The skies are more blue than usual, and the sharply lined cotton clouds seem straight out of a baroque painting. There are an unusual number of advertisement posters being put up on the sides of the main roads, and the skeletons of temporary stages are
She has played women’s cricket at the state level and today she is a green activist, collecting tonnes of flowers dumped by hundreds of Community Pujo organisers single- handed. Bhaswati Bose of Gariahat has taken up a green endeavour this year. She is going to
Well, this is no fight over fishes. But battle of spices! With the pattering raindrops, Hilsa catch in Bengal goes up. The ilshey guri, makes way for better hilsa spawning and netting. Many of us must have tried Bekti paturi at home. But the forgotten
Dutta House of Baguiati has set this Durga Pujo with a difference. Believers in the teachings of Swami Vivekananda, the Dutta household celebrates Durga Puja every year in their own home, and also perform the auspicious Kumari Puja. Kumari Puja is the worship of Maa
Mark the date. 12th January 2020. Your little champs will not run on a school sports field, but on a trail run, popularised across the world that enhances the fitness of children and also brings them closer to nature. Since last few years JBG Trail
It seems like Kolkata celebrates some festival every two days. After all, her people luxuriate in "bhuri bhojon", and a holiday every other day seems like the perfect opportunity to nurture our well-oiled tummies! But the mother-of-all festivities is Durga Puja, the largest street festival of
Trams to and from the city centre or Esplanade are set to be revived again. And that’s definitely good news for this heritage transport network, that is need of the hour, being an eco-friendly transport that do not cause pollution. The tram links to the
• How were you inspired to come to the singing frame? I was drawn towards music since childhood. Bryan Adams, Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, old Bengali songs, almost anything and everything musical attracted me. Then I started writing my own songs and performing them before college
Lalbazar wants to sell off two-wheelers through an e-auction planned on July 19 between 12 noon and 3pm. These were primarily bikes confiscated during the recent drive of the traffic police against rogue bikers of Kolkata who had been terrorizing the streets since long. Around
Krittika Chakraborty and Ritwija Dutta had a dream. To counter patriarchy with books. And finally these two students of Jadavpur University have set up a library in Sheoraphuli with 52 books. Most of the books kept in this all-women library are ones that fight against