Here is some good news for cycle enthusiasts who never got a chance to learn wheeling down city roads. As more and more environment friendly vehicles are coming to the forefront and with COVID-19 social distancing forcing people to abandon public transport, a lot of
Rabindranath Tagore was fascinated by the concept of death. He was curious to explore life after death. His preoccupation with death goes back to a series of traumatic events of his life. Tagore was 14 when his mother, Sarada Devi, passed away. Later in life
At a time when the Covid-19 pandemic has placed education systems around the world under tremendous pressure, and with all schools closed indefinitely, the West Bengal government’s Department of Education has come forward with a scheme titled ‘Banglar Shiksha Durbhashe’, inspired by Hon’ble Chief Minister
Tanmoy Chatterjee An ace photographer of national repute, has captured some magnificent shots of 22 Shrabon observed in Santiniketan over the years. GetBengal is thankful to him for giving us an opportunity to publish his photographs in this article. August 7, 1941, Calcutta. On this day, a
Dr. Abhijit Choudhury briefing about Covid Care Network The news came… and a disturbing one… a homeless COVID suspect was lying near Sobhabazar. His family and employer had abandoned him and he was lying on the footpath without any medical help. Does it sound like the
A big day for Kolkata indeed as Perseverance, the rover that NASA launched successfully last Thursday, to explore Mars and check out any sign of life on the Red Planet. But why? Because a biotechnologist from Bengal is part of the team that will analyse
Ayodhya (or Ajodhya) Hills are a range of hills in Purulia district. More properly speaking, it is a small plateau surrounded by hills. Geographically, it is the easternmost part of the Chhotanagpur Plateau, and an extension of the Eastern Ghats. The highest peak here is
Known as the “Father of Indian Chemistry”, Prafulla Chandra Ray was a well-known Indian scientist and teacher and one of the first “modern” Indian chemical researchers. He discovered the stable compound mercurous nitrite in 1896 and established Bengal Chemical and Pharmaceutical Works Ltd, (BCPL) India’s
Groups of women across several remote villages in the Sundarbans have added one more task to their long list of daily chores. Besides cooking, taking care of the family and keeping their mud huts tidy, they venture out to catch lobsters and crabs in the
Renowned American businessman and entrepreneur James Cash Penney once said, “Courteous treatment will make a customer a walking advertisement.”Knowingly or unknowingly, that is the philosophy that seems to motivate most homestay owners. In India, the ‘homestay movement’, as it were, probably had its genesis in Kerala.