Most of us have heard people say, “It’s just not in the cards for me to …” when things didn’t work out the way they planned but when someone “holds all the cards,” he or she is in charge of a situation. City teenager Arnav
Imagine ladies running in a saree. And why not? If sprint challenges, short and long-distance runs are the order of the day and are being made popular in the urban circles with competitions thrown in, then why not a ‘Run in a Saree?’ The woman
Twelve years ago, in 2011 when Mamata Banerjee assumed power in West Bengal, the state’s outstanding debt was around Rs 1, 92,000 crores. Hon’ble Chief Minister Banerjee and the then-Finance Minister and now Economic Adviser to CM, Amit Mitra, called it “a huge burden to
Nakashipara in West Bengal’s Nadia district may soon become a model for the rest of the country if a NITI Aayog recommendation is anything to go by. National Institute for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog serves as the apex public policy think tank of the Government of
On February 28, 1928, Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman announced to the world the path breaking joint discovery with Sir KS Krishnan that was to become known as the ‘Raman Effect’ – a discovery that continues to have a profound impact on modern telecommunications, spectroscopy, remote
The place looks like the eerie front courtyard of a haunted house. The dark, dimly lit tram shed of Nonapukur Tram Depot is a story just opposite to the bustling locality of Gariahat around. But this Sunday it was abuzz with activities as one after
Upcoming events in Kolkata this week EVENT : HARANER NAATJAMAI DATE : 2ND March VENUE : Academy TIME : 6.30 PM EVENT : tête-à-tête - a private conversation DATE : 3rd March - 9th March VENUE : CHHOBI - O - GHOR ART GALLERY 16 Lake Temple Road , Kolkata ,West Bengal EVENT :
Since childhood, most Bengali children are taught the pronunciation of the Bengali alphabet ‘Sh” by referring to a limerick that goes like this: ‘Syam Bajarer Sossi Babu/ Sombar sokaale,/Sorsoriye cycle chepe/ Salir sathe sosa khete khete/ Sosorire swarge jaan’. Throughout the poem, the alphabet Sh
During Gandhiji's last visit to Santiniketan in 1940, a year before Rabindranath’s death, the two discussed the future of Visva Bharati. On the day of Gandhiji's departure (February 19), the poet requested in a letter that, in his absence, Gandhiji should focus on Visva Bharati;
She has stood there for almost a century, like a grand witness to a gradual change from the colonial era to the present-day mayhem, of a city that refuses to stand still. Howrah Station’s famous Boro Ghori turns 94 this year. And though over the