This can only happen in Kolkata! Else, how can a tea-stall and Litti stall run from a heritage gate that was erected in 1875 and is listed as Grade 1 heritage site in the KMC list? Well, on a recent walk along Fairlie Place, I
Ekam sad viprah bakudha vadanti (One alone exists), that is what Rig Veda says. The eternal question of how God can be felt and experienced through various spiritual paths seem to be at stake all over the world today, thanks to religious fanatics. But it
Saheli Mitra delves into the past, bringing forth Swami Vivekananda’s love for non-vegetarian food, at a time, when meat-eaters in India are considered as bigots and ‘food freedom’ as an alien concept. The ever-growing vegetarian brigade of India, who teach their vegetarian children to aggressively bully
Many a time that child crying in the laps of a woman begging for alms at the street crossing might have raised sympathy in you. Hardly you knew however that the beggar child is probably a child missing or lifted from some home and trafficked
Bilkis Bano never had an easy life. Born to an impoverished family, she was forced to leave studies and get married after her secondary examination. She was only 16 then. Her father was a vegetable vendor. After marriage, her struggle and agony increased many folds
Are Indians really free? That’s the question we ask today. What are the various freedoms we still strive for? Watch out this video to know more.
Raksha Bandhan, a festival that celebrates the special bond between a brother and sister and this year round Kolkata markets are flooded with special seed rakhis, that can inspire a brother to start a kitchen garden in his backyard. What better way to celebrate a
Veteran actor and our all time favourite Soumitro Chatterjee had been admitted to Ruby General Hospital this morning with severe respiratory distress. Doctors said he is suffering from pneumonia and had to be kept in the ICU. A medical board has been made with four well
When Rabindranath Tagore turned 50, his friends and family at Joransanko Thakurbari, celebrated it in a big way. Hemendrakumar Tagore’s daughter, Pragya Devi had cooked ‘kobishombordhona barfi,’ a special sweet for welcoming Tagore. Pragya Devi loved experimenting with recipes and even brought in Bengali menu
You probably need to conduct routine blood tests from a laboratory regularly to check your sugar levels, haemoglobin and other important parameters of blood. And every time you need reports, you have to either go to the laboratory to give your blood or ask someone