If you have ever travelled the picturesque road to Mungpoo cutting across the dense forests on the foothills of the Himalayas, you probably would catch up with your tour guide’s proposed destination of Tagore Museum. The place where Rabindranath Tagore spent his time often and
We have seen a Drug War this week between USA and India, with US President Donald Trump almost begging and then threatening India to supply Hydroxychloroquinine, the anti-malarial drug that has come up as a magical medicine to cure COVID-19 patients. Interestingly, one of the
With the COVID-19 scare invading the world, every scientist in every country is trying to rein in this virus that is causing a worldwide pandemic. In an attempt to try out a modified form of the time-tested BCG vaccine widely used in mass immunization in
The famed temple of Devi Chaudhurani, the famous ‘bandit queen’ immortalized by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay lies in a small non-descript outskirt of Jalpaiguri. It is believed that this is where Devi and her mentor, Bhavani Pathak, who led a gang of dacoits, offered prayers to
Bengali lass Bhasha Mukherjee, the beauty queen who made headlines last year as Miss England 2019 has returned to the United Kingdom from overseas charity work to fight the coronavirus pandemic as a doctor. After all, she is a qualified junior doctor and responded to
Exactly 30 years back in 1990, he was allowed and permitted to work closely with the legend on a rare compilation on his life and repertoire of works including his singing of a Bengali film song. This is a project not spoken much about! The
Mohan Singh studied and specialized in classical vocal music at Sangeet Bhavana, but he hardly sang Ranbindrasangeet. For him, Rabindrasangeet was a kind of devotion and he offered Tagore’s songs as prayer and sang to himself, for his own peace of mind. He performed duets
Amidst all the gloom, here is some good news! A group of research scientists of Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) led by Professor Jayanta Haldar has developed a one-step anti-microbial coating which when spread on contaminated surfaces or on cotton, polystyrene, polyvinyl
Mohan Singh Khangura never wished to be stamped as a Punjabi or a Bengali. He feels most comfortable when he is presented as an out-and-out ‘Santiniketani’ (one who hails from Santiniketan). That’s when he feels most comfortable and insists that’s the one and only way
India is heading towards an exponential rise in the number of COVID-19 infections, with the numbers doubling in 3 days. This is a cause of serious concern and like any other country of the world that has been successful in containing the disease, India now