The winter season in Kolkata has just begun. Winter has different names in Kolkata- the jaggery season, the “pithe” season (a kind of sweet), the season of peas, the season of oranges, and so on. “Komla Lebu” is an emotion for us, from picnics to
How about a park that mixes one of the best literary works of Bengal with generations of emotions? Apur Sansar Park of New Town’s Action Area IB is one such wonder. The park is situated on a 1.5-acre land behind Snehodiya and is an initiative
Benaras - the very name brings up a lot of emotions, especially for a Bengali girl like me. Growing up in a Bengali household, I was familiar with the place since childhood. Though many hours away from Kolkata by train, Benaras was home to so
Horror comedy is a literary, television, and film genre that combines elements of comedy and horror fiction. Horror comedy is categorized into three types: black comedy, parody, and spoof. It often crosses over with the black comedy genre. Horror comedy can also parody or subtly
Antibiotics provide effective treatment for a wide variety of infections and illnesses. Sir Alexander Fleming, a Scottish researcher, is credited with the discovery of penicillin in 1928. The introduction of penicillin in the 1940s, which began the era of antibiotics, has been recognized as one
Those in Kolkata who had lived from 1939 to 1960, had the good luck to savour the taste of Trincas’ breakfast. Not after that. For the breakfast fever next shifted to Flurys, and Trincas no more served the elaborate English breakfast that it was once
A person’s functional recovery and restoration in society are incomplete without rehabilitation.” This was the keynote set by the Institute of Neurosciences Kolkata (I-NK) last week as the Department of Neuro-Rehabilitation, an integral part of I-NK, conducted its annual continuing medical education (CME) seminar on
It has been sixty-five years since the imposing building of Goethe Institute or Max Mueller Bhavan stands in Kolkata celebrating the Indo-German ties in various ways. And it is indeed a big day. To celebrate the 65th year, Cologne-based artist Katja Davar collaborated with local
Ganga (1960) Cast: Gyanesh Mukherjee, Sandhya Roy, Ruma Guha Thakurta, Moni Srimani, Niranjan Ray, Sita Mukhopadhyay Director: Rajen Tarafdar Watching it today, it seems almost incredible that Ganga was only the second film for director-screenplay writer-actor Rajen Tarafdar, a highly underrated filmmaker whose brief body of work ought
Today we live in an independent India. Independent from foreign rule, oppression, and exploitation. We owe our Independence to many freedom fighters, the youngest one of them was Khudiram Bose. Very little information on Bose is available, it is known to most that Khudiram was