It’s been many many years, yet the memory of a green train is so distinctly etched in memory of many. Here was a railway station where every evening around 5 pm, a train left the platform and chugged its way amid a cloud of dust
October 15 is the UN International Day of Rural Women. This day, which was first established in 2008, recognizes “the critical role and contribution of rural women, including indigenous women, in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food security and eradicating rural poverty.” Women farmers
Street installations during Durga Puja have limited shelf life no doubt. Despite the sweat and time that goes into erecting them, they get pulled down within days. What then changed over the past decade, that lead to a complete paradigm shift from age-old tradition to
Time, like an ever-rolling stream, bears all its sons away… –Holy Bible. Time indeed moves on and every moment passes by, never to return again. Time is both a blessing and a curse for us. Depends on how we utilize each moment allotted to each one
They say numbers tell a story. If that is true, then a few numbers generated by the West Bengal Tourism Development Corporation Ltd (WBTDCL) tell a story of optimism, hope, and a gradual turnaround. Given the massive impact that the Covid pandemic and the consequent
Durga Puja, the annual autumnal festival is heralded with much pomp and grandeur in Bengal. The puja unleashes a gamut of emotions for Bengalis not only in the state but across continents, living in every corner of the world. This is October and the biggest
“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