Aurobindo Ghosh was an extremely meritorious student and topped most examinations he gave. Even his British teachers were in awe of the English language he used to write essays. In the following letter written to his father, Aurobindo speaks on how his examiner, the well-known
He hails from a village near Baruipur in South 24 Parganas. But over the last couple of months Salauddin and 200 men working for him directly and indirectly in his hometown as well as his Bhowanipore godown in south Kolkata and are super busy. Why?
This dates back to the time when the missionaries were active in Bengal in the education sector and was also spreading Christianity. Babus of Kolkata held several meetings to find a suitable solution under the leadership of Radhakanta Deb, the head of the Kayastha community
On August 28, East Bengal Club will take on ATK Mohun Bagan FC at Kolkata’s Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Krirangan (VYBC), or ‘Salt Lake Stadium’ as we call it. Those who mock the fever-pitch excitement of fans on both sides of the East Bengal-Mohun Bagan rivalry
Jayant Kripalani - Mokama Rly Station As India gears up for the 75th anniversary of its Independence this year, it is important to remember one more very significant occasion - the 15oth birth anniversary of Aurobindo Ghosh or Rishi/ Sri Aurobindo (born August 15, 1872), and
The July 1843 edition of the now defunct ‘Calcutta Journal of Natural History’, edited by John Mclelland of the Bengal Medical Service and Asiatic Society, contained an interesting paper by a now unknown author, titled ‘Proposal to form a Zoological Garden in Calcutta’. Citing the example
Chaitali Dasgupta, Saswati Guhathakurta, Chhanda Sen, Tarun Chakraborty, Pankaj Saha – if these names strike a chord, and you can instantly recall the faces associated with them, then you most probably grew up watching, or simply watched a lot of, DD Bangla in the 1970s,
Bengali classic films form a formidable part of Indian cinematic culture but the conditions of countless Bengali films are pathetic. But now thanks to WB Government’s initiative, restoration and preservation of timeless Bengali films has started at Chalachchitra Satabarsha Bhaban in Tollygunge, Kolkata (Cinema Centenary
For the younger generation of Bengalis, the phrase ‘Baishe Srabon’ would probably mean the 2011 film by Srijit Mukherji. For their slightly older counterparts, it could also mean the 1960 film of the same name by Mrinal Sen. The origin of both titles, of course,
A year passed as an exile. Classes all day, laboratory classes with undergrads twice a week, coming home to whatever meals I could rustle up. There was no telling what I would eat. The first semester, I would eat potato chips with rice. What else