At a time when students of Benaras Hindu University have refused to learn Sanskrit from Firoze Khan, a PhD in the subject who was appointed, Ramkrishna Mission Vidyamandir Belur appointed Muslim professor Ramzan Khan and tribal Ganesh Tudu as assistant professors of Sanskrit. Vidyamandira happens
Technology is taking us to newer heights that were never reached before. Be it new innovations, scientific research, or even the mode of receiving information, we are achieving inventions akin to science fiction novels every day. In this strain, Bangladesh’s Shahjalal University of Science and
When Charles Dickens was penning down Oliver Twist or David Copperfield, he probably never thought his child protagonists, who loved playing in the mud, would find a link to the dusty rain drenched streets of distant Kolkata. The city’s South Park Street cemetery still holds
Remember the sharp and stern eyes of the fake globetrotter Mandar Bose of Satyajit Ray’s Sonar Kella? We often tend to hero worship stars but do not take our supporting actors seriously. Kamu Mukherjee is one such actor extraordinaire who often ended up making deeper
Gone are the days when women would stay within the inner sanctum of the house and stare at the world through a window pane under a veil. Times have changed and women have made their mark in every field and have taken up every challenging
Bengal, yet again leaves a mark in the global spectrum. Soumya Das from Nadia’s Payradanga has made India proud by winning the title of Mr Universe 2019, organized by World Fitness Federation. Previously another Bengali Montosh Roy had won this title in 1951. The very
Thirty-year-old Mrinmay Das got a new lease of life today, thanks to the doctors of SSKM. He became the first heart transplant patient of state-run SSKM hospital. Last Sunday 49-year-old homemaker of Howrah, Anjana Bhowmick had a cerebral stroke. She was admitted to a well-known
Deciphering Indus inscriptions had been unthinkable. Many tried but failed as they were anytime more complicated than the Egyptian hieroglyphics. However, an IT professional from Bengal has been able to unravel and complete this mammoth task. Bahata Angshumali Mukhopadhyay was always fascinated by the very
Recently scientists were startled to observe a massive explosion on Sun’s surface. In the scorching upper reaches of the Sun’s atmosphere, a prominence — a large loop of material launched by an eruption on the solar surface — started falling back to the surface of
Mihidana, the delectable sweet, is synonymous with its place of origin Burdwan. Described as the micro-cousin of the traditional Boondi, its name is derived from two words, Mihi meaning fine, and Dana, meaning grain. The bright yellow, petite, round-shaped sweet is known the world over