Existing in the world without having seen the sun and the moon That’s what legendary world-renowned film maker Akira Kurosawa had once said after watching the movie Pather Panchali and while discussing the film-making style of another legend, born and brought up in Bengal, Satyajit Ray.
At a time when many frontline doctors and nurses are being ostracized by the society, here is another doctor of Kolkata whose name will forever be remembered by the family of a pregnant woman who would have died, had not he come to her rescue
There are many areas in Bengal where councillors and local leaders are supplying ration for free every week to families of poor and needy who have lost their jobs or cannot go out for their daily wage earnings during this difficult Lockdown phase. But Garulia
Dear Humans, I am breathing at last, yes my wounds are healing too, my sky looks crystal clear, not a tinge of soot and smoke and my birds sing in glee. All my creatures have found their homes on the silent and abandoned city streets as
The Coronation Bridge near Sevoke is often referred to as an architectural wonder. Due to the rocky terrains of the Eastern Himalayas and superfluous Teesta River flowing underneath, it was almost impossible to build a suspension bridge over this river that often flooded during the
The story of Mohan Singh’s wife, Suchismita, a Bangali was mentioned in an earlier episode. Mohan fell in love with the Bengali language after reading Sahaj Path gifted by his wife. In Visva Bharati, he had five girls in his class and he was the
India’s Tourism and Aviation sector will be among the first industries to be hit by the ongoing crisis. Many believe that this crisis would be a greater threat than earlier ones such as 9/11 and the financial meltdown of 2008-09 and India’s Tourism and Aviation
One late evening, Mohan Singh was sitting near the canal in Santiniketan with Tuku. Suddenly he saw two men walk towards them. In the darkness in the beginning he could not make out who they were. But as they came forward, Mohan Singh realised, one
Like many Corona warriors across the world, Dr Niladri Konar, a doctor treating COVID-19 patients in a London Hospital, himself got infected by this deadly virus. However, the virus has failed to put him down. He not just won over the virus, his dedication to
Some great men are always remembered and some get lost in the pages of history. Henry Louis Vivian Derozio (18 April 1809 – 26 December 1831) was one such Indo-Portuguese author, poet and social reformer, whose contribution to Bengal’s social and freedom movement can never