Left : Professor Sourav Chatterjee and Right : Professor Arindam Ghosh Six eminent scientists, including those from MIT, Harvard and Stanford universities, were awarded the prestigious Infosys Prize 2020 on 2nd December for their outstanding contributions to research and innovation. The annual award includes a pure
For the poet, Gagan Harkara was his peon, the great baul exponent Lalan Fakir was his supplier of betel leaves and one of the palkiwallahs was his Guru -- that’s what Santidev Ghosh writes in his book Rabindrasangit, reflecting upon how important post or letter
Pratik Mondal of Aambera village of Bankura is an entrepreneur in his own rights, and so is 30-year-old Radhanath Mandy, who huddle into a fervour every winter from being a sap tapper to running behind locals, boiling huge pots and pans of jaggery, popularly known
Examining the disappearance of the telegram, the pen and the ink pot or even the gramophone record has had a deep connect with Rabindranath Tagore. But how? Tagore had an intimate and inseparable contact with all of these, particularly telegram that he often used to
Thanks to Alipore Zoological Park, you can now easily become a guardian for any animal or bird of your choice. Though the inception of this initiative dates long back, the process of passively adopting animals is becoming more popular with time. The zoo authority claims
‘It is freedom when your spirit conjures up a vision from the inert, to illuminate its every line with the flame of your devotion. You have the magic of life’s touch in your eyes and your dream has come out in a creation in which
West Bengal sets a path breaking example in Plasma Therapy research. A majority of researchers are claiming control trial of plasma therapy on Covid-19 patients under the age of 66 is showing encouraging results. When the West Bengal government decided to set up a plasma
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC-qDA1zIEA McLeod's Light Railways began operations on the Ahmedpur–Katwa Railway connecting Ahmadpur (now Birbhum district) and Katwa (now East Burdwan district) on 29 September 1917 in two phases. The railway was built in 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge and the total length of the
Boi-Thek Khana,a library by the Jadavpur Shramjeevi Trust Do you remember the Jadavpur Shramjeevi Canteen that took shape during the Pandemic Lockdown days? And how the Jadavpur Shramjeevi Trust was formed to facilitate the operation of an alternative health centre? Now Jadavpur Shramjeevi Trust is planning
A century ago Rabindranath Tagore describes Boson particle through Nataraj Nritya! Concept of Light is often presented with contrasting pictures. Experiments often suggest that light consists of tiny particles that look like innumerable corpuscles. This shower of minute objects in today’s parlance are called Bosons, after