“Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom” – Oprah Winfrey Prior to the advent of the British in India, the indigenous primary schools of Bengal taught very little beyond vernacular (Bangla), simple Arithmetic and Sanskrit. The tols (local small schools run
This is an unprecedented year for Sovabazar Rajbari, the house that always used to be kept wide open during Durga Puja, entertaining hundreds of tourists from across India and globe, who descended to see one of the oldest Durga Puja of Bengal. Thanks, to the
The Tourism Department of West Bengal is introducing sightseeing services in two attractive double decker buses covering the Heritage & Cultural Trails of Kolkata through a theme “Unknown Kolkata” followed by a ride on the Ganges in the WBTDCL house boat in the first phase. It
Weaving in India has a history of no less than 5,000 years. There was a time when the weavers’ hub in West Bengal --- Phulia, Habibpur, and Shantipur in Nadia district resonated with the monotonous sound of the rotating spindles and bobbins' heads successively knocking
India’s largest floating Solar Power Plant is coming up in West Bengal’s Sagardighi. This 5MW grid-connected floating solar project at Sagardighi Thermal Power Project (SgTPP) in Murshidabad is a new feather to Bengal’s cap. This floating solar plant with 5MW capacity will be the largest
Since childhood, we have all been fed on a staple diet of folklores and fairy tales. Once upon a time…Magic slippers, dwarves, glass coffins, witches who live in the woods, evil stepmothers and princesses with swan wings, magic wand to transform everything, and so on.
A person ailing from a physical sickness is provided with medical care and subsequent after care, if required. This is so that they can get back on their feet and feel better. However, if someone is suffering from a mental illness, there is a social
Can you imagine Durga puja without plates and dishes made of clay for offerings, or designs of shola adorning the idols, copper utensils displayed, or even a pandal without a chandoa (shamiana), an idol without a wooden framework? Well, the answer is a big ‘No.’
During Durga Puja this year, all those who normally travel out of West Bengal for their vacations are looking inward. That is, they are looking at the state government tourism properties run by the West Bengal Tourism Development Corporation Ltd (WBTDCL) as viable options in
The squalor and din on Chattawalla Guli of Kolkata’s Teritti Bazar will not let you forget that this is the central business district of the city. Lakhs of footfalls on any given day matched by almost an equal number of hand-pulled rickshaws, coolies and mobile