She was the cantankerous, scheming, aggressive stereotype on screen but once out of the glare of the studio lights, she was a different person. A loving person with a caring presence, loved and revered by all her co-artistes. Yes, we are speaking of Gita Dey,
You are released… Run and go home… within a minute as the young man started running to what he thought was freedom, he was gunned down. Yes, that’s how Naxals of Bengal were killed in fake police encounters on Kolkata roads and many say former
If we have always heard of Muslim rulers/plunderers like Kala Pahar, Mohammad Ghori and Aurangzeb who have destroyed Hindu temples and built mosques on them, there were many Hindu rulers too who ruthlessly demolished Buddhist viharas, stupas, temples and murdered followers of Buddhism and Jainism.
“There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.” --- Poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox Fourteen-year-old Arjun Das is a living testimony of this adage. His actions speak louder than words. He has no roof over
Chhibo, an anonymous hill station of North Bengal, can be a city traveler’s true hide out. With nothing much to do, one can lazily roam around on foot, enjoy breathtaking Himalayas and savour homemade Nepali cuisine while at a day’s rest in Chhibo. At an
Married at the tender age of nine, the girl who could not complete her school education, wrote more than 300 books! She then went on to get the ‘Saraswati’ title conferred by the prestigious Nabadwip Bidwajan Sabha (Nabadwip Scholars Society) and received Leela Purashkar from
West Bengal government’s popular social schemes have not just helped the rural and urban population in Bengal, but have also attracted kudos from international forum. After Kanyashree, Sabujshree, Sabujsathi and Rupasree, the state government has recently launched ‘Jaago’ to empower rural women. This scheme will
Even decades before the present BJP-led India is over-zealous to attain Ram Rajya, there was a renowned Bengali linguist Suniti Kumar Chattopadhyay who actually defined the word ‘Ram Rajya’ and fell in the line of fire of many around. Often there is a belief Ram-Rajya
Bengali has been officially named as the second most-spoken language in London, followed by Polish and Turkish - with around 165,311 London residents speaking one of the three as their first language. Less than one in 10 Brits (8%) can fluently speak a second language, which
As the world watched the terrorist attack of serial stabbing on London Bridge last week with several injured and two killed, probably Calcuttans did not know that the Scotland Yard officer who led the counter-terrorism operations in this attack and nabbed the criminal saving further