Most of the numerous documentaries and feature films telling stories of India and its journey to Independence celebrate the nation’s firebrand and well known freedom fighters. Nalinikanta Bagchi is unlikely to be among them. Instead, he remains one of the scores of unsung, forgotten heroes,
When a poet meets a scientist, sparks flow down the intellectual universe and that’s exactly what transpired between Rabindranath Tagore and Albert Einstein when they met a couple of times. However, the twain never met in minds, probably because of their diverse thought processes on
Conceived by a Muslim. Carried out by Hindus. On church property. All the activity centring around a quintessentially Bengali art form. Confusing as it sounds, the explanation is simple. Veteran journalist, communications consultant and social activist Mudar Patherya has quietly begun yet another campaign to not
To begin with a cliché, some truths are universal. The kind of truth that Pakistani filmmaker Saim Sadiq talks about in his debut film ‘Joyland’. The kind of truth that gives birth to freedom and openness, and pushes for an end to gender discrimination. Openness of
If one takes a walk along the eastern footpath of Cornwallis Street – heading east from the southern end, one still gets to discover glorious landmarks of the past. The grand houses, though a tad bit has worn out, still stand in all their grandeur.
Asimple Google search will tell you what Dr Asim K. Dutta Roy is renowned for. That you need to search for him at all is unfortunate, because this is a man all of India should be celebrating. Anyway, just make sure you include the keyword
Harry Potter fans will cry hoarse to convince the non-initiated about the existence of Platform Nine and Three-Quarters (Platform 9¾). It is a platform at King's Cross Station in London. Magically concealed behind the barrier between Muggle Platforms Nine and Ten, this Platform is where
Image Courtesy : Reuters He stands 1.69 m tall. That’s just a little over 5 ft 5 inches. That’s how tall Lionel Messi actually is. But ask any of the people who were present at Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan on a magical evening in 2011, and
It all started in 1717 when the erstwhile East India Company obtained the right to rent from 38 villages surrounding their settlement along the banks of the Hooghly from the Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar. Of these, five villages lay across the Hooghly in what is present-day
At 65, Sheikh Nazim is one of Kolkata’s old ‘bhistiwalas’ (water carriers). Every day, he walks along the city’s lanes and bylanes, witness to the living history of its brick and mortar heritage. One of the last survivors of our rapidly changing times, he is