For the rest of the world, rice might be just a staple grain for consumption. But for Bengalis, it is no ordinary meal. It is an auspicious and divine grain in the eastern part of India. In all our festivities from birth till death, rice
Kolkata has always shown enormous love for art and has been a creative platform for budding artists. On the 12th of January 2020, 250 artists from various art disciplines converged on Hindustan Park Road in South Kolkata to be a part of yet another edition
Nestled amid nature in Bankura lies a quaint hamlet. From the highway, a long, dusty, rusty-red laterite soil path leads to Bikna, a village renowned for its ancient Dokra Art form. Connoisseurs of art and craft from all over the world throng to this village
‘I have always believed that the real history is made by ordinary people. I constantly come across the reappearance, in various forms, of folklore, ballads, myths and legends, carried by ordinary people across generations. The reason and inspiration for my writing are those people who
This morning, one hundred and seven leading tour companies and their representatives from around thirty-seven countries attended the inauguration of one of the biggest tourism meets in India held at the Biswa Bangla Convention Centre. The Destination East 2020 spearheaded by CII Eastern Region and supported
There was a time when in order to visit the Jagannath Temple at Puri one had to go to Baleshwar by ship. And from there one would reach Cuttack by boat before finally arriving at Puri in a hired palanquin. Indeed, the journey was a
“We consider ourselves free spirits, but our words remain unfree. Women are late comers to writing and unwelcome ---” that’s what Nabaneeta Dev Sen said in her keynote speech once at the National Colloquium of Women Writers. Each of her short stories speak of that
Saheli Mitra delves into the past, bringing forth Swami Vivekananda’s love for non-vegetarian food, at a time, when meat-eaters in India are considered as bigots and ‘food freedom’ as an alien concept. The ever-growing vegetarian brigade of India, who teach their vegetarian children to aggressively bully
The cleaning up at Santragachhi Jheel by the authority has come as a big surprise for Bengal’s ornithologists. Citrine wagtail This year there is a boom in the arrival of migratory birds. Ornithologists said early snowfall in their native areas, non-availability of food and recent flood in
This year the Gangasagar Mela, one of the largest pilgrimages of India, air ambulance will be used to help critically ill persons to reach the nearest medical facilities from the Gangasagar Mela. This is for the first time that the government of West Bengal will