We all know that plastic is extremely harmful for the environment as it is non-biodegradable. Environmentalists have repeatedly advised us to discard plastic from daily life. Pradip Mondal, a student of Jadavpur University, is showing new ways of using plastic which could have a positive
A quintessential Bengali adda is incomplete without exchange of rebellious ideas over deep fried telebhaja or fritters over a cup of piping hot tea. And when we speak of telebhaja, Lakshmi Narayan Shaw & Sons of North Kolkata immediately tops the list, not just for
We have been acquainted with ‘Shankar’ through his famous books and his tumultuous personal life, where he struggled to earn a livelihood. At times he has been a Feriwala, selling goods on Kolkata’s streets, at times he did odd jobs of a typewriter cleaner, again
If you love pandal hopping during Durga Puja, you must have paid a visit to the iconic puja of Mohammad Ali Park. But this puja will shift out of its 51-year-old venue only for this year. The members of the Mohammad Ali Park Club have
Life is fast-paced and to keep up with the jet-set world, travelling time of trains are reducing drastically thanks to modern technology. Travelling from Kolkata to Delhi by train previously took as much as 17 and a half hours. So many preferred flights above the
It is often said Rabindranath Tagore wrote Nashta Neer which was later made into the famous movie Charulata by Satyajit Ray, with his sister-in-law Kadambari Devi in mind. The one biggest mystery that has always shrouded Tagore’s life was his relationship with his Notun Bouthan.
She is only seven years old. Yet Rishika of Raigunj has a heart of gold. She was so moved when her social activist father Kaushik Chakraborty had shown her photographs of cancer patients who had turned bald after chemotherapy, that she decided to donate her
AIIMS Kalyani has completed hostel provisions for the first batch of medical students. The accommodation of the first 50 students who will start their classes soon is ready. They will have all necessary facilities. The counselling of the students began this Monday and will continue
She has achieved what every engineer would wish to. 28-year-old Sampriti Bhattacharya from Kolkata turned her PhD research thesis at Massachusetts Institute of Technology into a patented invention coveted by oil companies and world-wide defense sector. Her ‘Hydroswarm’ is the first ever underwater drone that
It has been almost 50 years now that our favourite suave detective Feluda invaded the Bengali consciousness. Be it for his sharp wit, sarcasm, impressive sense of humour, intellect, sharp sense of observation and deduction, Satyajit Ray’s immortal creation Feluda is an integral part of