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 -
Eminent Physicist Bikash Sinha Is fundamental science a criminal luxury in India? A revolutionary question that scientist Bikash Sinha, former director of the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics and Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, dared to ask and voiced his concerns on how political leaders are deliberately spending
The state government makes Bengali mandatory as a second language in private English-medium schools Bengal sings with contentment, "Moder gorob, moder asha/Aa mori Bangla bhasha," - the Bengali language is our pride and hope; it is the language we can die for! Bengal has witnessed her
The West Bengal Forest Department received the "Star of Governance SKOCH Award in Forest" for its effective management of the mangrove plantation drive West Bengal has become the Best Performing State in the Forestry Sector in 2022 and has been conferred the ‘Star of Governance SKOCH
Batik sarees from boutique Swati, the main unit of Kakali Das Kapas Batik is an artwork found on clothes, sarees, dupattas, dresses, and household decor. Well, it has been present for centuries and has been among the favourites of people’s choice belonging to all generations. This
The "miracle man", Dr. James Esdaile, was the father of anesthesia Anaesthetists are important in medical science, as they play one crucial role in any surgery. Ensuring that the patient does not feel any pain or discomfort, or the patient does not suddenly wake up mid-surgery
London Saree Walkathon, 2023, organized by ‘British Women in Sarees’ on National Handloom Day Former Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon, announced the Partition of Bengal on 19 July 1905 which resulted in fierce opposition from the nationalists. The Swadeshi Movement was launched on August 7th, 1905
Gita Deyy, a veteran actress in the Bengali film industry If Chhaya Devi was known to the Bengali movie audience as the ‘Mother’ with a personality, Gita Dey was the scheming aunt or mother-in-law. Well, that’s the stereotype she was set into on the movie screen.
Chandrayaan-3 camera designer Anuj Nandi While the world and India celebrated yesterday's space miracle with Chandrayaan 3 successfully landing on the moon’s south pole, making India the first country in the world to land there, a family in West Bengal’s Islampur was ecstatic. Their son and
The main structure in Bhot Bagan math Bengal was a bastion of the early classical Buddhism as a socio-cultural force until the 12th century AD and played a pivotal role in expanding Buddhism in Tibet that eventually became the dominant cultural form in the Himalayan kingdom.