Gopal Krishna Gokhale had remarked, “What Bengal thinks today, India thinks tomorrow.” The award ceremony at the recent 106th Indian Science Congress once again proved that. History has proved how Bengal over decades have produced the best scientific brains, be it Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy,
Imagine a World War II bomb still lying for decades under a mighty river of Bengal? Well, it is no fiction, but reality. A bomb of World War II era was recently unearthed from the Gangetic bed. For all those war story buffs, this is
Rupam lost his grandfather, Rabindranath Ghosh when he was just fourteen years old. He had suffered from sunstroke. This death of a loved one had a deep impact on the vulnerable mind of a child and turned into a scar that would lead the child
Mallika Basu is not just another passionate cook and internationally famous food blogger and author. Being the daughter of famous theatre personality Dolly Basu and granddaughter of late Jyoti Basu, Mallika has imbibed much of Bengal in her cooking style, despite living in London. She
Here is a new controversy about Netaji Subhas Bose’s death, following a claim made by Indian born French historian, Jean-Baptiste Prashant. He claims Netaji did not die in any air crash because an old French secret service report dated December 11, 1947 found at the
This week three small islands in Andaman and Nicobar, that are popular tourist spots have got new names to mark 75 years of the first time hoisting of the Indian tricolour in British India. As a tribute to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and Azad Hind
‘The youth of a nation are the trustees of posterity…..’ Three youths from Balurghat proved it right yet again by creating rice seedlings through the mulching process and thereby showing new hope of employment opportunities. They have been able to gain huge profits through extensive
Our daughter’s name is Anita Brigitte. She should actually bear the name of Amita, but the German authorities would have certainly objected to such an unusual name, so we chose the name Anita which is almost sounding like Amita. Brigitte was chosen by me because
While travelling through the magnificent steel bridge above the Hooghly river flowing silently along the western edge of Kolkata leading to the famous Belur Maath with the magnificent view of the Dakshineshwar Temple, has it ever occurred to you what runs behind the nomenclature of
Our pride, Kolkata’s pride, our very own Kolkata International Book Fair is knocking at our doors. And to facilitate book lovers from all over Bengal to come and browse through a plethora of books, the State Transport Department has come up with an innovative endeavor