Every year, a day after the festival of lights Diwali, Kayasthas celebrate Chitragupta puja or Kalam-Dawaat puja. Devotees believe this puja will help them to reach heaven after death as Chitragupta Maharaj keeps a record of all good and evil deeds of humans and by
17-year-old Souvik Mukherjee was supposed to sit for his Joint Entrance Examination when suddenly one day he could not sign his exam forms. Within minutes, not just his hands, but paralysis set into his whole body. By the time his family reacted to the situation
Thanks to Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), a huge 3.3 lakh litre pond has been created in South Kolkata for Chhath revellers. This attempt has been made to save the Rabindra Sarobar this year from severe pollution that results every year after Chhath. Despite a ban
She always had a dream to earn her own living and it is always said better late than never! Keeping this in mind, Sushmita after becoming a wife and mother to a daughter, despite taking care of a family and in-laws, decided to pursue her
Kolkata’s Pramit Deb Mallick ventured into an examination where students from Bengal never fared well. UPSC IES is like the IAS and IPS examinations held pan India for Engineering students. Mallick not only passed in flying colours but he has made the entire state proud
OYO Hotels & Homes is planning to expand its operations in Kolkata as well as Bengal. The company plans to nearly treble its room count to 20,000 by end-December 2020. The aim is to create an additional 15,000 direct and indirect jobs in West Bengal
Tarapith has a tale, a tale of Tantra, cosmic powers and not to forget secret orgy. In Tarapth, the dead body or shab, when not cremated is buried underground. The woman is considered to be both Masturbator for her male partner as well as for
Bholanath Dham on Beadon Street is a well-known landmark in North Calcutta. Every year, curious tourists and devotees gravitate to this house to witness the Bonedi Barir Durga Pujo. The sprawling palatial building is the ancestral home of the Dutts. The family’s fortune was amassed
If Kolkata is all about Kalighat Kali Mandir and Dakshineshwar to tourists, it is also about smaller, quaint Kali baris to the residents of this City of Street Temples. The epitome of feminine manifestation of Shakti is none other than Kalika. This fierce, demon-devouring Goddess
“I never saw or heard of such a scene of horror as that night was. Such terrible gust of wind like the loudest thunder of torrents of rain that I expected every moment the house I live in, which is I believe the strongest in