WPart I of this narrative, which you can read here, described the rise of the White criminal or ‘saheb chor’ in 18th and 19th-century Calcutta, and the heavy involvement of European adventurers in the Chaitan Sil robbery case. One of those adventurers turned approver in the
We often hear the heroic stories of revolutionaries who have given their lives for the independence of our motherland. The huge number of people who had taken part in the freedom struggle and so many lost their loved ones, all for the sake of a
On January 29, 1795, a “gang of white dacoits led by a Bengali guide” invaded the home of wealthy Bengali shop owner Chaitan Sil in Calcutta. Sil was also later known as the father of ‘Mutty Lall Seal’ (Motilal Sil), the famed philanthropist who went
The Asia- Oceania Parkinson and Movement Disorder Conference (AOPMC), 2023 was held in Kolkata recently. It is the largest International Congress on Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders and it was hosted by the Institute of Neurosciences Kolkata (I-NK) at ITC Royal Bengal. This stood out
One of the biggest challenges that modern civilization is facing every day is preventing environmental pollution, and by saving rainwater, we could take a positive step toward it. Although we are well aware of the fact that we should treasure water, our generic mentality is
A marathon to promote and protect some of Bengal’s most beautiful heritage structures? With less than a month to go for International Day for Monuments and Sites (or World Heritage Day), celebrated on April 18 by the UN every year, here’s some news from Malda
Poetry can be both a repository and a vehicle. It can soothe and agitate in equal measure. It can both heal and wound, extinguish and inspire. Such lofty thoughts have come to us because today is World Poetry Day, and love them or hate them,
Song of trees, sprouting of new leaves, swaying of branches --- fragile ecosystems affected only by human greed. That’s why and how we have destroyed forests, made the Earth less green and more polluted. On this International Day of Forests, here is the story of
Despite the short span of spring in the Indian climate, the blazing blossoms of "Palash" offer themselves as the sole indicator of the blooming season ahead in Bengal. While Bengal is covered in red "Palash," a corner of Calcutta remains draped in pink trumpets akin
