From the food we intake to the essentials we purchase to the homes we build or the energy we consume every day, everything matters for the environment. Our daily choices determine how long the environment can be preserved. However, a MoEFCC programme, namely Mission LiFE
MasterChef Australia 2021 became witness to a startling rendition when participant Kishwar Chowdhury presented her dish named ‘Smoked Rice Water’ in front of the judges. To state it quite proudly, her dish was a humble adaptation of ‘panta bhaat’ – an oh-so-common dish found widely
Ashtonishing to the ears may it seem, but Barnali Chanda of Karbala, Chinsurah, has become the youngest to achieve the black belt in Shotokan Karate. And that too, at the tender age of 6 years! She started taking karate lessons when she was only three
Seema Dutta Chatterjee may not be a familiar name for most people but players and sports enthusiasts are well acquainted with this young powerlifter-housewife from Durgapur, who has made the country proud time and again with her consistent performance in the last couple of years.
House number 29 on Fariapukur Street in North Kolkata lay in a derelict state for a long time. But people in the locality were suddenly taken by surprise when they noticed extensive repair work on the house started. The thick sturdy walls were whitewashed and
Bengalis and their love for mangoes are an eternal love story. Summers in Bengal are intolerable; with rising temperatures and the increase in heat waves, it has become almost impossible to survive. The Bengalis may sweat uncontrollably, shower two to three times a day, and
Ma left me very silently. She just concealed herself somewhere, away from us. I was at that moment mid-air, returning to Kolkata from Mumbai. My brother was in Kolkata, may be was busy with his work. Baba was alone at home then. Ma left her companion,
In 1883, Parsi businessman Jamshedji Framji Madan came to Kolkata. With a background in theatre, he was keen on switching over to the stage from his earlier business of army canteen supplies. By 1902, Madan had bought Corinthian Hall (renamed Corinthian Theatre), and was screening
Remember Rabindranath Tagore’s short story ‘Dakghar,’ where Amal, the eight-year-old terminally ill protagonist is confined to his bed? His only contact with the outside world is through his window. From there he watches village life and engages in eager conversations with the passers-by from the
In a clearing amidst mango orchards and fields stands a golden coloured statue. The subject of the statue is the last autonomous nawab of Bengal, Siraj-ud-Daulah, whose defeat in 1757 at the hands of the British set in motion a chain of events that would