The quaint South Kolkata street of Hindustan Road does not even feature in most renowned App Cab Google maps. Rather, you will be taken to its better-known cousin, Hindustan Park if you ask for any location on Hindustan Road. Even if this road doesn’t have
Satyarup Siddhanta is not just another mountaineer who scaled the Mt Everest, he overcame medical issues and went on to climb almost all the highest peaks of all continents. GB Exclusive interview with the Mountain Man) • Despite having asthma in childhood, you dared to conquer
British statesman Winston Churchill once said: ‘History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.’ True, history needs to be preserved, to be documented through various artefacts. However, a documentary or movie based on a bygone era, or events that shaped the
Built in early 1900s, there stands an imposing heritage bungalow close to Sarat Bose Road. You might have missed it on your daily walk down the busy, hip and happening corners of Kolkata, but it is a haven of peace for tourists and business travelers
Arnabi Basu is a 2nd-year student of Asutosh College Have you ever heard Anjan Dutta or Neil Dutta strumming their guitars in the canteen of Asutosh College? Or even Rupam Islam? May be yes, may be not. But that is not the only milestone that makes
The iconic College Street Coffee House building of Kolkata has stood for decades as a witness to several historical, cultural and political revolutions. However, what many of us are not aware of, is that the building also harbours a strong literary connect, that of housing
Chalo Sab Parey Hum (Let’s go and study), that wonderful video with children picking their school bags and taking every mode of transport to reach their schools even in the remotest villages of India, was not just another publicity gimmick, but the vision of a
Kolkata is no more India’s untold tech story, rather it is the happening IT and technology hub of the country. With the Honourable Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee laying the foundation stone of her government’s flagship project ‘Silicon Valley,’ today, Bengal is set to add a
Anasua Choudhury has always experimented with her songs, be they self written, be they adhunik numbers or even Rabindrasangeet. But when life played a cruel joke on her, she herself became a matter of experimentation. But Anasua had tremendous grit and determination that helped her
