There seems to be no clear theory about how the district of ‘Bankura’ got its name. One possible clue may lie in the Kol-Munda language, in which ‘orah’ or ‘rah’ means habitation. Many places of the part of Bengal known as ‘Rarh Bangla’ have an
People have been eating outside of the home for millennia, buying a quick snack from a street vendor or taking a travel break at a roadside inn for a bowl of stew and a pint of mead. In the West, most early versions of the
No evidence needed, nor even an attempt to present any. No need to support one’s imagined allegations with concrete examples. No hesitation in passing off one’s personal belief as fact. Talk is cheap, as they say, so all you need do is to go up
For all of us who have stood infront of the Jallianwala Bagh Memorial and paid tribute to the 5,000 plus Indians who had been ruthlessly butchered by the British army under General Dyer, the following story of the Mukherji family from Bengal will come as
It was Calcutta when British aristocrats, senior East India Company officials and young Brits, who had landed in this native land with a job, were bored due to lack of any languid activity. They had no place to sit and relax, to chat or debate
Scene 1: 1982 – Only 14 rhinos were found in Jaldapara Forests. Scene 2: 2016 --- Almost 250 rhinos rule the Jaldapara Forests. This jump of rhino population in Jaldapara National Park of Jalpaiguri did not happen in one day. There was a time when poachers from
As the dust and smoke alarm is almost choking Kolkata this winter, residents of this city will probably be surprised to note that Calcutta was the first Indian city and the second of the world, to enact anti-air pollution legislation. By 1870, Calcutta was choking on
Indian development Economist Jayati Ghosh is among 20 prominent personalities ap-pointed by the United Nations to a high-level advisory board that will provide recom-mendations for the U.N. Secretary-General to respond to the current and future socio-economic challenges in the post-COVID-19 world. Ghosh aged 65 is a
“Finally, they have chosen me?” That was the first question that Narayan Debnath asked after being chosen as a Padmashri awardee this year. For a man who over 70 years has dedicated his life into creating landmark Bengali comic strips like ‘Bantul the Great’, ‘Nante
On January 25, 2011, the Government of India under then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced that henceforth, this day would be observed as National Voters’ Day every year, primarily in order to encourage more young voters to take part in the political process of the