Pareidolia (noun): “a situation in which someone sees a pattern or image of something that does not exist, for example, a face in a cloud”. This is the Cambridge Dictionary definition of pareidolia, a term sometimes used in psychology to indicate a disorder related to
Suman Sadhu shares his reaction after reading the book and talking with the author. On March 22, 2020, the first nationwide lockdown (Janata Curfew) was imposed to battle against the Covid-19 outbreak. Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged Indian citizens to voluntarily stay indoors, implement ‘social distancing’
That the Kolkata International Book Fair has gone virtual this year, in its 45th edition, is now old news. Earlier this week, Tridib Chatterjee, general secretary of the Publishers & Booksellers Guild, held a press conference to announce as much, saying that Kolkata Book Fair
Je radhe, shey chul-o badhe, wasn’t that a very common Bengali proverb used by our mothers and grandmothers? Well, famous Bengali author Leela Majumdar, whose books for children have over decades even inspired adults, also happened to be a cook with a difference! In an interview
From experience, and from reading and listening to countless interviews, Conversations with Nobel Prize-winning Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee (though he seems to have dropped the ‘Vinayak’ in recent times) are apt to switch from life, to world economics, to vegetables, to clothes, with equal ease. From
Sheikh Mohammad Makim of Daffarchak village in Jangipara, Hooghly, is cultivating black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens), a common and widespread fly of the family Stratiomyidae. Black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) are an alternative source of protein for aquaculture, animal feed, pet food and human nutrition. Yes.
‘Que sera, sera/ Whatever will be, will be… A couple of days ago I was scrawling my Facebook account when suddenly my attention was transfixed on a post. It was an exquisite ‘alpana’ (colourful motifs, sacred art or painting done with hands and paint on auspicious
“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” (Walt Disney) Disney would know. After all, we are familiar with Disney’s rocky road to success and how this man’s vision laid the groundwork for the company to become the media giant
West Bengal and Kolkata have a long association with nature. Poet Nazrul Islam had once written, “Ami hobo shokalbelar pakhi/ Shobar agay kusum bagay/ Uthbo ami daki” (I shall be the morning bird who will fly to the flower garden at dawn and chirp before
In 1989, when a 16-year-old Sachin Tendulkar made his international debut against Pakistan, the cricket community was taken by storm. But cricket has undergone a sea change since then. For one thing, it has grown younger. For another, it has become much more inclusive. So