New Market, the grand old marketplace constructed by the British in 1874, stands as one of the last bastion of Kolkata’s colonial pride, a city that is fast changing with modern skyscrapers and modern structures. The impressive Victorian Gothic market complex stands as an edifice
He loved playing with toy rockets as a child and would often sit to assemble its parts to make a new one. Probably that child’s play had a bigger inspiration in store for Souresh Pal of Katwa. Son of a physics teacher of a semi-urban
Officers of the cyber cell of Kolkata Police need to be applauded for saving a man’s life in the middle of the night. A detailed email sent by FB after a man posted a live video from the top of a flyover attempting to commit
We have so long heard of Monica Batra, India’s reigning queen of Table Tennis. But the Commonwealth Table Tennis saw a new rising star, Bengal’s Aihika Mukherjee who went on to become the first Indian woman to win a gold in singles event. The games
A week before Uttam Kumar died on July 24, 1980, he had wanted to meet his Rama, actress Suchitra Sen who has often been compared to Hollywood’s recluse Greta Garbo. He called her after watching the movie ‘Alo Aamaar Alo’ on TV, but Suchitra Sen
Are you looking for a government job? Utkarsh Bangla, is a state government programme which is here to convert your dream into reality. The state government will soon be appointing people in their multiple vacant posts on the basis of a one-year contract. However, this
It was in 2008 that Moumita was reading about India’s first lunar probe, Chandrayaan 1, sitting in her hometown, Kolkata. This was a news that had indeed inspired her as she wanted to be a part of such missions someday. Today, Moumita Dutta is a
Novelist Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay will forever be loved for his ability to work with a vast panorama of life. He wrote what he believed and observed without being biased. Born on July 23 1898, Bandopadhyay made a mark by breaking away from poetic tradition in novels
Remember the Birdman of India, Salim Moizuddin Abdul Ali, popularly known as Salim Ali? Well, Bengal’s Krishnanagar has its own Salim Ali, in 82-year-old Amaresh Kumar Mitra. Mitra is a trader who deals in eggs of various birds and even exotic ones and has no
A few years ago, pet owners of Kolkata always felt hassled to ferry their pet dogs to hospitals, railway stations, airports etc if they did not have their own cars. No app cab or any other taxi would take them. Now there are almost five