift in the way disease was understood and treated. Waldemar Haffkine: The vaccine pioneer the world forgot 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z The Telegraph newspaper said Calcutta's waterlogged roads "looked like a dark and slithering reptile on Wednesday night as howling winds continued to haunt the city's deserted, Amphan-ravaged corridors". Cyclone Amphan devastates India's Kolkata city 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z “The church’s grace has really sustained us,” said Mrs. Wermers, who attends Saint Teresa of Calcutta parish in Dakota Dunes, just outside Sioux City, Iowa. Churches creatively maintain unity of congregation with online services 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z Her daughter tells me that the hospital was like Calcutta, only bloody. A wannabe dictator never cries: Except maybe for himself 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z Calcutta! opened in London, shocking some theatregoers and delighting others by bringing extended scenes of male and female nudity to British theatre for the first time. Oh! Calcutta!: How nude 70s stage show could still rouse the critics 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z "He was a Paris scientist who came to the slums of Calcutta. He has a very dramatic story." Waldemar Haffkine: The vaccine pioneer the world forgot 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z After being humbled by France in the first round, England and coach Eddie Jones were just happy to get out of a hostile Murrayfield having regained the Calcutta Cup. 6N: England handle storm and Scotland to revive title hopes 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z Its progenitor, in quizzing lore, was a Calcutta man named Neil O’Brien who had spent time in England, grown fond of its pub quizzes and taken the concept back with him. Question time: my life as a quiz obsessive 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z In Calcutta protesters set fire to vehicles, including a police van, and ransacked government property and buses. Indian towns and cities grind to halt as workers stage 24-hour strike 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z Calcutta! opened at the Roundhouse in London in 1970, having been seen in New York the previous year. Oh! Calcutta!: How nude 70s stage show could still rouse the critics 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z Dressed in Portuguese limestone, Calcutta marble and walls of glass, the multi-level mansion holds seven bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, a wine room and a 20-seat home theater. Los Angeles’ biggest home sales of 2019 top out at $150 million 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z Chief among these was Major D. McCay, a professor of physiology in Calcutta. Race and the Science of Starvation 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Despite submitting copies of ID cards, her degree from Calcutta University and a deposition from her brother, she sat outside a foreigner tribunal in Barpeta waiting for her chance to prove her citizenship. Citizenship list in Indian state sparks fears for millions 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z Much of it is about Calcutta, epicentre of western fears – and my birthplace. Immigration panic: how the west fell for manufactured rage 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z Calcutta! wasn't the first show in Britain to feature nudity. Oh! Calcutta!: How nude 70s stage show could still rouse the critics 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z In 2010, after graduating from the University of Calcutta, I moved to the United Kingdom for a PhD in optical metrology at Loughborough University. The sourdough loaves that led two scientists to fame on The Great British Bake Off 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z I went to Calcutta, India, after my first year of medical school, and then I went to Africa a few other times. Vas Narasimhan of Novartis: ‘We Are Not at All Prepared for a Pandemic’ 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z He previously served as a special assistant to Mother Teresa in Calcutta, India where his family said he was an essential contributor to her mission and to those she cared for. Special assistant to Mother Teresa dies after brutal attack in Welsh bar, police say 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z Ever since then, the popular image of Calcutta has been that of a giant urban black hole: overcrowded, hot, filthy. Immigration panic: how the west fell for manufactured rage 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z "We allow the freedom to adapt the characters so they feel as alive walking through the streets of Calcutta or Seoul, as walking down the high street in Peckham." Which are the most remade BBC dramas? 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z But Garcia was stirred decades ago by Mother Teresa of Calcutta, the founder of Missionaries of Charity, whom he brought to El Paso in 1976. Ruben Garcia has sheltered migrants in El Paso for over four decades. With a crush at the border, he now needs a warehouse. 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z Comet died when the aircraft broke into pieces shortly after departing from Calcutta. 737 MAX crashes make it the most troubled airliner debut in modern aviation 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z When he returned to the U.S., three years later, he had produced some pages of a novel, written during his off-hours, in a tent in Calcutta. John Williams and the Canon That Might Have Been 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z The actress who played two iconic Southerners was born Vivian Mary Hartley in Darjeeling, British India, in 1913, and was raised in Calcutta. Review: Book casts welcome light on actress Vivien Leigh 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z By early 1968, those organising powers "had wrought a miracle, in fact several miracles. Mountains of donated equipment and medicines had been sorted and packed for shipping to Calcutta". The pioneering medics who drove across the world 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z Howrah station in Calcutta alone rescues roughly 150 children a month. 'When you rescue a trafficked child it's like saving a life' 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z Their own investment, $1,200 on themselves in a Calcutta held the night before the first round, though modest by comparison, did portend an underlying confidence, albeit without justification. A broke mini-tour player, a $3 million payday, a Ponzi scheme and the financial-planning career it led spawned - Golf Digest 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Except that every accountant in London, and in Calcutta, has the same ledger, and when one adds a line to his own the addition appears in all of them. The Prophets of Cryptocurrency Survey the Boom and Bust 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z In 1997, weeping masses gathered in Calcutta, India, to pay homage to Mother Teresa, who had died the day before at age 87. Today in History 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Nearly all of the world’s jute is grown and milled in the humid, swampy lowlands surrounding Kolkata — formerly known as Calcutta — and in neighboring Bangladesh, where the climate is right and labor is cheap. India sees an ancient textile, produced in colonial-era mills, as a fabric of the future 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z The ingredients of Indian Yellow, which arrived in little parcels at the London docks, apparently from Calcutta, were a mystery. Treasures from the Color Archive 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z Kolkata, formerly known as Calcutta, now faces more intense and more frequent storms, cyclones, river tides and floods. The City of My Birth in India Is Becoming a Climate Casualty. It Didn’t Have to Be. 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z The Missionaries of Charity, established in 1950 by Mother Teresa – now Saint Teresa of Calcutta – declined to comment on the inspections but earlier said the congregation was appalled by the baby-trafficking claims. All Mother Teresa homes inspected amid baby-selling scandal 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z The sudden death of her father when she was seven years old grounded the family in Hyderabad, where she went to local private schools before landing a university place to study English literature in Calcutta. Anuradha Roy: ‘Inequality in India has never been more catastrophic' 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z “With what moral authority are you speaking? Are you perhaps Mother Teresa of Calcutta?” he asked. Rajoy likely to be forced out as Spanish PM as Basque party turns against him 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z They picked St. Teresa of Calcutta - Mother Teresa - for her work with the poor. Peninsula woman’s paintings in Kenya honor organ donor 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z “So here’s a question for each and every one of you: Where is your Calcutta?” Betsy DeVos gets standing ovation at Ave Maria commencement 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z A prisoner consigned to one might as well have been sent to the Black Hole of Calcutta with no escape, no recourse, no hope. Escapes, Riots and Beatings. But States Can’t Seem to Ditch Private Prisons. 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z Born in 1967 in Calcutta, the younger of two children, she spent her infancy living in makeshift camps as the family followed her field geologist father around some of India’s remotest regions. Anuradha Roy: ‘Inequality in India has never been more catastrophic' 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z “There was somebody who biked up for the Calcutta Cup match – I don’t know if you know but Scotland won that this year, for the first time in 10 years.” 'In a way, I'm lucky': Doddie Weir on MND, rugby and his crusade for a cure 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z Drunk in Calcutta, wandered streets lost all night, unable to remember my address. Does Recovery Kill Great Writing? 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z Are you in some sort of Calcutta pool? The 15 most annoying people in your office during the NCAA Tournament - Golf Digest 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z A national disgrace: It is neither desirable nor morally acceptable to blithely tolerate a level of destitution more commonly associated with Calcutta or Sao Paolo. Essential California: A deep dive into homelessness 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z For the first time in 10 years, Scotland take victory in the Calcutta Cup. Scotland 25-13 England: Six Nations – as it happened 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z "Nobody wants to be single in this country," Kundu said in a phone interview from her house in Kolkata, formerly known as Calcutta, between speaking engagements this month. 'Selfish.' 'Asexual.' 'Crazy.' In a new book, 3,000 women share the insults and indignities of being single in India 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z Kolkata, also known as Calcutta, is a place apart from glittering Mumbai or the power enclaves of New Delhi. Trumps set to launch two real estate projects in India, despite conflict-of-interest concerns 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z She earned her undergraduate degree from Scottish Church College, and later her master’s and doctorate of science from University of Calcutta, all in chemistry. Google’s new Doodle celebrates the 100th birthday of Indian chemist Asima Chatterjee 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z Hagerty said the school was named for Teresa of Calcutta, the Nobel Peace Prize winner known worldwide as Mother Teresa, because of the “work she did with those who are disadvantaged.” Erie’s Mother Teresa Academy hoping for inner-city success 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z The Calcutta Cup looks to be heading to the Scots, and Eddie Jones, up in the Gods, he knows it. Scotland 25-13 England: Six Nations – as it happened 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z Sept. 5 marked the 20th anniversary of the death of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Opinion | Diana was no Mother Teresa 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z “Everybody wants the beauty of Calcutta marble,” said L’Esperance, “but they don’t want the upkeep … this is selling like crazy.” Kitchen islands are getting bigger, better — and more colorful than ever 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z In 1944, she was appointed as an honorary lecturer in chemistry at University of Calcutta; and later took a role as reader in the same department, in 1954. Google’s new Doodle celebrates the 100th birthday of Indian chemist Asima Chatterjee 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z We were in Bombay, and my uncle in Calcutta, because of movements in history. Partition, 70 years on: Salman Rushdie, Kamila Shamsie and other writers reflect 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z Soft stones, such as Carrara and Calcutta marbles, are easily etched with daily use. Restore or replace natural stone? | Provided By Seal Team One 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Mother Teresa won the Nobel Peace Prize and is noteworthy for dedicating her life to helping the poor and downtrodden in the slums of Calcutta, India. Opinion | Diana was no Mother Teresa 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z The monk from Calcutta travelled to the Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1894 and spoke about India and Hinduism, before embarking on an influential lecture tour of the United States. Yoga: How did it conquer the world and what's changed? - BBC News 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z Most of the world’s largest cities –– including New York, Rio de Janeiro, London, Paris, Tokyo, Shanghai, Calcutta, and Cairo –– are built near rivers that flow to oceans. How the Bay Area Is Restoring Nature's Delicate Balance I began by ignoring history and writing about a family – much like my uncle’s family – that lived in south Calcutta. Partition, 70 years on: Salman Rushdie, Kamila Shamsie and other writers reflect 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z In 1919, British police detective Sam Wyndham is in Calcutta, traumatized by the war and longing to start a new chapter. 3 new thrillers for summer reading, including a previously unpublished Michael Crichton novel 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z Founding fathers Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts adored Hogan and pulled hard for him in the tournament, because they always bought him in the Calcutta, or tried to. Fifty years ago Ben Hogan made his Masters' farewell in a very Hogan-esque way - Golf Digest 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z “The showpiece of the penthouse is the Calcutta Gold marble island, which fills the center of the open living space,” says Guggenmos. Enhanced curb appeal for Queen Anne-style house divided into condos 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z He travelled to India for Mother Teresa's funeral in Calcutta. Eric Luke on 43 years of photojournalism - BBC News 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z It was one thing that my family had migrated after partition as Calcutta fell, by the map-maker’s command, to India, but another to sense, acutely, that there was a history there that couldn’t be found. Partition, 70 years on: Salman Rushdie, Kamila Shamsie and other writers reflect 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z It was a case of Oh Calcutta for Scotland, stripped bare by the speed of England’s attacks and the precision of their passing. England and Jonathan Joseph thump Scotland to seal Six Nations title 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z The number eight made his comeback from a knee injury last weekend, and is included in a 24-man training party to prepare for the Calcutta Cup match. Six Nations 2017: Billy Vunipola to make England comeback against Scotland 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z Since he had ended up an orphan in distant Calcutta, before an Australian couple adopted him and gave him a second chance at family. Before “Lion,” the story behind an unlikely family reunion 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z During her lifetime Mother Teresa became famous as the Catholic nun who dedicated her life to caring for the destitute and dying in the slums of Calcutta - now known as Kolkata. Mother Teresa, the nun who became a saint - BBC News 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z Because of the tense relationship between Pakistan and India, he was barred from bringing over the Ittehad, the newspaper he had founded in Calcutta just a few years earlier. Partition, 70 years on: Salman Rushdie, Kamila Shamsie and other writers reflect 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z After that win, talk inevitably turned to the Calcutta Cup match against England in a fortnight's time. Six Nations 2017: Jeremy Guscott on Scotland, England, Wales & Ireland 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z New Zealander Cotter has only two games remaining as Scotland head coach - the penultimate being the Calcutta Cup match - before he makes way for Gregor Townsend. Six Nations 2017: Vern Cotter hails Scotland's second-half show against Wales 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z He zeroed in on Calcutta, since that was where he’d ended up, and worked backwards. Before “Lion,” the story behind an unlikely family reunion 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Other Trump-branded developments underway in India include offices and a residential complex in the New Delhi satellite city of Gurgaon, and a high-rise in the eastern city of Kolkata, formerly Calcutta. One family fought the system and stopped Donald Trump's first venture in India 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z A few years ago, I went to Calcutta to find my great-grandfather’s house. Partition, 70 years on: Salman Rushdie, Kamila Shamsie and other writers reflect 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z He then falls asleep on a decommissioned train that travels some 1,600 kilometers to Calcutta. Review: Can you go home again? The lovely ‘Lion’ says yes 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Decades back, I passed a few nights sleeping in the Calcutta train station; navigating the dark, intensely crowded and joyous aisles of Wrigley called that experience sharply to mind. Javier Baez Is Conquered, This Time, in a Game Bursting With Pressure 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z But she never went as far as Calcutta. Before “Lion,” the story behind an unlikely family reunion 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z The landfill site at Dhapa was set up when Kolkata, then Calcutta, was the colonial capital of the British Raj in India. The Kolkata dump that's permanently on fire: 'Most people die by 50' 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z She named random Calcutta landmarks, none of which yielded the vast, four-storeyed villa she remembered from her childhood. Partition, 70 years on: Salman Rushdie, Kamila Shamsie and other writers reflect 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z "Calcutta," wrote the British colonial general Clive, "is one of the most wicked places in the Universe... Rapacious and Luxurious beyond conception." Kolkata, my ancestors, and me - BBC News 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z In 1955, he drove a specially equipped Land Rover to Calcutta from Paris, staying for a year in India. Marc Riboud, Photojournalist Who Found Grace in the Turbulent, Dies at 93 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Most of the audiovisual source material for “Bridge Over Mud,” Nilsen said, was recorded while the group spent a sojourn in Calcutta. Psychedelic Norwegian theater company brings mind-bending adventure to On the Boards 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z The film is based on the true story of Saroo Brierley, who got lost on the crowded streets of Calcutta when he was just 5 years old. Dev Patel: 'It's such a shame' to compare 'Lion' to 'Slumdog Millionaire' 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z “It’s not becoming a saint. She was always a saint,” said Sister Nicole, who oversees the order’s home for the destitute and dying in a clamorous temple neighborhood in Kolkata, once known as Calcutta. In the Indian city where Mother Teresa founded her order, ambivalence about her legacy 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z I recently returned to Calcutta to see Durga Puja - the great annual festival of the city in honour of the great Goddess who is worshipped on this occasion as a symbol of familial love. Kolkata, my ancestors, and me - BBC News 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Mother Teresa’s official name as a saint will be St. Teresa of Calcutta. L.A. archdiocese Mass will celebrate Mother Teresa's canonization 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z “But this is not about Calcutta,” he added. Psychedelic Norwegian theater company brings mind-bending adventure to On the Boards 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Mother Teresa of Calcutta, a Nobel peace laureate known as the "saint of the gutters" during her lifetime, will be made a saint of the Roman Catholic Church on Sunday. Mother Teresa to be made saint at Vatican ceremony 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z “She was a presence definitely as I was growing up. But it wasn’t until I moved to the West that I realized she overshadowed everything else in people’s perception of Calcutta,” he said. In the Indian city where Mother Teresa founded her order, ambivalence about her legacy 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z In 2002, the Vatican certified Besra’s case as a “miracle,” the first milestone in the journey to sainthood for Mother Teresa of Calcutta, the Albanian nun who will be canonized Sunday at the Vatican. The Vatican believes Mother Teresa cured this woman. But was it a miracle? 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Yet Mother Teresa — who will now be officially known as Saint Teresa of Calcutta — reached the threshold of sainthood a relatively quick 19 years after death. Pope Francis is unafraid of controversy — or quantity — when minting saints 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z “We are not trying to portray Calcutta — Calcutta was just the starting point.” Psychedelic Norwegian theater company brings mind-bending adventure to On the Boards 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z As the Catholic Church prepares to canonize her as a saint, the city formerly known as Calcutta is poised for a rare moment in the spotlight. Was Mother Teresa a saint? In city she made synonymous with suffering, a renewed debate over her legacy 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z She was traveling from the city then called Calcutta to Darjeeling in 1946 when she decided to start the Missionaries of Charity order. Kolkata remembers Mother Teresa on the eve of sainthood 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z What's more, she had no idea where to find her subjects - unlike the cities of Mumbai, Delhi and Calcutta which have well-known red-light districts, Chennai had no fixed address for sex workers. The women who discovered India's first HIV cases - BBC News 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z When she started her mission in the late 1940s, for example, she wrote to the archbishop of Calcutta, outlining her goals for the sisters’ work—even including having them drive a bus. How Pope Francis and Mother Teresa Are Linked 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z The church changed its name to Blessed Teresa of Calcutta when it absorbed five other churches during a 2008 diocesan consolidation. Church named for Mother Teresa celebrating her canonization 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z “It is a great blessing that Calcutta is associated with Mother Teresa,” said Sunita Kumar, an artist and socialite who befriended her and served as an unofficial spokeswoman. Was Mother Teresa a saint? In city she made synonymous with suffering, a renewed debate over her legacy 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z America's poor children are not the gaunt starving faces of Ethiopia, or the ragged street beggars of Calcutta. Racial, partisan divides shape American views of poverty and the poor 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z Kolkata, formerly known as Calcutta, was once the greatest port city on earth. The street food that powered the British Empire - BBC News 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z A nun from Calcutta was on his mind. How Pope Francis and Mother Teresa Are Linked 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z “I’m not sure our neighbors are going to be happy,” said Donna DiCasimirro, head of the canonization activities committee for Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Parish. Church named for Mother Teresa celebrating her canonization 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z “I don’t think there’s been any big change in Calcutta due to Mother Teresa,” Bhattacharya said. Was Mother Teresa a saint? In city she made synonymous with suffering, a renewed debate over her legacy 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z In the 1940s, Rube and Ruby, imports from Calcutta, became stars — star attractions, and star breeders. Spend a day behind the scenes at the San Diego Zoo as it turns 100 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z In Calcutta, she tended terminally ill patients under the tutelage of Mother Teresa, who came to terms with the nail polish and, intrigued, became a lifelong friend. Lorna Kelly Dies at 70; Left the Sotheby’s Rostrum to Help the Poor 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z As more chilling accounts trickled into Calcutta and London, Mr Beadon made a belated attempt to import rice into Orissa. Viewpoint: How British let one million Indians die in famine - BBC News 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z On Monday through Thursday at 6 p.m. the church will hold Camp Calcutta for children - 90-minute sessions focusing on Mother Teresa’s long ministry to the desperately poor people of that Indian city. Church named for Mother Teresa celebrating her canonization 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z “No doubt there was poverty in Calcutta, but it was never a city of lepers and beggars, as Mother Teresa presented it,” Bhattacharya said. Was Mother Teresa a saint? In city she made synonymous with suffering, a renewed debate over her legacy 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z An argument ensued and Mr Aich ended up slapping a British officer, for which he was sent to a Calcutta jail a year before India achieved independence from British rule in 1947. Manohar Aich: Top Indian bodybuilder dies, aged 104 - BBC News 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z She swept into Calcutta in Yves Saint Laurent, her nails lacquered as red as the priceless antique boxes she sold to collectors in her Manhattan showroom. Lorna Kelly Dies at 70; Left the Sotheby’s Rostrum to Help the Poor 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z The ship was eventually sent to Calcutta, and least 19 people were killed in a skirmish with British soldiers. Canada PM apologizes for rejection of migrant ship in 1914 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z One twin falls down the crumbling stairs of her Calcutta house and breaks her ankle; the other scalds her thigh on a tipped cup of coffee in a European station. The Science of Identity and Difference 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z Rajiv is a small tank engine from the East Indian Railway, who carries passengers and goods from Calcutta in the east up to the north of India. Thomas the Tank Engine goes global for new film - BBC News 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z Some of the reasons emerged last week in Kolkata, formerly Calcutta. Overpass Project in Kolkata ‘Made Our Lives Hell’ for Years Before Collapse 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z Calcutta!, which delighted audiences as much as it annoyed the critics. Been and Gone: The actress whose attack scene became notorious - BBC News 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z He liked to wear a tuxedo when he went out to dinner at “21” and elsewhere because, as he said, “that’s the way the Brits ran the colony in Calcutta.” The oil man and his dictators: Benito Mussolini, Francisco Franco and the forgotten fascist history of Texaco 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z In 1967, she married a young lawyer, the eldest son of a well-established clan in Calcutta, and moved to his family’s sprawling, if somewhat decrepit, mansion. The Science of Identity and Difference 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z In the winter of 2012, I travelled from New Delhi, where I grew up, to Calcutta to visit my cousin Moni. Madness Runs in the Family 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z The Vatican on Tuesday announced that Mother Teresa of Calcutta will be canonized, the definitive step on the Catholic Church’s path to sainthood. Mother Teresa to become saint at Sept. 4 ceremony 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z Mother Teresa of Calcutta, the nun who dedicated her life to helping the poor, will be made a saint of the Roman Catholic Church at a ceremony on Sept. 4, Pope Francis said on Tuesday. Mother Teresa of Calcutta to be made Roman Catholic saint Sept. 4: pope 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z For the next two years, he signed on with ships carrying indentured laborers from Calcutta, India, to the sugar plantations of the British West Indies. The oil man and his dictators: Benito Mussolini, Francisco Franco and the forgotten fascist history of Texaco 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z When the monsoons hit Calcutta, the mounds of garbage on the streets clogged the drains and turned the city into a vast, infested swamp. The Science of Identity and Difference 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z He has visited the institution in Calcutta twice—once without warning, hoping to see a transformed Moni, living a secretly normal life behind the barred gates. Madness Runs in the Family 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z Born in Glasgow, Scotland, White began his career producing plays on London's West End with shows such as "Oh! Calcutta," "The Rocky Horror Show" and "Annie." Veteran British producer Michael White dies aged 80 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z He was born in Calcutta, to lower-middle-class parents, who spent what they could on his education. Sex, Grief, and Comedy Across Continents 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z The nuns were from the Missionaries of Charity congregation, which runs the home and was founded in Calcutta by Mother Teresa. Yemen conflict: Pope Francis condemns 'diabolical' killing of nuns - BBC News 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z The October light was oblique and sepulchral, a halo-endowing, New World light that does not exist in Delhi or Calcutta. The Science of Identity and Difference 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z In Calcutta—in Berlin, Peshawar, Delhi, Dhaka—men like this seem to turn up every day, appearing off the streets and walking unannounced into houses, stepping casually over thresholds into their past. Madness Runs in the Family 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z Four nuns from the Missionaries of Charity, founded by Mother Teresa of Calcutta, were among those killed. Nuns killed in Yemen retirement home attack - BBC News 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z He went to Catholic schools and then to Jadavpur University, in Calcutta, where he studied English literature. Sex, Grief, and Comedy Across Continents 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Indian billionaires had attended the University of Mumbai and the steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal went to St Xavier's College, affiliated to the University of Calcutta. Are billionaires more likely to be graduates? - BBC News 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Australian Jones, appointed as Stuart Lancaster's successor in November, oversaw a 15-9 win at Murrayfield to retain the Calcutta Cup in his first game as head coach. Six Nations 2016: Eddie Jones was convinced of England win 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z The day after our visit with Moni, my father and I took a walk in Calcutta. Madness Runs in the Family 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z Related: England women start Six Nations with thrashing of Scotland And if you like nostalgia, here are five great Calcutta Cup matches from Murrayfield, plus one awful one with a cracking story. Scotland v England: Six Nations 2016 – live! 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z This opener is, admittedly, very much an appetiser for today’s Calcutta Cup-flavoured main course. France v Italy: Six Nations 2016 – live! 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z Watch the Calcutta Cup through the ages as England face Scotland this weekend in the Six Nations in one of sport's oldest fixtures. Six Nations: The Calcutta Cup through the ages from BBC Archive 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z "We've come up here and won the Calcutta Cup. We scored two tries, there are no injuries so it's been a good day at the office," the Australian said. Six Nations 2016: Eddie Jones was convinced of England win 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z His knowledge of the Calcutta Cup is from across the other side of the world. Six Nations 2016: Scotland's John Hardie primed for 'fizzing' England 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z Related: England women start Six Nations with thrashing of Scotland And if you like nostalgia, here are five great Calcutta Cup matches from Murrayfield, plus one awful one with a cracking story. Scotland v England: Six Nations 2016 – live! 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z This opener is, admittedly, very much an appetiser for today’s Calcutta Cup-flavoured main course. France v Italy: Six Nations 2016 – live! 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z It is the latest setback to affect his Test career, after rupturing knee ligaments in training before last year's Calcutta Cup match and missing the World Cup last autumn as a result. Six Nations 2016: Scotland's Alex Dunbar & Adam Ashe to miss start 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Netaji was already famous for a daring escape in 1941, when he passed as an Afghan to cut a dash from Calcutta to Berlin. Mystery theatre 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z More books were published in Calcutta at that time than any city in the world, except London. Can the Right Geographic Conditions Help Create Geniuses? She wanted everything to remind her of Calcutta. How Jhumpa Lahiri Learned to Write Again 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Live coverage of eight games includes the Calcutta Cup between Scotland and England on 6 February, and France against England on 19 March. Six Nations 2016: BBC offers extensive coverage on TV, radio and online 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z With Dunbar ruled out, Edinburgh's Matt Scott is likely to start at inside centre in the Calcutta Cup match a week on Saturday, with Saracens' Duncan Taylor in contention to join him in midfield. Six Nations 2016: Scotland's Alex Dunbar & Adam Ashe to miss start 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z The Calcutta Cup match will be his first nod in the capital. Six Nations 2016: Scotland need big guns fit and firing 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z The lesson of Calcutta is the importance of chaos and the collision of cultures. Can the Right Geographic Conditions Help Create Geniuses? The Vatican said Pope Francis approved the decree attributing the second miracle to Teresa of Calcutta, known as the “Saint of the Gutters,” during an audience on Dec. 17, his 79th birthday. Pope attributes 2nd miracle to Mother Teresa, paving way to sainthood 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z Mother Teresa was beatified in 2003 as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta for healing a woman’s tumor through divine intervention, but two miracles are required for sainthood. Mother Teresa Will Be Made a Saint 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z They wore simple white saris with blue trim that were once associated with street-sweepers in Kolkata, the former capital of British India, which is also known as Calcutta. Mother Teresa’s Path to Sainthood Cleared by Vatican 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z She was beatified in 2003 as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta for healing an Indian woman’s tumor through divine intervention, but full sainthood requires the declaration of two miracles. Mother Teresa to be made saint of Roman Catholic Church: Vatican 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z It is surprising because today we think of Calcutta, now called Kolkata, as the epitome of Third World deprivation and poverty. Can the Right Geographic Conditions Help Create Geniuses? She founded the Missionaries of Charity to help the poor on the streets of Calcutta and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. Mother Teresa to be made Catholic saint in September - paper 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z When my mother returns to Calcutta, she is proud of the fact that, in spite of almost fifty years away from India, she seems like a woman who never left. In Translation 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z She was born in Calcutta in 1815 to well-to-do parents, her father an official of the East India Company and her mother descended from French aristocracy. Julia Margaret Cameron at the V&A - BBC News 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z Touring There: Calcutta Photo Tours offers three-hour small-group walking expeditions of the city, the best of which focus on its European heritage and cultural and religious diversity. Kolkata, India: An Insider’s Tour for Aspiring Photographers 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z What caused Calcutta, in India, to produce a cluster of geniuses then slide into poverty and dereliction? Can the Right Geographic Conditions Help Create Geniuses? Some of the most beautiful paintings in this show are two pages from the Impey Album, commissioned in Calcutta in the late 18th century by a British judge called Sir Elijah Impey. Violence, victors and victims: how to look at the art of the British empire 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z Musical Group initially considered building a factory about 200 kilometers, or 120 miles outside Kolkata, formerly Calcutta. India’s Manufacturing Sector Courts the World, but Pitfalls Remain 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z The Calcutta Cup is the trophy presented to the winner of the England versus Scotland rugby union match which takes place during the annual Six Nations Championship. Rugby World Cup: Can India fall in love with rugby? - BBC News 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z The party that took most advantage of corporate donations is now, like Mother Teresa of Calcutta, calling for their prohibition. Brazil bans corporations from political donations amid corruption scandal 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z They most recently completed charity work in Calcutta, India, with the Roman Catholic organization that Mother Teresa founded. Visiting Charleston massacre site seen as rite of passage 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z His house became a meeting place for the more cultured elements of Calcutta society, where law, history, Sanskrit and Persian literature, and Indian painting were all animatedly and enthusiastically discussed. Violence, victors and victims: how to look at the art of the British empire 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z A pound of greenhouse gas in Calcutta or Los Angeles has the same impact, whereas Los Angeles can clean up its pollution and leave Calcutta and Beijing very polluted. Q&A: Golden State Governor Talks Global Warming 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z For fans of rugby union, Kolkata - formerly called Calcutta - is synonymous with the Calcutta Cup - the annual game played between England and Scotland that had its origins here in the 1870s. Rugby World Cup: Can India fall in love with rugby? - BBC News 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z It has all of the filth and confusion of Calcutta without the cultural amenities.” A life in feuds: how Gore Vidal gripped a nation 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z They upset traditional categories of liberal and progressive by singing Latin polyphony on the weekends, spending summers in Calcutta serving the poor, and taking courses where they learn to critique forms of conspicuous consumption. The Gift of the Millennial Catholic to the Church 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z Instead, the greatest collection of paintings of the Raj is to be found not in London but in the Victoria Memorial in Calcutta. Violence, victors and victims: how to look at the art of the British empire 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z Before departing Quito, Francis visited a home for the elderly run by nuns from the order established by Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Will Pope Francis chew coca? (It's a thing in Bolivia) 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z I was in a Bollywood commercial when I was living in Calcutta. How This 30-Year-Old Travels The World On As Little As $30,000 A Year 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z We continued to visit Calcutta once, sometimes twice, a year. Calcutta's architecture is unique. Its destruction is a disaster for the city 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z The American photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White, who had witnessed the opening of the gates of a Nazi concentration camp a year earlier, wrote that Calcutta’s streets “looked like Buchenwald.” The Mutual Genocide of Indian Partition 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z As part of the program, she traveled to Calcutta, gathering information on case studies of social entrepreneurs. An Etsy For Social Entrepreneurs 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z The higher-education system was started by the British in 1857 with the establishment of three universities — Calcutta, Bombay and Madras — and 28 affiliated colleges. Research management: Priorities for science in India 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z I also ended up dressing in drag and getting on a billboard in Calcutta. How This 30-Year-Old Travels The World On As Little As $30,000 A Year 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z I learnt two things from my visits to Calcutta in the 1960s and 70s, and to my uncle’s house in particular. Calcutta's architecture is unique. Its destruction is a disaster for the city 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z He spoke about going to Calcutta in 1983 as a graduate student — “I wanted to be shocked” — and visiting a hospital there where half the patients died within 48 hours of being admitted. Federation Leader Fills a Class Instead of Stadiums 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z A house in Calcutta must be swept and scrubbed at least twice a day. Nothing Happens. Everything Happens. 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z Though never more than 4,000 in number, the community was influential and thoroughly integrated in the fabric of Calcutta. Meet the Last Jews of Calcutta 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z The Calcutta Telegraph reports the convent had received threats after the recent expulsion of a pupil. India protest rally against nun rape 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z In fact, they seem to be almost the only people making money in Calcutta at all. Calcutta's architecture is unique. Its destruction is a disaster for the city 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z She is in a stable condition in a Calcutta hospital. Men detained in Indian nun rape case 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z The Archbishop of Calcutta, Thomas d'Souza, told the BBC that security cameras inside the Convent of Jesus and Mary School show the faces of the six men who carried out the assault. Indian nun raped in convent attack 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z Calcutta Bagdadi Jews settled in a cosmopolitan urban environment, met no prejudice, and excelled in all spheres of endeavor. Meet the Last Jews of Calcutta 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z While Brown says it's "great to be back" for the Calcutta Cup clash with Scotland on Saturday, he admits watching England's back three struggle against Ireland's kicking game was difficult. Missing Irish game was tough - Brown 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z In Calcutta, 'heritage' means we cease to engage with the architectural individuality and difference of buildings Facebook Twitter Pinterest House near Sarat Bose Road: ‘Architectural distinctiveness is often a secondary concern.’ Calcutta's architecture is unique. Its destruction is a disaster for the city 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z The Archbishop of Calcutta has called for more security at the Convent of Jesus and Mary, the site of the attack. Men detained in Indian nun rape case 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z Previous winners include Mother Teresa of Calcutta, honored with the inaugural prize in 1973, Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the Dalai Lama and retired South African archbishop Desmond Tutu. Templeton Prize awarded to founder of L'Arche communities 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z By the 1960s, only 400 to 500 remained in Calcutta, making it difficult to sustain Jewish community life. Meet the Last Jews of Calcutta 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Bapi Das is now pursuing a petition with the Human Rights Commission in Delhi and Calcutta seeking justice. The women who keep silent about sexual violence 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z In Calcutta, “heritage” means we cease to engage with the architectural individuality and difference of buildings and precincts. Calcutta's architecture is unique. Its destruction is a disaster for the city 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z My favourite is quite a personal one - lifting the Calcutta Cup as Scotland captain in 2000. Who's going to win the Six Nations? 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z A tailor from Calcutta buys his first fridge - the first person in his entire village to do so. First in the village to own a fridge 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z It's a big day for him and indeed for the village of Rameshwarpur, just outside Calcutta in north-east India. The village that just got its first fridge 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z Misti-doi - or sweet yogurt - is a traditional Bengali sweet that is hugely popular in Calcutta, the city where Mr Aich was born and grew up. India's 'superhero snacks' 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z I was born in Calcutta, but we moved to Bombay when I was one and a half years old, maybe in early 1964. Calcutta's architecture is unique. Its destruction is a disaster for the city 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z I am the first Scotsman ever to be presented with the Calcutta Cup at Murrayfield because previously the cup was presented at the dinner in the evening, so that makes the moment even more special. Who's going to win the Six Nations? 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z In November India's navy withdrew two warships from the eastern port of Calcutta after intelligence agencies warned of a terror attack plot. Indian airports on hijack alert 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z “We made friendlyship, eating together, and talked about each future,” she wrote in broken English about a month later, when she returned to Kolkata, formerly Calcutta, to file a police report. India Rape Case Echoes Claims of Tourists as Prey 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z As with politicians throwing out the season’s first baseball, who better, he thought, to ladle the first bowl of soup than a sister from Calcutta, whoever she might be. J. Edward Guinan, former Catholic priest who ministered to the homeless, dies at 78 2015-01-03T05:00:00Z Photograph: Sanjoy Ghosh In Calcutta, a “heritage” building is a landmark that is important for either being a significant institutional building, or because a famous person frequented it or lived there. Calcutta's architecture is unique. Its destruction is a disaster for the city 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z It is believed she escaped to Calcutta where she lodged a complaint via the Japanese consulate. Arrests over India tourist gang rape 2015-01-03T05:00:00Z Police in the eastern city of Calcutta say the assaults took place over a period of more than a month from 23 November and in at least two locations. Japanese woman 'gang-raped' in India 2015-01-03T05:00:00Z She reached Kolkata, once known as Calcutta, where she had been based, and filed a police complaint. World Digest: Jan. 2, 2015 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z In September 1972, a Missionaries of Charity sister from India — a woman physically small but spiritually large — was visiting Washington, partly to raise funds for her homeless shelter in Calcutta. J. Edward Guinan, former Catholic priest who ministered to the homeless, dies at 78 2015-01-03T05:00:00Z It’s this Calcutta whose buildings are poised to vanish, and whose survival some of us are arguing for. Calcutta's architecture is unique. Its destruction is a disaster for the city 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z In 1997, she attended the funeral of Mother Teresa in Calcutta along with other dignitaries, including Queen Noor of Jordan, Queen Sofía of Spain and Hillary Rodham Clinton, who was first lady at the time. Fabiola, Belgium’s Fifth Queen, Dies at 86 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z In late December she managed to reach the city of Varanasi from where she travelled to Calcutta, lodging a complaint via the Japanese consulate on 26 December. Japanese woman 'gang-raped' in India 2015-01-03T05:00:00Z In central Calcutta, more than 200 people who lost their money in a variety of companies, block traffic as they protest at both the state and central government's response to their plight. Indians lose billions to bogus investments 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z A group of junior doctors beat a suspected thief to death at a medical college in the eastern Indian city of Calcutta, police say. Indian doctors 'kill suspected thief' 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z Jeff cleaned up in the company Calcutta at The Editor's Putter a few days later. The Grind: Bubba Golf strikes in China, Taylor Swift strikes a car, and a teaching pro beauty: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z "We received a fax on Tuesday afternoon from central intelligence agencies warning of the possibility of a terror attack in Calcutta, especially in the port area," senior Indian Coast Guard official BN Mahato said. India withdraws warships amid alert 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z This was enormously important for its success since it was the practice of the major Calcutta clubs to play barefoot whatever the weather. India's iconic football club facing closure 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Do you think you’d be happier homeless in Fresno, California or homeless in Calcutta, India? Would Winning the Lottery Solve All Your Problems? 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z Neel Mukherjee’s “The Lives of Others,” takes place in 1960s Calcutta, where political turmoil engulfs a Bengali family. Richard Flanagan Wins Man Booker Prize for Tale of World War II P.O.W. 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z In her own home city of Calcutta, Parik notes, cycling is definitely not considered cool but rather a vehicle for the poor. The Danes Wheel Out Their Bikes as Cars are Eliminated The most remarkable prices came for four sets of Kalighat watercolors on paper that originated with Bengal village painters who sat in the 1800s outside a Kali temple in Calcutta producing works for pilgrims. Indian Art Sales: Moderns Up, Contemporaries Sink Further In 1934, Mohammedan Sporting was the first Indian club to win the Calcutta League - which began in 1898 and is the oldest in Asia. India's iconic football club facing closure 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z The downtrodden of Calcutta are far happier than you’d think, given their circumstances. Would Winning the Lottery Solve All Your Problems? 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z Georgie Ling, a chef, says that when his father arrived in Calcutta in the early 20th century, Chinese “lived like kings”. Kings no more 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Under its former name Calcutta, it was a home base for Imperial Britain when it ruled the South Asian subcontinent. Indian man pedals cycle rickshaw to Himalayan pass 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Annapurna Sharma is walking around the streets of Calcutta with a group of women. A happy homecoming for India's widows 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z After the victory, as a newspaper reported, "fireworks were lit, balloons sent up, pigeons released and the Mohammedans of Calcutta made merry till late in the night". India's iconic football club facing closure 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z She starts with an image of people in Calcutta foraging through the dump for food and then contrasts that with the image of a local dumpster diver. The Tech Industry Wants to Show You Its Humanity The first isolation of dengue in India occurred in Calcutta, now Kolkata, in 1945, and the first epidemics here were reported in the 1960s. Study Points to Vast Underreporting of Dengue Cases in India 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z Census records from the late 19th Century suggest that about 1,300 Armenians were living principally in Calcutta, Dhaka and Rangoon. The preacher refusing to give up keys to a Yangon church 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z But one of the big talking points this year is a pavilion made largely of biscuits at the Durga Puja festival in northern Calcutta. Durga Puja's temple made of biscuits 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z In the early 1980s, bankrolled by a Calcutta Muslim businessman, the club managed to attract players from the Mohun Bagan and East Bengal teams and win several tournaments. India's iconic football club facing closure 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z During the planning for her round-the-world flight, Ms. Mock and her husband came to Washington and visited embassies, arranging for clearances to enter air space and use airports from Cairo to Calcutta to Bangkok. Jerrie Mock, first female pilot to fly solo around the world, dies at 88 The Calcutta derby is the only football match in India capable of challenging cricket for popularity. Incognito refs to a spying 'Rambo' 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z The altar was re-consecrated and it was announced that an Armenian priest based in Calcutta would be flying in every weekend to conduct services. The preacher refusing to give up keys to a Yangon church 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z Which is when Pratim, a friend from Calcutta, says, “Why don’t you go to India? It’s like the Internet in real life. You can have random chats with people every day.” Dan Hoyle Takes on Cell Phone Addiction Amazingly in its first season in the Calcutta League in 1934, Mohammedan Sporting won the title. India's iconic football club facing closure 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z She described the home as "the black hole of Calcutta". Child migrant appeals for apology 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z The gunshots erupted just after noon Saturday during a Catholic Youth Council event on the playing fields at the Blessed Teresa of Calcutta School. Gunfire disrupts girls’ soccer game; no one hurt 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z Their influence in the British Raj reached its peak in the late 19th Century, when census records suggest that about 1,300 Armenians were living principally in Calcutta, Dhaka and Rangoon. The last Armenians of Myanmar 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z One of seven siblings, he grew up in Calcutta, India where his Muslim father was the chief justice of the high court and was awarded a knighthood. Bangladesh's Apex Group Emerges As Shoemaker To The World 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z The club broke with the practice of its main Calcutta rivals, Mohun Bagan and East Bengal, by recruiting players from outside Bengal. India's iconic football club facing closure 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z |
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