Nearly 1 in every 100 people worldwide are now displaced from their homes, the highest share of the world’s population that has been forcibly displaced since the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees began collecting data on displaced persons in 1951. According to a new
He spent his school and college days in North Bengal, in the picturesque district of Jalpaiguri. This semi-hilly area of Bengal, probably never gave him a chance to encounter sharks, rather he was happy with teams of pachyderms coming down from the Bhutan Hills on
Rupa Chakravarti is a celebrated educator, singer, poet and international traveler A monsoon evening, a light breeze, mild drizzle and some random pondering, that is how the poetic evening unfurled at the Z’s Preccint, a century-old South Kolkata building, turned into an art gallery and curio
Do you feel lonely in this big city, where you have none to talk to? Is loneliness alienating you from the rest of the world? Or maybe, you are an avid trekker and wish to know what route map you need to follow to reach
Imagine a town, a few hours drive from Kolkata, still sending their children to learn French. Not English, not Hindi, not any other foreign language. Just like Bengali, their children know how to speak in fluent French. That’s how the young generation of Chandernagore, the
‘The offered one..’ well, this is an offering made not to God, but to the upliftment of a society under British India. That’s what an Irish woman had done almost a century ago, right here, in Kolkata. Yes, you have got it right. We are
There is an undying love and passion for football in some parts of India, when it comes to the FIFA World Cup. In Kolkata, every four years, this takes on epic proportions bordering on a craze or madness – that magically emerges from nowhere capturing
1. Moulali Rathyatra Mela: Held at Ramleela Park, this fair is as colourful as the rainbow in the sky with a plethora of birds and plants that are sold here. The fair is almost 50-60 years old. The primary attraction are birds such as love
“His master gave him 2 annas and asked him to bring Sandesh. The servant was a bit confused, he never realized Sandesh is something that can be read, he thought it is a Bengali sweet delicacy. Thus, he stood beside the road and started asking
