Amidst the Benaras Hindu University controversy, Bengal has successfully upheld the secular fabric of the nation by appointing a Muslim Professor to teach Sanskrit. Unlike the BHU brethren, Ramkrishna Mission Vidymandira at Belur Math has appointed Ramzan Ali as a member of the Sanskrit faculty
A treasure trove was discovered on Friday from Kolkata’s Sanskrit College --- a 200-year-old chest that has several precious documents of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. The documents show Vidyasagar had created a trust for the widows so many years ago and heaps of silver coins have
Now aspiring engineers from Bengali medium will also get a chance to write their JEE (Main) examinations in Bengali. To be effective from January 2021, the HRD ministry has directed the National Testing Agency to prepare for conducting the examination in 11 vernacular languages including
This will indeed be an exhibition with a difference where a 76-year-old engineer brings to life just through ink drawings the vignettes of our City of Joy. Vibrant sketches of anything and everything from iconic Howrah Bridge to Ras Mancha of Bishnupur. Septuagenarian Sandip Chatterjee
Remember Dr Subhash Mukhopadhyay? The genius doctor who despite creating world’s 2nd test Tube baby while experimenting here in Kolkata, was heckled by his colleagues and repeatedly transferred? None recognised his feat in those days and Dr Mukhopadhyay was forced to commit suicide. In memory
A couple of months ago, Soumya Das from Nadia district made India proud after winning the title of Mr Universe 2019, organized by the World Fitness Federation at Seoul, South Korea. Soumya achieved the feat after 67 years since any Bengali won the iconic title.
Kolkata will get a new museum at Town Hall emphasizing on the city’s heritage quotient. The museum will be exclusively on Kolkata’s past and historic events. The museum project is being executed by a group of heritage enthusiasts of Purono Kolkatar Golpo group and IIT
It’s true that some of the very best ideas in human history were imagined by visionaries and it is often their giant stature that overshadows everything and everyone around them. Take for instance, the case of Dr Ronald Ross, the British physician who received the
The prized Royal Gallery of Victoria Memorial that had so long harboured priceless paintings of Vereschagin, Zoffany and Abanindranath-Gaganendranath Tagore was out of bounds for the general public. Now it will be thrown open to all and will display among its various paintings, the famous
If you are lovebirds and wish to be at a lover’s paradise, then do not miss Peshoke’s Lover’s Meet. Yes, you heard it correct, there is a romantic view-point on Peshoke Road called Triveni or Sangam, where two eternal lovers meet – Rangeet and Teesta. By