Image Courtesy : Facebook - Nirmala Mishra - FanPage Emon Ekti Jhinuk Khunje Pelam Na… That mellifluous rendition of a widely popular song down generations had opened up a vista of waves taking you to the shores of a roaring sea. That was the power
Diehard Kolkatans know full well what a typical Kolkata fish market is like. Chaotic, messy, smelly, yet strangely exhilarating. And the hilarious conversations between seller and buyer would probably form a book! Indeed, humour is never far from the life of the average Bengali. These
When you think of Bengal masters in the field of art, no matter how short your list, Ganesh Haloi (b. 1936), Jogen Chowdhury (b. 1939), and Sanat Kar (b. 1935) will be on it. And for the first time, all three are being brought together
Bagh Bandi We don’t know if you have ever played it, or even heard of it, but Bagh Bandi is a two-player strategy board game which has its origins in southern Bengal. With a name like that, which literally means ‘captured tiger’ in Bengali, it is
According to archived Project Tiger data, between 1989 and 1997, the Royal Bengal Tiger count at Buxa Tiger Reserve (BTR) averaged around 30, with 32 tigers counted in 1997. And then came a prolonged period of nothing, as the tiger all but disappeared from BTR,
Bank of Bengal building With the uproar generated by Mumbai lawyer Vedika Chaubey filing a case against actor Ranveer Singh for his nude photoshoot, and the ongoing Enforcement Directorate (ED) proceedings against West Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee and his associates for alleged financial irregularities, we
Dr Sushovan Banerjee, the physician from Bolpur, known as ‘Ek Takar Daktar’ (one rupee doctor) for treating poor patients for just a rupee, is no more. Today he breathed his last at a hospital in Kolkata. He was a general physician who had been treating
Almost like a colonial matriarch nurturing her heritage roots, the city of Kolkata holds culture and tradition close to its heart. Once the capital of British-India, Kolkata's historical legacy is intrinsically linked to its colonial past. The colonial city was developed by the East India
They’ve just wheeled Mukti into the surgery ward. My wife, on a stretcher pushed along by a few unfamiliar women. Nurses. Wearing operation theatre caps and surgical robes. Their eyes reflect the emergency. Serious, very serious eyes. Mukti is completely unconscious. She doesn’t know what is
Not many in West Bengal, forget the rest of India, are aware of Kumudini Homes Higher Secondary School, spread across a vast campus in the beautiful hill town of Kalimpong. But the days of anonymity may soon be a thing of the past. For the