EThe City of Joy has yet again emerged as the safest metro to live in India as per The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Yes, in Kolkata parents do not have to tell their daughters to return home by early evening in fear of getting
Shahanshah Mirza is great-great grandson of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah and a heritage enthusiast in his own rights Even if the COVID-19 pandemic is raising its ugly head, the kites will still fly high. For the sky has no limits and freedom of the kites when
The hill springs suddenly come alive through dense forests, a deciduous canopy touch the roof of the coach you travel in, a group of hornbills fly past. And you enjoy all this while sitting inside a train coach with transparent glass walls around, more like
Arpita Chanda is an explorer and heritage enthusiast. She goes around her beloved city and pens down historical tales. ‘Dhobi par Dhobi basey, tab kapre par sabun pare’ This Hindi proverb means ‘when many dhobis compete, then only does soap reach the clothes’ (Christian Behar Proverb). It
“At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done. We will be judged by I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat,
This year is very special for the people of Hatkhola village under Basanti Community Development (CD) Block in the Canning Subdivision of South 24 Parganas. A non-descript village tucked deep inside Basanti and inhabited by tribals, Scheduled caste and Scheduled tribes, those who have been
Representative Image Whatever else it might have been in the 18th century, Calcutta sounds like an interesting city to have lived in. And by all accounts, the rowdiest part of town was the one now responsible for maintaining its law and order, aka Lalbazar. How’s that
With the global warming posing a menace, food crop yield, particularly rice, is a major headache for countries like India that has to feed its teeming millions. Insect pests cause considerable damage to certain crops — forcing farmers to conduct massive chemical pesticide treatments. Radical
Historic Jorasanko in North Kolkata is best known for Jorasanko Thakur Bari, former home of poet Rabindranath Tagore and his illustrious family. The entire stretch from Jorasanko to Rabindra Sarani is dotted with traditional Bengali mansions and local markets. A colossal building stands close to
Actor-producer Rituparna Sengupta, curator Myna Mukherjee, artist Harshit Agarwal, and filmmaker Ranjan Ghosh at the inauguration The man vs machine debate is now more than a generation old. So we’re not going there. However, walking through Harshit Agarwal’s fascinating art exhibition titled ‘EXO-Stential – AI Musings