Every time I took a car ride to office down the Race-Course and Red Road, I would see writings on the boarded railings of Race Course in chalk powder, partially in Bengali and English professing The Sun Revolves Around the Earth and then the signature
As the chilly winter sets upon Kolkata, the city warmed up to the inauguration of the 9th Kolkata Christmas Carnival yesterday that will continue in various hues till the year end (30th December). West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, while lighting the lamp and addressing
Kanad Bhattacharya always had a dream to join the armed forces. Little did his parents know their son who stood at 6 ft tall, would be a successful army officer who would be a martyr at Kargil war. Income tax officer Kamalakanta Bhattacharya and his
Kolkata is often called the street-food capital of the country. First-timers who are coaxed to savor the variety of road-side snacks may sound a little skeptic at first but after savoring the delicacies, they are bound to attain a state similar to Odysseus’ men in
Professor Shonku aka Trilokeshwar Shonku is an extremely popular fictional genius scientist and inventor created by Satyajit Ray published since 1965. When film director Sandip Ray decided to make a film based on Professor Shonku’s adventures, he zeroed in on Nakur Babu o El Dorado.
It is often said South Kolkata’s Behala is older than the city itself! Behala comprised of villages once upon a time, and each village had a suffix ‘behala’ added to it --- like Bazarbehala, Tamtelbehala, Bnorshebehala or modern Barisha, Sorshunnobehala, modern Sarsuna and so on.
“We have only One Earth, one chance to save it, Mother Nature needs our help, Save Nature
Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Education and Research Institute (deemed to be university) has bagged the highest grade of A++ by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). Not just the college even Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith Purulia has received winning accolades by bagging the best school award from
It was a summer afternoon when I suddenly received a call from director Anik Dutta. He is a senior from my college, St Xavier’s, and I had known him for quite some time. I always admired his work and had shared my interest in working
Once the sexy queen, the prima donna of tinsel town, she reigned the glamorous Tollywood film industry, albeit for a brief period, before she suddenly decided to disappear from public view. Her fans waited, they pined and fretted for her return but she had chosen