At a time when many of us hardly read physical books and instead have taken to e-books, at a time when the love for reading books is on a downward graph, one library in Kolkata celebrated 100 years. It is indeed a moment of pride
A girl from Bengal is all set to break into the last male bastion of Indian aviation history. Airports Authority of India (AAI) has tweaked rules to appoint the first ever woman firefighter to fill in the shortage in airport firefighting staff. Incidentally she is
• Why did you choose Kolkata as your muse? I have lived all my life in Kolkata. I am what I am because of her. I love this city irrespective of its flaws. It is a warm city, warmth of its people. The city equipped me
A few days back I turned an explorer on the streets of Kolkata. For I was keen to locate a particular house on 9C Hala Dhar Bardhan Lane in Bowbazar area. But the locals couldn’t help me. Even some of them had never noticed the
“I compose my music and then try to take my film to the level of my music….” In Satyajit Ray’s words, he used to compose music for his films first and then embarked on the film making. In 1984 while Ray’s movie Ghare Baire, based
Sundarbans is world famous for its honey.Two varieties are available.The most famous is whitish in colour and is obtained from Khalisha Flower, found in the deep interiors of the forests.The other is slightly yellowish and is obtained from Keora, which is a Mangrove tree. Zafar
• What motivated you to get into writing films? I am fond of films since childhood. On a fine Sunday morning, when one of my actor friends offered to mark his directorial debut with one of my micro stories, it lit the first spark of film