A vegetable Aumbol or chutney called Barar aumbol or Sweet potato aumbol is cooked in Taki during winter season. Vegetables such as red pumpkin, sweet potato, white tender radish and brinjal are used for this dish. A simple chutney that will titillate your taste buds
Nagpur, a city known for oranges, also happened to be the headquarters for the erstwhile state of C.P.& BERAR, located geographically at the centre of India. Since the British era, because of Bengal Nagpur Railways office and epicenter of mining and mineral activities, huge influx
GB is overwhelmed at the number of entries for its Spring Photography Contest. We chose a few photographs from the bunch where Spring Speaks in Different Hues. Let the colours of Spring bless all our readers and turn their lives colourful. CELEBRATE SPRING! STAY COLOURFUL! Passion
When was the last time you stopped your car, on way to some plush resorts in Raichak or Amtala off Diamond Harbour Road and dropped in at the Gurusaday Museum? While the social media has gone viral with the worldwide Bengali diaspora lamenting: ‘O My
Come November 4 and you get a chance to listen to legendary director Ritwik Ghatak’s ‘never before aired’ play Jala. Akashvani Kolkata has successfully dug through the archives to trace Ghatak’s sole radio play Jala, made in 1967. They have also made a special programme
At a recent interaction with CII, Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) Chairman, Binay Tamang, said: “Darjeeling is a land of abundant natural and human resources and the authorities were focusing on eco-tourism, adventure tourism and heritage sites which could be converted to niche tourism products. He
It was the RBU campus of Jorasanko Thakurbari where Dol celebrations started around 1962. Palash, shimul, abir were intrinsic part of this celebrations. In 1976, came up the Emerald Bower campus on B.T. Road and according to RBU tradition, similar celebrations were seen on this