Has provincial preferences infiltrated All India Examinations too? Should we protest? Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) 2020 has a twist in the tale. Not for the questions asked to aspiring Engineers and Doctors across the nation, but in its language choice. For all students who filled up
Santiniketan’s Poush Mela is almost like an annual ritual for all Bengalis across the globe when people from different parts of the world descend on Santiniketan to participate in one of the most vibrant fairs started by Rabindranath Tagore. However, this year there was a
The entrance to this house still speaks of its past grandeur, with two elephants guarding the gates. Inside are European styled female figurines, holding vine leaves. A statue of Hercules also adorns the building facade, with a globe on his shoulder. Even today, anyone ringing
In a quiet locality of South Dinajpur used to stand a huge waterbody covering almost 87 acres, that locals called Ban Rajar Dighi. Later it was renamed as Tapan Dighi. However, over the years due to complete apathy the waterbody had almost dried up and
If the constant haze over Delhi-NCR that has forced schools to shut down and people to wear masks, Kolkata is not far behind. Other than the rising level of pollutants in air, another silent devil is gradually rising its head in the backyard --- just
Some movies are immortalized, through story-telling and some by real life actors, who portray the characters with so much of passion and intensity, that they remain sketched down generations. One such role is that of Pather Panchali’s Sarbajaya. It is said author Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay had
Gopegarh was once a fort of the Gope king, which is now transformed into an eco-tourism hideout for those who would love a weekend amidst virgin nature. A lovely eco-park has come up in the area, situated on the banks of River Kasai, popularly known
If you knew the lawyer, orator, freedom fighter and the most generous man of Bengal, Chittaranjan Das through his aura of an aristocrat, the delve into that unknown aspect of the great man. What? Well, he had even tried poetry. Incidentally he was quite a
Son of an alcoholic auto-driver, brother to school dropouts, Ansar Shaikh cracked IAS exam at the age of 21, after working in tea-stalls. Now as the SDO of Dinhata, Ansar plans to help youths of rural Bengal to follow their dreams and achieve the unachievable!
She was the founder of the first women’s organisation of India. Sarala Devi was an exceptional woman and her Bharat Stree Mahamandal was nothing short of a feminist movement that we saw across the globe during different decades. Born on 9th September 1872 to a