Are you aware of the flora and fauna of the State? In our busy lives, we often tend to forget about the ecosystem and how big a role it plays in keeping our atmosphere in check. Animals play a crucial role in maintaining the balance
How about viewing a bit of Bengal’s own Kantha work on a 1915 painting by the famous surrealist artist Marc Chagall? Art connoisseurs know why his painting The Birthday (1915) had made waves in a new direction when it was created. A couple is seen
Chandmoni Hembrom, a teenage music prodigy from Hooghly’s Itachuna village has taken cybercitizens across the country by storm. The sensational singer’s full-throated melodious rendition of Neha Kakkar’s song, O humsafar, without musical accompaniment, was posted in social media and immediately it caught the attention of
The district of Malda is traditionally known for its mangoes which have an international reach. But now the farmers of Habibpur block have introduced a new medicinal herb cultivation that has shown great promise as a cash crop. Recently, Malda District Magistrate visited Habibpur to inspect the
The thrill that you feel when you explore the city and find a new bookstore is unmatched. A paradise of books waiting to be explored by book lovers, Kolkata bookworms have got a New Haven. Different genres starting from fiction, non-fiction, thriller, comics, paperbacks, hard
In 2021, the dissension between firecracker manufacturers and environmentalists in West Bengal led them to knock at the door of the Calcutta High Court. The High Court ordered a total ban on the sale, use, and purchase of all types of firecrackers in the state.
Most human beings have an inborn desire to look pretty and attractive. But nobody is born ‘perfect’ and hence people start focusing on their appearances as they grow up and feel the need to fix up their body and facial features. This is where cosmetic
‘In a forest of a hundred thousand trees, no two leaves are alike. And no two journeys along the same path are alike’ ― Paulo Coelho Trees cannot speak in human language, they cannot voice their grievances, their protests and hence political manifestos choose to look
In the world of fantasy, shoes have a special connect with magic and the supernatural. There are many children’s stories where elves or ghosts with special magical powers seem to do the most extraordinary deeds with shoes. One of the earliest fiction, ‘The Elves and
Our ways of communication have come a long way from telegrams to the telegram app, from letters to emails, from postcards to Instagram, from maintaining a diary to updating our thoughts on Twitter, and so on. This change has not occurred in the span of a few years rather