Chandra Shekhar Ghosh-Founder, MD & CEO of Bandhan Bank In 2014, when the Reserve Bank of India named the two organisations which had been awarded banking licences that year, not too many Indians would have heard of Chandra Shekhar Ghosh or his non-banking financial company (NBFC) Bandhan Financial
Kolkata is all set to join the big club of international cities like Berlin, London, Munich, Moscow and Istanbul, thanks to the Kolkata’s metro railway. Kolkata was the first city in India to have had the underground transit system and though in subsequent years, many
To the people of Charida, a sleepy village of Bengal, masks mean ancient tribal Chhau masks, that are colourful and a work of art. It is believed Chhau dance originated in the soldiers’ barracks (chhauni) of the past when Rarh (part of Bengal, Bihar and
Trees are the oldest friends of humans; human civilization itself thrived upon the fruits, flowers, shade, and other offerings that trees provided. In recent times, as humans are deviating away from the greenery and getting involved in the machinery-dominated world, the cries of nature seem
Mountaineer Debasis Biswas Russian-Kazakhstani mountaineer Anatoli Boukreev had once said, “Mountains are not stadiums where I satisfy my ambition to achieve, they are the cathedrals where I practice my religion.” What compels mountaineers to risk everything and summit dangerous peaks like Mount Everest, they do not
When it comes to sweet delicacies, none can beat Bengalis. However, in the recent past with introduction of many North Indian sweets on the Bengali platter, many of our indigenous sweets are missing and some are on way of extinction. This is primarily because many
Paritosh Biswas, announcer, Sealdah station There are many instances that remind us how fortunate and blessed we are with what we have. The little things that we often forget about are the ones that matter the most. Paritosh Biswas is a visually impaired individual who surpassed
Are you missing Bengal’s favourite Phoolkopir Shingara? Or even the Maacher or Fish Shingaras on a monsoon afternoon? Well, this favourite tea-time snack of every Bengali has an exotic history attached to it. The neatly folded, tightly packed savoury goodness that we thought belonged to
Kolkata’s celebrated identifiers include, among other things, the legendary yellow taxis that have been a staple of our streets since they were introduced in 1958. The legacy of those tough yellow mean machines lives on, albeit fighting a losing battle, among the people who grew
Meet Sankha Kar, who was destined to venture into the world of art. But unlike his father, who used a paintbrush to create an image on the canvas, Sankha played around with the camera obscura and successfully created numerous gems that caught the eyes of