She usually uses the code 006 beside her usernames --- yes, you got it correct, a similar code 007 was used by James Bond, known for his steely grit. Tanisha Dutta Roy is known for her courage too. Originally from West Bengal, she made Bengaluru
A walk down the historical streets of Murshidabad pops up shops that are seen preparing hot and yummy Chhanabora. Well this is a sweetmeat that has almost turned into an identity for Murshidabad. The name itself suggests the sweet has a good amount of chhena
She comes from Bengal’s land of red soil, often branded as the less developed district of Purulia. Yet Abhinanda Ghosh, who is a student in Class IX of a local English Medium Purulia school has proved if you can dream, you can achieve. Leaving behind
Saswata Chatterjee has on and off proved what a great actor he is through a variety of movies. The audience had first got a touch of that superb acting in his role as Bob Biswas, the villain. Now he has won the hearts of the
With a faded Zomato T shirt on him, lean and thin Pranjit Haloi, the Zomato delivery boy of Kolkata looks like any other delivery boy, tired at the day’s end, running against time to reach food packets to customers. Else he would listen to so
Farmers in Birbhum are happy as they have now a new source of income and that too comes from the shores of the Thames. Nalhati Sabzi Mandi recently exported 11 tonnes of Kochu or arum to London. This consignment has helped farmers earn their due
Intercultural Poetry and Performance Library (IPPL) housed at ICCR, Kolkata, initiated a pathbreaking enterprise of foregrounding Bangla Dalit Literature on the evening of 10th Au-gust, 2019. With the lighting of the lamp of knowledge as a witness to the inaugural session, Sri Gautam De, Regional
Here is some good news for innumerable snake bite victims of Bengal and India. Professor Subhamoy Panda of Asansol’s Gupta College of Technological Sciences has successfully isolated anti-venom from oranges. He has also been awarded at the state science congress for his path-breaking discovery. He has
If you are a photography buff, then you must be at the MAYA Art Space today. Be a part of ‘BLINK,’ the first solo exhibition of photography and painting by Suvomoy Mitra. The photographs present various fractions of life around. His style is unique –
Swapna Barman had made the whole of India proud by winning a gold metal last year at the Asian Games. She had participated in the women’s heptathalon, which is a difficult athletic challenge and won the gold medal. Born in a village in Jalpaiguri to