Spurious or artificial ghee can kill. We start with the bad news so that we can give you the good news later. And so that you know that the ghee you're buying from the market may actually be poisoning you. The principal reason for this
Nobody who has read Michael Madhusudan Dutt’s Bengali works without knowing his background can imagine how reluctantly he took to the language he had once professed to hate. But then, the man we know as one of the most original practitioners of Bengali literature was
Tujhse naraaz nahin Zindagi… that heartwarming music of yesteryears floating through some non-descript local para of Kolkata. From the strings of a violin, played by an old man in semi-tattered boots. Not a Beethoven’s symphony, nor a Van Gogh painting… he is Bhagaban Mali, the
The West Bengal government has launched ‘Lakshmi Bhandar’, an initiative by the Hon'ble Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, is a scheme to provide financial assistance to women heads of families during the Covid-19 pandemic, when livelihoods have shrunk, particularly in rural areas. The new scheme is
"It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself….” That’s what renowned German composer and musician Johann Sebastian Bach had once said. True to what Bach said,
In the second episode of our walking tour of Kolkata, we cover the rest of the BBD Bag area, where we started out last week. As it was last time, the route this time is short and crisp, beginning from St Andrew’s Church, which we
Mithun Chakraborty turned 71 on June 17, 2021. The political controversies surrounding him notwithstanding, he has never been a politically inclined person, never mind his vacillating shift from one political party to another. Instead, in celebration of his attaining 71 summers, one needs to focus
It was a rainy August evening in the village of Panchal in Bankura. Farmer Bhairab Saini, famous for his rare lost variety of Bengal paddy cultivation in Bankura clusters, was returning from a hard day of work in the fields. He was accompanied by his
This year, Durga Puja falls in the second week of October. And Howrah Municipal Corporation intends to vaccinate all puja organisers, idol makers, priests, and labourers by the end of September. This was decided at a meeting held earlier this week between the district's health
The wooden tram that once used to ply on the streets of Kolkata, gets its place of honour at the Heritage Transport Museum in Gurgaon, near Delhi. In fact, this tram will be the main attraction of the museum on its fourth anniversary. Only this