Arpita Chanda is a travel freak, foodie, and explorer of the past. Arpita is also a member of the group Purono Kolkatar Golpo Nakhoda Masjid (1, Zakariya Street) near Lower Chitpur Road or present day’s Rabindra Sarani, is not only the biggest Mosque of West Bengal
Twenty years is a long time to prove your worth, specially in the fragile environs of the film industry. But Tota Roychoudhury was probably not aware of this when he stepped into films. By the time he did become aware, instead of pulling away, he
West Bengal was the state that produced the first Indian ICS (Indian Civil Service) officers during the British era, later known as IAS (Indian Administrative Service). Unfortunately, for the past several decades, the number of IAS aspirants from West Bengal has been dwindling steadily. The
Since March 2020, when the first lockdown to combat the Covid-19 pandemic was declared in India, travel restrictions have prevented most of us from visiting our favourite destinations, even on a weekend trip. Which is probably why, as soon as some restrictions were relaxed in
Darjeeling is well known not only for the dazzling snow peaks of the Kanchenjunga range overlooking it, the beautiful tea gardens on the slopes of rolling hills, orchids, pines, rhododendrons, and the fascinating toy train whistling its way through the mountains. It is also known
All of us at some point in our lives have been mad about that Fountain Pen! Call it nostalgia, call it aristocracy, or just a royal, colonial hangover. Even for millennial kids today, fountain pens though obsolete, have a special collective value for sure. It
Kolkata Police Commissioner Soumen Mitra has been chosen as one of two recipients of the Anirudh Bhargava-INTACH Environmental Award. Instituted in memory of his son Anirudh by Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) life member Dr Raniit Bhargava, the award is conferred
Subrata Mitra | Photo by Sanjeet Chowdhury Subrata Mitra may have been one of Indian cinema’s most talented cinematographers, but the recognition he deserved came late in his life. And now, his ancestral home at 70, Sarat Bose Road will be granted heritage status as announced
Diptarka Ghosh is a research scholar in Zoology and a passionate environmentalist West Bengal might be a small state in size, but it is home to about 12.27% of the Indian biodiversity that is known till date. According to the State of Forest Report, 2019, West
Why are Bengali actors rushing to Bollywood? This question is rhetorical. No one is really sure, including the actors in question, whether they are 'rushing' to Bollywood or not. Because they are doing very well in their home state and are rooted in the home