Two city educationists, Nrishingha Prasad Bhaduri and Dipak Ghosh, have come up with a new project named Vishwa Parichay --- A Journey to Science in Bengali, to spread awareness about science among students and public. This project has been approved by Bengal’s Higher Education department.
Elodie Guignard is a well-know photographer from France who graduated with special honours from the National School of Photography, Arles. She works in Paris as a photographer, documenting humans and their relation to the territory where they live. She is also a member of the
Nadia’s Debagram or Debal Gram stands as a mute witness to a bygone era and its archaeological treasure trove has not just been neglected for years, but has never been highlighted in the annals of history. But why this neglect? It is just at a
Bengal’s district of Bankura that is popularly known as the ‘Rarh region of Bengal’ is exploring new avenues of revenue earning for local farmers by growing green apples. This region of red laterite soil is not fertile for crops to grow, as a result farmers
Just two years before the revolt of 1857, there was another revolt that rose from the tribal belts of Bengal where tribes fought with bows and arrows against the British and their agents, the Zamindars. Sadly, this great Santhal Revolt, fought in the jungles of
SadaD alna or Jjalphoroner Dalna is Taki’s special dish.Green chilly or kanchalanka is known as Jhalor Morich in Taki, a legacy of Jessore dialect.From the name itself it is apparent that this dish is sadaie.spiceless with a mild dash of green chilli or jhal. This
His sister Marufa died without treatment from a simple chest infection when she was just 17 years old. That made taxi driver Saidul Laskar promise to himself that he would not let anyone die at least in his village in Baruipur at least without treatment.
Eastern Railway ran a special train from Budge Budge to Sealdah, yesterday, 19 to mark the 122nd return day of Swami Vivekananda from Chicago, where he had delivered the historic lecture. On his way back to Kolkata from the US city in 1897, Vivekananda had
After the theft of Rabindranath Tagore’s Nobel medal, that is yet to be traced, authorities are not taking any chance with any of the original artefacts that Tagore ever used or gifted or even received as a gift. One such artefact that lies locked up
Dear Sabyasachi, You have indeed raised a storm over morning cuppas across India, especially in Bengali households over your comment: It is a shame for those who do not know how to wear a saree. Frankly, many Bengali women of the present generation do not know