Kaustav Bakshi, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Jadavpur University Amrita Roychowdhury, Social Entrepreneur and Founder, Transcendent Knowledge Society Weary and exasperated with taking care of an adult, intellectually disabled daughter, the protagonist of Aparna Sen’s Paromita’r Ekdin (2000), Sanaka breaks down in an emotional outburst: “For 25
Born and brought up in Krishnagar, West Bengal, Biswarup Nath has been into the field of advertising for the past 13 years. He studied Bio Chemistry from Krishnanagar Government College but his childhood passion for painting and eagerness to look around for designs and its
Oxford University’s researchers recently went for the human trials of COVID-19 vaccine and if found to be effective, the vaccine will probably be available by late autumn. But what many of us are not aware of is that a Kolkata girl, who completed her education
Mohan Singh was not just a singer, he was also a great musician and loved playing instruments while singing, including Tanpura and Esraj. These two instruments incidentally were also a great favourite of Rabindranath Tagore himself. Mohan Singh’s two sons, Bikram and Abir, were also
A group of students, researchers and alumni of Jadavpur University are manufacturing cost-effective, reusable, three-layered masks on the design provided by Centre for Appropriate Social Technologies (CAST), JU, to help people fight Covid-19. The scheme known as ‘People’s Initiative for Technology’ has engaged four tailors
Right at this moment, as the world is coming to a standstill with the COVID 19 pandemic with fear, uncertainty and dread grasping mankind, hundreds of artists are standing up as a part of an initiative called #GoViralToStopTheVirus to fight the atmosphere of paranoia and
As number of asymptomatic Corona patients are rising in India, West Bengal government has decided to start pool testing samples in low-risk zones which have reported 2% or lesser Covid-19 positive cases. This method will involve pooling in samples of five possible suspects, even though
National Institute of Technology (NIT) Durgapur has developed an affordable, plug-and-use and easily maintainable semi-automatic Ambu Bag ventilator system in close collaboration and supervision of clinical physicians. A bag valve mask (BVM) has been in use for more than fifty years and is usually named
An exclusive interview with Professor Ena Ray Banerjee, PhD, DSc, Professor Dept of Zoology University of Calcutta Immunology and Regenerative Medicine Research Unit. From how the COVID virus mutates, to how Indians can fight the COVID-19 better, Prof Banerjee gives an in-depth scientific view of
She was just outstanding in the portrayal of an oppressed woman’s struggle against poverty, humiliation and desolation in Rudali. Well, we are not talking about Bollywood actress Dimple Kapadia, but one of Bengal’s most talented female theatre personality, Usha Ganguly, who played the role of