The beautiful buildings of Kolkata have always been a sight of sheer architectural brilliance. The variety of designs and the intricate handworks of the buildings have remained everyone’s favourite for a long time. But it seems people have forgotten about such beautiful mansions and moved
Javelin thrower Mishti Karmakar with her father - Image courtesy : News 18 Malda Residents of Malda district are basking in the reflected glory of their gifted young athletic champion, Mishti Karmakar, the girl who has brought laurels for her district with her brilliant performance in
The Jalangi River, formerly known as Kharia, is an arm or distributary of the Ganges river that originates from Ganges or Padma near Bhagawangola in the Murshidabad district of West Bengal. The length of the river 233 km, and it discharges into Bhagirathi-Hooghly near Nabadwip in
Swami Vivekananda Only the other day a news hit the headlines --- on how a ruckus broke among parents of a reputed city school when a child of ten years had mistakenly shared his non-vegetarian tiffin with a classmate coming from a vegetarian family. The immediate
The city was a site of continual trauma and degradation of the human subject during the Bengal Famine that demanded a kind of poetry where ‘Our history will be shaped by/ Hungry stomachs.’ As the young and rebellious poet, Sukanta Bhattacharya asserts in uncompromising tones: My Spring
India is free but she has not achieved unity, only a fissured and broken freedom. At one time it almost seemed as if she might relapse into chaos of separate states which preceded the British conquest. Fortunately, there has now developed a strong possibility that
Chamurchi is famous for its musical stone cave Known for its panoramic beauty and lush green tea gardens, North Bengal’s mystical ‘Chamurchi’, located on the Indo-Bhutan border, is every nature lover’s paradise. Situated 60 km from Jalpaiguri, this quaint little hamlet is a relatively less frequented
Swimmer Rimo Saha Former Russian swimmer, Alexander Popov, known as the Russian Rocket and Czar of Swimming, is widely considered the greatest sprint swimmer in history. He had once said, "The water is your friend
Jhandi,an offbeat destination in Dooars Jhandi is a living, breathing, spectacular Himalayan paradise, where you can spend a weekend surrounded by lush, tropical evergreen forests of sal and pine, home to some of India’s rarest Himalayan flora and fauna. Jhandi’s excellent climate and picture perfect setting,
August 12, World Elephant Day Elephant corridor. This is a phrase that has increasingly become part of our general lexicon. Which could be a bad thing - because it indicates that as human and elephant habitats collide, the discussion on elephant corridors becomes more urgent -