Saheli Mitra speaks to Biplab Das on how he is changing lives in Sunderbans. • Despite being an IIM graduate, what motivated you to start Kishalay Foundation, instead of continuing with a high-paid corporate job? I founded this initiative in 2013, while working with Accenture. I am
We stand then for freedom, because we claim the right to develop our own individuality and evolve our own destiny along our own lines, unembarrassed by what Western civilisation has to teach us and unhampered by the institutions which the West has imposed. What CR Das
The moment I heard, the City of Joy would be playing host to an exhibition on Parsi culture, I was excited. The word Parsi to many of us means an outstanding community that has remained a pride of our country. The exhibition - Threads of
While, Kolkata’s St Xavier’s College bagged the top ratings from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) this year, a government college of West Midnapore has also made it to the prestigious list. Midnapore College established in 1873, is the oldest college in West Midnapore
Priyanka Yoshikawa Ghosh looks a perfect Japanse girl, demure, intelligent, soft spoken and delicate. Being the first Miss Japan from a mixed background, she was on a recent trip to Kolkata, a land that belongs to her forefathers. What is even more striking, is she
Divya Nag is one of the toppers in FORTUNE’s annual ‘40-under-40’ list 2017. Divya has been named the 2nd Most Creative Person in Business by Fast Company, in-cluded on the Silicon Valley Top 100 Innovators and Disruptors list. Divya was also selected as Forbes ‘30 under
The very mention of ‘Clay and brush’ envisages the image of an intimate dialogue between clay and colours. Clay is the raw material or base of the creation and colours bring to life those creations. These two aspects have coexisted harmoniously and are an integral
What Thakurmar Jhuli was to children of yesteryears, Harry Potter is to kids of today. Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay feels JK Rowling is a success because she has been able to regenerate the habit of reading among children and adults with her Harry Potter series. It doesn’t come as
Mention Bengali food to anyone in India, and the first image it evokes is that of fish and rice.Fresh sweet water fish is one of its most distinctive features; Bengal’s rivers, ponds and lakes contain varieties of fish such as rohu, ilish, koi or pabda.
