Since time immemorial, our country has been suffering from intense transphobia. If one did not conform to the society’s expectations of gender, we would subject them to emotional disgust, anger, violence, prejudice, discrimination, discomfort and deprive them from all the virtues of leading a normal
Gobhir Mallika --- Imagine a gigantic black hole having a poetic name and that too in Bengali! But this imagination will soon come to be true with black hole - Sagittarius A being renamed as known as Gobhir Mallika. Astronomers around the world will soon
If you thought College Street Coffee House was the first adda joint that has a story to tell, you are in for a surprise. Listen to the tales of coffee houses of Kolkata that existed much before. Way back in 18th-century ‘Calcutta,’ British aristocrats, senior
If you want a fairy-tale weekend this summer, do head to the quaint hamlet of Lava, and get lost in the middle of the forest trails. Situated 34 kilometres from Kalimpong, Lava is a perfect getaway to spend some quality time in serenity and peace.
Let’s start with words and not with movie dialogues…. Let’s start with letters…. Satyajit Ray: ‘May I point out that the topicality of the theme in question stretches back into antiquity, when it found expression in that touching fable about the poor deluded crow with a
They often say that Kolkata is the most pocket-friendly city. This City of Joy offers everything at highly affordable prices despite the ever-increasing market prices. Ask anyone about how they associate Kolkata and the most probable answer that you would get is ‘sweets.’ Well Kolkata
Underprivileged children who hardly get to enroll in well-known tutorials where parents have to cough up lakhs, have a demi-God in Subhash Chandra Kundu of Basirhat. Kundu who was once upon a time drawn towards the Naxal Movement, has over the years dedicated his life
She survived alone in one of the most expensive cities of the world --- Singapore. She struggled alone against a disastrous marriage and the usual apathy of a patriarchal society, as well as an alien land. Today, Sreyashi Sen is the managing director of Darpan,
If Maidan is the ‘Lungs of Kolkata,’ built by the British, then New Town-Rajarhat’s Eco Park laid by the West Bengal government is nothing less than the iconic Hyde Park of London. Needless to say, in an ever-growing city with high population and pollution we
On 141 S.N Banerjee Road, stands a dilapidated building that still holds on to its last iron and mortar frame. Amid this sight of decay, the word ‘photographe’ is still visible, below which is written ‘Bourne & Shepherd.’ In 1863, George Shepherd and Samuel Bourne