Visva-Bharati has decided not to hold Basanta Utsav on Holi this year because of growing footfall on the campus during the festival in previous years. Varsity officials said they were trying to ...

Visva-Bharati is planning to dissociate Basanta Utsav from Holi from next year because the university and the police do not have the wherewithal to manage such a huge gathering. The number of people ...

After three years of muted Basanta Utsav celebrations, festivities this week received a boost due to the centenary mark of Tagore's 'Basanta' reaching Kavi Nazrul Islam in prison on February 25, 1923.

Santiniketan: Visva-Bharati has decided not to make Basanta Utsav a public event this year. The event, which celebrates the advent of spring, was last open to the public in 2019. This year, after the ...

Spring — it is the ultimate symbol for anything and everything that embodies joy. Whose eyes don’t light up when they behold flowers bloom with gusto? It’s no wonder that our ancestors decided to ...

The celebration of Basanta Utsav contributes to the colour palette of February. Pahela Falgun, the day when the Bengali spring season ushers in, makes yellow the only wearable for those who want to ...

Visva-Bharati authorities have decided to shift Basanta Utsav - the festival of colours to welcome spring - from its core ashram area to the Poush Mela grounds. The decision has been taken in a bid to ...