A dingy cell of British India’s notorious prison, where revolutionaries were treated like dogs, a burly British police officer using clippers to just uproot the nails of a man, tied to a chair. The man in question sits steady, without even a flicker of his
p>He just had $8 in his pocket when in his youth he left for US. Despite being the son of a zamindar, Kali Pradip Chaudhuri had a restless and adventurous soul. Coming from a well-heeled family, he had a carefree childhood and youth. He completed
“When we drink a glass of water, write in a notebook, take medicine for a fever or build a house, we do not always make the connection with forests. And yet, these and many other aspects of our lives are linked to forests in one
Ranjini Guha is an Associate Professor in History with research interests in Food History. She is author of the upcoming book, Foodscapes, Lockdown and Dinner Diaries Though I had an ancestry from what is now Bangladesh, quite similar to my husband's house, yet we were quite
Minimum income for all in Bengal --- the probable masterstroke in Mamata Banerjee’s poll manifesto. Several world-renowned Bengali economists including Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee since long had been asking for such an action from the Central Government to turn the tables of Indian economy. Mamata
Mixed fruits jams are probably the next best thing to having the actual fruits themselves, particularly if they are made from 100 percent organic ingredients as ours are. As with all our products, the mixed fruit jams we offer you are completely natural, free of
When the country and even the state was reeling under the COVID-19 Lockdown and the direct economic fallout of the same, West Bengal government confidently continued with its social welfare schemes and even paid salaries and pension regularly. The state even spent Rs 4,500 crore
Nasi goreng with chicken satay and peanut sauce by Anurita Nehra Last year, at about this time, the Covid-19 pandemic really came home to us as the nationwide lockdown went into effect. In the year since then, the world as we knew it has undergone immense,
‘I never write without reading, knowing, thinking. It takes time. Even with short pieces, I take time,” wrote Annadashankar Ray. In those short pieces, even those of a political nature, the focus was on expressing his core thoughts in as few words as possible. He
Heritage is about a sense of pride in one’s past, heritage is about aesthetics, heritage is about linking past to present. However, heritage can also be a prime revenue earner, thanks to heritage tourism. Indeed, there are states in India, and countries around the world,