Honesty pays Shortly after receiving the coveted Kanyashree Award for excellence from the chief minister, Kuheli Basak went back home to Phulia in Nadia district, nonchalant. She is already a familiar name in her locality and was featured prominently in all newspapers for returning a bag-full
Indrani Ghosh is a post-graduate in English from Visva Bharati University. Presently she is working as English teacher with Vidyanjali High School, Bhowanipore While watching Alankrita Shrivastava’s Lipstick Under My Burkha,one gets transported to 1963, the year when Satyajit Ray’s Mahanagarwas released. It was based on
The Supreme Court of Pakistan disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from office after a corruption probe into his family wealth. Thus, his third stint in power has been cut short and Pakistan is again in the hands of political uncertainty. He is no more eligible
Thieves steal 300 kg tomato in Mumbai. Armed men deployed to guard tomatoes at a vegetable market in Bhopal. Well, such headlines are not telly tales, but hardcore reality sweeping Indian markets recently, as those luscious, red and humble tomatoes suddenly decided to act pricey! With
A new 545-seated theatre auditorium will be inaugurated on 8th August at Dum Dum. Named after one of Bengal's greatest theatre personality, Ajitesh Bandyopadhyay, this air-conditioned auditorium will surely witness a theatre revolution in the days to come. For the first time, an auditorium in the
Sister Nivedita, the educationalist and campaigner for Indian Independence. That's what the inscription would read like, on a blue plaque, to be placed at Sister's Nivedita's London home, on her 150th birth anniversary. This was Nivedita's family home, though she later moved to India, to
Crossing the English Channel is no big deal these days, but when a 19-year-old teenager from Bengal crosses the channel at one go, then that makes for a rare feat. Teenager Sayani Das made to the big league by crossing the English Channel in just
'Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail.' Well, that's what US President Donald Trump said about transgenders yesterday. He announced a ban on transgenders from
With a never-ending drama being enacted on the stage of Indian politics, it seems Mamata’s dreams of forming a Maha Gathbandhan stands at a loss. But with Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar out of the non-NDA alliance, the mantle to lead the opposition now seems
Jagga Jasoos, for all its flaws, is a heart warming film. Director Anurag Basu particularly impressed Bengalis and followers of Satyajit Ray and Herge, even if the rest of the country mostly remained cold to his adventurous and ambitious musical thriller. Basu's hat tips to all