Nobody seems to be quite sure why India observes January 25 as National Tourism Day every year. However, the day is certainly a useful reminder of how large an impact tourism has on the country’s economy. Sadly, almost the whole of 2020 was marked by
US President-elect Joe Biden on Friday named Indian-American and Bengali born Sumona Guha as senior director for South Asia. Guha was co-chair of the South Asia foreign policy working group on the Biden-Harris campaign, and serves on the transition’s State Department Agency Review Team. Currently
How does it feel when suddenly books and classes and teachers all go online and virtual? Online mode of imparting education has become the future learning instrument in the days of COVID19 pandemic, particularly in India, where it was not as popular as in the
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMAC-DnNIL4 Adina Mosque No matter which way you look at it, Malda is special. Not only is the district headquarters one of the state’s largest cities after Kolkata, but the district as a whole represents the confluence of the various cultures and royal dynasties which have historically
“His romantic saga, coupled with his defiant nationalism, has made Bose a near-mythic figure, not only in his native Bengal, but across India.” So say authors Barbara and Thomas Metcalf in their 2012 book ‘A Concise History of Modern India’, talking, of course, about Netaji
Macche Bhaat e Bangali! Really? Well not always. Atleast the earliest cookbooks of Bengal have a different story to tell. ‘Dalna’, ‘Shukto’, ‘Chochhori’, ‘Paanch Mishali torkari’ are not just names, they are considered to be reflection of Bengal’s culture and delicacies of the region. As
Rituparna Roy was in Berlin when she had her moment of epiphany. Walking through the Eisenman architectural Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, she suddenly, in her own words, “realised the enormity of the crime”. And what brought this home to her was not
It really looks extraordinary. The Brooke Swan Car that once upon a time drove down the crowded streets of Calcutta. It was the creation of eccentric and wealthy Scotsman Robert Nicholl or ‘Scotty’ Matthewson and he lived in early 20th century Calcutta, that was then
Entrepreneur, Asif Iqbal, one of the partners of Elahi Hospitality, started Elahi Luxury Dining in 2019 September in Kolkata. “It was not even six months journey traversed by the new business, COVID 19 pandemic had hit it hard. With the announcement of the Lockdown in March
The Sunderbans, a miracle of nature which perhaps not many of us in Bengal fully appreciate. They say familiarity breeds contempt, which could be the reason why we do not often think of the world's largest mangrove forests, simply because they are so close to