If you have always heard of the Valley of Flowers, then do not miss the Valley of Lillies at Deolo Hills of Kalimpong. If the road up to Deolo (which happens to be the highest point of Kalimpong), is lined with picturesque pines and cedars,
Mosques are places for prayers where people following the principles of Islam, feel one with the almighty, ‘Allah.’ Gender has got nothing to do with worship. Yet, for ages, women have been prohibited to enter mosques. It was believed that if women entered the precincts
Sip N Bite is a café with a difference. Tucked away within the handicraft boutique ‘Motherland’, near Charu Chandra College in South Kolkata, this cafeteria is run by a young group of specially-abled youths. Some suffer from down syndrome, some from autism. Their lives have
When I got the news that Girish Karnad was no more, I knew the void that was created by the demise of this legend which was almost impossible to fill up.I really do not know how to pay my tribute to him. An extra ordinary
Two wonder kids from a remote village of Chinsurah has been selected by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for the Young Scientist Programme, YUVIKA 2019. Swapnil and Swapnila Acharya have made not just their parents proud, but also the whole of Bengal. The two were
Sobhanagar High School of Malda has taken up an innovative step to promote environmental awareness among students. On world environment day, the school announced that if the students collect plastic and other waste products scattered in the entire village and submit them to the school
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar had suddenly found a huge relevance in the Bengali life, last month, after his statue at Vidyasagar College was broken by miscreants. Instead of going into the political debate of who and why did such an act, my curious mind tends to
When Sharmila Tagore and Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi had married, many shackles and barriers that prevailed in the then society were broken. This high-profile inter-faith marriage between a Bollywood actress and a well-known cricketer shattered many stereotypes. It was the most talked about wedding of
The long tiring queues seen at every government hospital might now be over. Even trying times for families of patients who come from different districts and then have to stand in queues, or even get fleeced by touts just to make an appointment with the
Kolkata is not new to food festivals. Rather this is one city where food fests are celebrated with the same fervor as Durga Puja is presented. All round the year several food festivals take place in the city, drawing huge crowds, from Pithe Puli Utsav