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The girl from Kalna who swam across international channels
Bengal is indebted to Sayani Das, not because she crossed Australia’s Rottnest Channel in end February, as the first ever Bengali to achieve this feat, but because she has shown enough grit and courage against the usual pang of debts and lack of funding, to
Tracing the man who built Cinchona Plantation of Bengal
Dr Samuel Rai, Director of Cinchona Plantation, made great efforts to trace the Scottish doctor’s family who had set up the rare medicinal plantation. GB speaks to him After my joining Cinchona Plantation as Director in November 2013, I wanted to know who started the Cinchona
Have you seen Rs 10,000 and 5,000 currency notes of British Bengal?
He lives in Siliguri’s Salbari and has always been interested in anything and everything ancient. One can say Bipul Sarkar has a passion for anything old, so much so that he often travels to Kolkata to view a letter written by Rabindranath Tagore or Netaji
Can poetry bring a social movement in Kolkata again?
Rhythm Divine Co-founders and Co-ordinators, Anindita Bose, Sufia Khatoon and Jagari Mukherjee speak to GB • How receptive you think the audience of Bengal/Kolkata is towards poetry compared to other states of India? Reception towards poetry in Kolkata is the best in India. Cities like Mumbai and
Massive archive to save Bengal’s fading tribal scripts
An entire body of nearly lost dialects and scripts belonging to the various tribal communities of Bengal is all set to be resurrected through a massive archive. A team of scholars from the English department of Vidyasagar University has travelled for months through one tribal
Bengali woman’s andarmahal to be part of post-graduate syllabus
Lifestyle of 19th century Bengali women and their ‘andarmahal’ culture that was usually centred around their kitchens, household chores and at times even poetry and letter writings, will now be a part of the post-graduation syllabus of Sanskrit University. The tales and struggles of a
Rhythm Divine poets bring a poetry revolution to Kolkata
Isn’t it said that poetry not just charms the soul, and find its way through the heart, connects people, but also brings a movement, acting as a tool that can create wonders and social changes. Keeping that in mind, Woman Scream International Poetry and Arts
Flipkart to build 600-crore hub in Bengal
Here is some good news for Bengal. With chief minister Mamata Banerjee hard-selling the state’s potential for welcoming industries, Bengaluru-based E-commerce giant Flipkart will set up a mega logistics hub in the state. Flipkart plans to invest Rs 600 crore for setting up this integrated
Cinchona Plantation of Bengal — Then and Now
Dr Samuel Rai, Director of Cinchona Directorate, Mungpoo, shares with GB tales of Cinchona plantation from the days of the British Raj Cinchona is harvested in a traditional method during November-February, for which the entire plant is cut and the bark is removed right from main