Come rain or sun, day or night, lockdown or not, they are at your doorstep, delivering food and, more recently, other essentials as well. The delivery is usually accompanied by a slight smile and the request to “give me a good rating please”. Because the
As of April 5, that is yesterday, the number of new Covid cases in a single day was 1,961, according to the state government’s daily Covid-19 bulletin. Exactly a month ago, this number was 255. As of April 4, the total number of Covid-19 cases
Have you ever wondered, why couldn’t the confident high walls of Kolkata’s Chinatown protect the fading Chinese community and their tanneries from the passing destructive time? Well, the reasons are plenty. Tangra's marshy wetlands situated in the outskirts of Calcutta was named after a local
Representative Image MSince the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic last year, North 24 Parganas has been one of the worst affected districts of West Bengal. Initially, when the pandemic hit the state last year, one fourth of the total Covid-19 cases were reported from Kolkata but
Election strategist Prashant Kishor, the man behind Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s successful campaign in 2014, has also orchestrated other high-profile political campaigns such as those of Amarinder Singh, Nitish Kumar, Arvind Kejriwal and Jagan Mohan Reddy. At present, he is managing the election campaigns for
Today is indeed a proud moment for Bengal as Calcutta University has ranked 1st among Indian universities. It has secured third position among top higher educational institutions in the country after IISc Bangalore leaving behind Delhi University, JNU and Jadavpur University far behind. The Prestigious
Before the Covid-19 pandemic became part of our lives, some of you may have chanced upon a small café near Charuchandra College on Lake Road in south Kolkata called Sip n Bite. If yes, you would have immediately spotted what makes it stand out. Of
From being an undergarment that was worn underneath jackets to breaking taboos and becoming mainstream pop culture of the youth, tee-shirts have been a revolution in themselves. When two pop culture icons like Marlon Brando and James Dean wore a plain white tee-shirt in the
A total of four states and one Union Territory are going to the polls during the current Assembly elections in India - West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala, and Puducherry. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah have dropped everything else to
Food anywhere around the world is not complete without sweets. Indians have long had a love affair with jaggery and later, sugar. But how about those sweets coming on a Poll Palate? Sweets are an integral part of any occasion in India especially Bengal where