Culture and Arts Notebook

Guwahati: Curtains came down for the  9th Chalachitram National Film Festival at the Jyoti Chitraban premise in Kahilipara on 30 November 2025. Distinguished guests of the closing ceremony handed over the awards along with the certificates and cash prizes to…

CNFF-25 Kickstarts at Jyoti Chitraban Guwahati: The 9th Chalachitram National Film Festival kicks off and starts at the Jyoti Chitraban film studio grounds in the Kahilipara locality. Dr. Sunil Mohanty, Asom Khetra prachar pramukh of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, inaugurated the…

28 November 2025, Quezon City.  The Action for Nurturing Children and Environment (ANCE), a Cebu City-based non-governmental organization dedicated to children’s development and the integrity of creation, and the EcoWaste Coalition, a Quezon City-based environmental network for a zero-waste and…

November 26, 2025 saw the opening of Anihan* (meaning Harvest), the latest collection of Rice Paintings by Hermisanto. The singular artist who uses ‘Palay’ or unhusked rice as his medium of expression, it is a style that has become his…

This November, The M presents Hail Holy Eyes, a major retrospective tracing the evolution of Jigger Cruz—one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary Philippine art.   Featuring over a hundred artworks from 2007 to the present, the exhibition offers…

Come 29 and 30 November 2025, the film buffs, cine critics and movie producer-directors of eastern India will have an unique opportunity to encounter film-works, dedicated to foster nationalism and paying homage to Bharat’s thousands years old civilization, culture and…

by George Banez ”Oh, you weren’t even born yet the second time I went to jail,” said Tatang as he lounged on a wooden platform raised two feet above the dirt floor of the “cottage.” Made of bamboo, the cottage was…

Guwahati:  The curtain came down for the Pragjyotishpur Literature Festival 2025 on 16 November, as two Assamese writers were felicitated in the valedictory ceremony at  Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra in the prehistoric city of Guwahati with the gracious presence of  PLF…

Guwahati: The Pragjyotishpur Literature Festival 2025, concluding this evening at Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra in the city, witnessed four intriguing sessions on the second day, where the interaction with eminent actor and playwright, Prithwiraj Rabha, who spoke about his  father, Kalaguru…

Group calls for simple Christmas celebrations, solidarity with disaster survivors 12 November 2025, Quezon City.  Following the series of tragic disasters during the “ber” months that left a trail of destruction and brought immense suffering to countless families, the environmental…