Born and brought up in Bengal, Prasanta Pal has completed his Masters in Painting from Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, in 2015. At present, the young artist resides in Ah-medabad for his work. The project- #Goviraltostopthevirus is a thoughtful initiative to occupy people’s minds with the positive
This year marks the 99th birth anniversary of Satyajit Ray, one of the greatest filmmakers of the 20th century who brought Indian cinema to the world forum with Pather Panchali. For young film director, Shamik Basu, it seemed like a tryst with destiny when his
Thanks to COVID-19, the Tolly para of Kolkata have been almost out of work for almost two months of Lockdown. However, with the dual blow of super-cyclone Amphaan that has left a trail of destruction rendering lakhs of people in major part of South Bengal
As Bengal is reeling under the twin disasters of Cyclone Amphan and COVID-19, there are several good Samaritans who are coming forward to stand by the distressed people during Lockdown, who are in dire need of food and shelter. One such couple from North Bengal
If you wish to cool yourself from within this summer and keep your stomach healthy and happy, then try out Panta Bhaat or fermented rice. This is a dish which is unique and extremely popular in rural Bengal, Assam and Odisha. But it has tremendous
A recent Calcutta High Court judgement passed by the division bench of Justice Harish Tandon and Justice Soumen Sen have directed the authorities to start Ayurveda treatment to boost immunity among children in several camps of migrant labourers, in children homes and orphanages across Bengal.
If you thought the time has finally arrived to save nature, in the backdrop of COVID 19 and Cyclone Amphan, then you are wrong. For we should have started doing it long ago, if only we had followed the teaching of visionary Rabindranath Tagore. We
Ishani Chaudhuri is a student of class IX, Indus Valley School, Kolkata. Ishani has shown her interest in drawing, sketching and painting right from a very young age. Apart from her academics, she loves to take part in other co-curricular activities like singing and dancing. The
One of the largest water tanks of the world, Tala tank of Kolkata, built and inaugurated by the British in 1909 surprisingly went unscathed during Cyclone Amphan. When one of the fiercest cyclone of the century ravaged various installations of Kolkata and whole of Bengal,
The talented octogenarian thespian struggled to fight abject penury and lived a life of ignominy in a crammed one-room rented house in the infamous red-light area of the city. Her profession had long discarded her and fame had eluded her but she did not know,