Purulia will soon have a floating market of its own which might turn out to be a significant tourist attraction. The market will start near the new dam, King Edward Memorial Tank, opposite to Saheb Dam of Purulia. It has been planned to give a
Standing tall, at a height of 133 meters, the 30 storied ITC Royal Bengal’s magnificent and monumental edifice, inspired by regional history and culture, towers over Kolkata’s skyline and blends fine indigenous architecture with contemporary design. The hotel opened doors yesterday in the City of Joy.
Only the other day I was browsing through a news where doctors of a state run hospital in Alipurduar had performed a complicated brain surgery and literally gave a second life to a teenager. And mind you state run hospitals do not fleece patients like
If you have always heard of the Valley of Flowers, then do not miss the Valley of Lillies at Deolo Hills of Kalimpong. If the road up to Deolo (which happens to be the highest point of Kalimpong), is lined with picturesque pines and cedars,
Mosques are places for prayers where people following the principles of Islam, feel one with the almighty, ‘Allah.’ Gender has got nothing to do with worship. Yet, for ages, women have been prohibited to enter mosques. It was believed that if women entered the precincts
Sip N Bite is a café with a difference. Tucked away within the handicraft boutique ‘Motherland’, near Charu Chandra College in South Kolkata, this cafeteria is run by a young group of specially-abled youths. Some suffer from down syndrome, some from autism. Their lives have
When I got the news that Girish Karnad was no more, I knew the void that was created by the demise of this legend which was almost impossible to fill up.I really do not know how to pay my tribute to him. An extra ordinary
Two wonder kids from a remote village of Chinsurah has been selected by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for the Young Scientist Programme, YUVIKA 2019. Swapnil and Swapnila Acharya have made not just their parents proud, but also the whole of Bengal. The two were
Sobhanagar High School of Malda has taken up an innovative step to promote environmental awareness among students. On world environment day, the school announced that if the students collect plastic and other waste products scattered in the entire village and submit them to the school
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar had suddenly found a huge relevance in the Bengali life, last month, after his statue at Vidyasagar College was broken by miscreants. Instead of going into the political debate of who and why did such an act, my curious mind tends to