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Jhumpa Lahiri
It was her love for the city that prompted her to write stories whose characters revolved around a Bengali lifestyle.
Rabindranath Tagore With a literary life spanning over 60 years, Tagore astounds one with his copiousness, variety, and innovation.

Rudraprasad Sengupta
Controversy always follows this man. This actor and director is also an accomplished orator and a brilliant teacher, according to his students of Literature
 

Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty
Getting to know Dr Prasad Shetty: His lighter side
 

Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa (1910-1997) Nobody argues that  Mother Teresa is Albanian.  Everyone knows that Mother Teresa is a  Calcuttan. 

Sourav Ganguly
The quiet captain has, between June 1996 to February 2000, scored 7552 runs in international cricket (5061 in ODIs, 2491 in Tests).
 
Sabita Chowdhury

Sabita has two identities - that of an excellent singer and that of the widow of the legendary music maestro Salil Chowdhury
 

Amol Palekar 
Give the people what they deserve

Jaya Bachchan


Her first Hindi film, Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Guddi, was an enormous hit
Sharmila Tagore
Sharmila Tagore was discovered by Satyajit Ray when she was 13 for a famous debut in Apur Sansar

Uttam Kumar
From a petty clerk, he evolved into the most popular romantic lead in Bengali cinema

Soumitra
Radio announcer and poet, Soumitra has always been the thinking person's movie actor.
Madhabi
Madhabi Mukherjee, who has been a favorite of directors like Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray (1921-1992)
This extraordinary fiction, mystery and science writer, artist and translator is best known in India and abroad as a filmaker and director par excellence.

Amartya
Amartya, meaning "other-worldly or immortal" was chosen because Tagore felt that the boy would be extraordinary.
 
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