Jesuit Father Christian Mignon, a Belgian missionary who translated the Bible into Bengali died recently in Kolkata. He was 93. Father Mignon translated the Bengali Catholic Bible, popularly known as the Mangalbarta Bible. This Bengali Bible was widely read by Bengali Catholics, both from West
Night (Jibanananda’s poem on night in Calcutta) Lepers open the hydrant and lap some water. Or maybe that hydrant was already broken. Now at midnight they descend upon the city in droves, Scattering sloshing petrol. Though ever careful, Someone seems to have taken a serious spill in the water. Three rickshaws trot
This is what Taslima Nasreen had to say about Bhai Phonta: “There are hundreds of patriarchal festivals in India. People are celebrating Bhai Phonta or Bhai Dooj or Bhai Tika or Bhai Beej today. On this day, sisters put a sandalwood paste or a vermilion mark
The restored Nivedita house on 16 Bosepara Lane in Bagbazar will be opened to public on October 28. The Archaeological Survey of India had taken up the restoration project for this Grade One Heritage building of North Kolkata. In 2013 the state government bought the
If you have traversed the muddy roads and green fields of West Midnapore, in all possibility you have not come across Pathra, a non-descript hamlet, that has hardly ever been explored. Here lives a man called Mohammed Yeasin Pathan, who is a silent crusader of
British film institute’s National Archive has restored the 1928 silent movie Shiraz, based on the Mughal ruler Shah Jahan, his queen Mumtaz and construction of Taj Mahal. But this movie had a Kolkata connect. Himanshu Rai who plays Shiraz and follows his childhood sweetheart when
Those small pockets of steaming happiness as you gobble the ever hot and sizzling momos, standing at some bustling street corner of Kolkata. Isn’t that much better than having those cabbage or minced meat laden steamed or fried momos in some AC restaurant that comes
If you thought your kids are safe by shunning the do-doma or kali patka and taking to fuljhuris, charki and rangmashal, then think twice. The apparently harmless fire crackers are in reality, more harmful. The Supreme Court in 2015,had banned the use of sound-emitting crackers
Environmentalists of West Bengal Pollution Control Board feels this year the air pollution over Kolkata might be less compared to other years. But that is not because of awareness of the people, it is because of a different climatic condition that is reigning over Kolkata
Snow-clad peaks, rugged, barren, high-altitude deserts, green terraced fields, rustic hamlets, lush green valleys and sprawling plains ---they all make up the magical land of Nepal. The unique geographical location of this landlocked country is very rich in terms of bio diversity. It is also