The West Bengal Comprehensive Area Development Corporation (WBCADC) has introduced solar-powered and electric vans to sell fresh vegetables, staple grains, fish, meat and other kitchen essentials in different parts of Kolkata. They are even using their mobile vans to deliver groceries and other essentials to
Ranjan Show has an experience of more than seven years in the field of advertising. Presently, Ranjan is working as an art director at Wunderman Thompson, Kolkata. The world is panic stricken, impatient and restless to get back to the normal life. #Goviraltostopthe virus is an
Moloch gibbons, long tailed macaque, sloth bears, gerbils… They jump around on forest trees, just like they come alive on Haludar’s paintings. Paintings that date back two centuries ago! Imagine a Bengali painter under a pseudo-name helping British zoologists and botanists on their expedition, collating
Debpriya Basu is a fourth year student of UttarBanga Krishi Vidyalaya but his passion is in painting from an early age. #Goviraltostopthevirus has been successfully going on for the past few weeks to spread positivity among the people. Debpriya Basu has used the Madhubani art form to
Bengal is not new to cyclones. Just like Orissa, due to the geographical position and topographical curves, severe cyclones have ravaged this land since ages. Now with Cyclone Amphan of the Bay of Bengal gaining ground and threatening to hit our coasts, one can look
“I have a loyal band of listeners who like my classical vocal but they are mostly elderly people and they do not go around discussing or canvassing for me. Rabindrasangeet, on the other hand, appeals to all sections of the masses, cutting across age and
Born and brought up in Hooghly district of West Bengal, Gopal Roy is a painter by profession. He has been associated with art galleries in Delhi and abroad. His works have been exhibited both nationally and internationally. At present, besides being a full-time painter, Roy
The corona virus epidemic is wreaking havoc globally and normal life has come to a standstill everywhere as the number of confirmed Covid-19 affected patients are soaring by the minute and the fatality rate is spiraling at an alarming rate. Most governments have resorted to
Singer Mohan Singh has always chosen difficult songs. Was it that the audience too found them difficult to comprehend and hence Mohan Singh’s fan following happens to be lesser than that of his contemporary Rabindrasangeet singers? In his own words Mohan Singh says: “I never
A couple of years ago, a whole city and even the Bengali diaspora had risen to the occasion to save a Museum. Surprised? Well, being the cultural capital of India, Bengal has always wished to showcase its love for art and craft. Saving Gurusaday Museum