Palaeobiology? Devapriya Chattopadhyay often encounters this question and finds it quite amusing because Paleobiology is, after all a growing and comparatively new discipline. Devapriya patiently explains this is a field of study which combines methods and findings of the natural science biology with that of
She is a rickshaw-puller whose decision to storm the male bastion has earned her the ire of her male colleagues. When she started plying her rickshaw, she was harassed, insulted publicly and denied to park her vehicle at the scheduled stand. The males ganged up
We, the students of Birla High school, were fortunate to have been given the opportunity to watch a Puppet Show organised by PUN. Puppeteer teams from eight countries participated in this first of a kind show. We were introduced to Puppet Showsand artisans from two
• Why did you feel the need to grow indigo again in Bengal? Were you influenced by the historical significance of the product? I have always loved the colour blue and I love nature. I lived in Nigeria between 1993 and 1998, where I encountered exquisite
When all is busy celebrating Bengal’s rosogolla winning the GI tag, two persons in Fulia were quietly leading a team making a world record, by creating the biggest Rosogolla of the World. And what was needed to make it? 5 person, 25 assistants, 7 kg cottage
If you have been at the light and sound show at Victoria Memorial before, you are in for a surprise this winter. Victoria Memorial Hall will offer an all-new Son-et-Lumiere to narrate the city’s history and the time of the show has been reduced to
Jhalmuri-wallahs have dotted streets and lanes of Kolkata since time immemorial, precisely since World War II, when this tangy, hot and sweet nutritious street food was introduced by immigrants from neighbouring Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. These days, each Kolkata neighbourhood proudly boasts of their ‘Jhaalmuri
The city’s Anglo-Indian hub has already risen to the ‘season of giving’ almost a month before Christmas. While most citizens identify Bow Barracks with Christmas events like feasts, dance, music and football tournaments, the organisers and residents of this area are more into the ‘season
Just imagine a 123-year-old about to deliver its first fruits! Scientists are waiting eagerly for the 123-year-old double coconut tree of Shibpur Botanical Gardens to give fruits for the first time. The tree is called Coco de mer and each of its seeds weighs around
Rosogollar Columbus…. Baghbazaar er Nabin Das; that’s how the inventor of Bengal’s modern rosogolla was often glorified. But flipping through the pages of history actually throws up a different story, of how Nadia brought in the art of making rosogolla in the last part of