“Apart from worshipping the Formless, no community may worship any idol depicting god, man, or animals; neither may anyone arrange sacrificial fires or rituals in Santiniketan. No insult to any religion or religious deity will be allowed here. The sermons given here will be such
When 25-year-old Arun Kumar Rai boarded a train on Howrah this week to return to his village in Vaishali, Bihar, little did he realise he would lose his way and fail to reach home. Rai worked for a power project in Patna, but had come
That grand annual fair so dear to book lovers across the world, Kolkata Book Fair 2019 is set to start on 30th January at Salt Lake’s Central Park. Though the theme country at the upcoming book fair is Guatemala, the prime attraction might be the
P. Thankappan Nair, popularly known as P.T. Nair was Kolkata’s barefoot historian. His book A Tercentenary History of Calcutta: A History of Calcutta's Streets, will always be considered a treasure trove on the history of this vibrant city. He has written around 60 books about
Alia Joy Waters is just a few weeks old. But she has already made political history in Australia by becoming the first baby to be breast fed in the Australian Parliament recently. And her mother Senator Larissa Waters tweeted proudly saying: “So proud that my
As one steps inside the Kala Bhavan campus of Santiniketan, one comes across three stupendous murals, that will catch your sight in the first instance. One is etched in black and white paint depicting the tale of Ramayana on one wall and that of Durga
The ever- increasing air pollution has taken a toll on the people and environment at large. West Bengal and Kolkata is no exception. Recently Kolkata even turned out to be the most polluted city of India, over-taking notorious Delhi in pollution map. To help patients
Opaar Bangla always carried a whiff of nostalgia for all families whose forefathers had to leave their motherland as refugees. It was a land of huge food resources, sometimes in excess, that led to developing a very rich cuisine, popularly known as Bangaal Ranna. We
Russia and India go back a long way together. The association has been strong and time-tested. Both countries have a history of cooperation in terms of defence, economy, politics, civil nuclear energy, anti-terrorism co-operation and space research for decades. When it comes to literature too,
If Darjeeling Hills is famous for tea, Directorate of Cinchona Plantation, Mungpoo, has made it famous for coffee and exotic orchid cultivation. Samuel Rai, director of Cinchona Plantation had been proactive in the mission to introduce coffee plantation in the Hills almost a year ago.