Fort William At the end of our very interesting walk last week, we had headed back to Esplanade, and it is from here that we will strike out in a new direction this week for our sixth episode - the waterfront. The walk will take in
Young filmmaker Ranjan Ghosh’s directorial debut Hrid Majharey (2014) fell flat on its face at the box office when it was released in Kolkata. The film, which was intended by the director as a tribute to William Shakespeare on his 450th birth anniversary, completed exactly
In what is quite possibly a unique partnership, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in Kolkata yesterday, July 30, between the National Atlas & Thematic Mapping Organization (NATMO) and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) for the preparation of utility/information maps of all districts
On January 19, 1941, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose escaped British surveillance in Calcutta in disguise, and headed to Kabul, Afghanistan. The adventurous journey to Kabul itself would rival the most thrilling of fictional accounts, but Netaji was only just starting out. Having reached Kabul, he
Thanks to the overwhelming focus on the British when it comes to colonial powers in Bengal, most of us tend to ignore the fact that other European countries sought to establish colonies in Bengal either before, or simultaneously with, or a few decades after Britain. Take
On May 24, the world celebrated ‘Bidrohi Kobi’ (Rebel poet) Kazi Nazrul Islam’s 122nd birth anniversary. But what went unnoticed and unsung was the fact that his iconic poem ‘Bidrohi,’ that shot him to fame, is making its centenary this year. The poem is recognized
Following Mohun Bagan’s epic 1911 victory against the East Yorkshire Regiment, the poet Karuna Nidhan Bandyopadhyay had this to say in the Ashwin 1318 edition of ‘Manasi’ magazine: “The son of the nation has awoken, crowds on the street In the women’s quarters, Bengal’s beauties smile oh
As India’s ace archer Deepika Kumari kept shouting and inspiring her husband from the stands of Tokyo Olympics this morning, India’s No. 1 Archer Atanu Das went on to cause a massive upset in the history of Olympic archery. He defeated 4-time Olympic medalist, Korea’s
Most Indians have never heard of Dukoribala Devi nor are aware of her daring exploits a century ago, but it will suffice to say that there was a time when this lone lady’s daring acts had terrorized the British regime. She was born in a
37th Indian Brigade in Basra World War I, the first truly global war. Between 1914 and 1918, this terrible conflict accounted for a total of around 40 million military and civilian deaths, including 9.7 million military personnel, of whom at least 74,187 were Indian. Yes, over