He is often called a music, theatre and film activist. But Devajit Bandopadhyay would love to be known as a music researcher and performer. And indeed he is so, trying relentlessly to bring in lost notations and papers on music and songs from abroad for
Buckland Bridge has been an integral part of the historic past of Howrah since 86 years. But now it will be no more as a recently conducted examination on the health of the bridge states it needs to be demolished as it can no more
• How are you feeling at this huge success of your movie Season’s Greetings being the first feature film to get a collaboration from UN? This is definitely a huge step for any Indian cinema to get an official support from an internationally acclaimed organisation like
It seems monsoon clouds have not just brought rains to Kolkata at last, but a new message from the land of Bengal to everyone across the globe, who love this land that has welcomed all down centuries! The Bengal Store, the newly launched E-commerce venture
The ever argumentative Bengalis love controversies and even their rachis are testimony to the same. Whole-sale Rakhi Bazars of districts and Kolkata re now selling Modi Rakhis and Didi Rakhis. Though Rakhi is primarily a sister-brother festival where usually cartoon rakhis, flower rakhis or simple
If we are today looking at state-of-the art bio-toilets on trains, we can recall the name of one Bengali, who thought for the first time how to build toilet facilities on long distance trains. Akhilchandra Sen was far ahead of his times and had brought
Bigger and better models of Electric AC buses to hit Kolkata streets this August. This is indeed an encouraging news in the face of increasing environmental pollution that is a serious concern in Kolkata over past few years. West Bengal Transport Corporation has an ambitious
Teachers at BC Roy Engineering College of Durgapur are excited as 11 of their students from the Mechanical Engineering Department have made them proud. They have invented a low cost solar energy operated pump that will not only help to draw groundwater for various tubewells
Sacrifice! A word that has many meanings. From sacrificing lives of animals and even humans once upon a time to appease Gods to sacrificing one’s self for the upliftment of the soul. Various world literature has also come up with these stories from time to
Rajabhatkhawa is not just famous for being the entry gate to Buxa Tiger Reserve, but happens to be the getaway where the King of Coochbehar celebrated his victory over the Bhutanese King once upon a time. Bhutan had encroached on Bengal’s territory and invaded Coochbehar.