There was something about Dolly Roy, the first woman tea taster of India, as well as about her quaint shop Dolly’s – The Tea Shop in a corner of South Kolkata’s Dakshinapan Shopping Centre. She was a trendsetter in her own rights, way back in
Orphans who survived the Bengal famine of 1943 If you run a Google search for Sasank Sekhar De, chances are you won’t come up with too many relevant results. That is, if you are among the handful who still know his name. Because not even his
A slice of history enveloped in antiquity, art and architecture -- that is what sums up Hetampur in Birbhum district of West Bengal. When we speak of Birbhum, the world around and Bengalis will always speak of Tagore’s Santiniketan. But hardly we have ever highlighted
Mirza Abu Talib, better known as Shaista Khan was a Subehdar and a general in the Mughal army. He was a maternal uncle to the emperor Aurangzeb and acted as a key figure during his reign. He ruled Bengal for 24 years (1664-1688) with great
TThe mines at Singbhum have been producing Copper since the last 2500 years. Hindustan Copper Limited extracts copper from these mines. But the port that once used to export copper no more exists. This was called Tampralipta, a port that primarily exported copper. One of
Author Sunil Gangopadhyay Author Sunil Gangopadhyay’s enduring popularity among his dedicated band of readers is the result of his astute understanding of a fundamental weakness in the Bengali psyche: A deep-rooted desire for tacky claim to a glorious literary past. A prolific author, he successfully delved into
Way back in 1997, Narayan Majumdar started his dairy business by collecting milk from farmers in his village on a bicycle. After 23 years of struggle, he can boast of a flourishing dairy empire with three milk processing plants and 22 milk chilling plants spread
The 48th International Kolkata Book Fair is set to take place from January 28 to February 9, 2025, and this year marks a historic milestone as Germany participates as the theme country for the first time in the fair's 48-year history. Germany will present its
How is a quaint shop opened in 1848, by Pyary Mohan Soor in Calcutta’s China Town, doing? By general perception, one would assume it has shut down or sold off. After all a Bengali entrepreneur hardly sustains in the industry more than two generations! Well, that
If Sudder Street has always opened up the view of budget hotels and a primary hub for foreign students who come on back-packing tours, then think twice. This was also the street where Rabindranath Tagore penned down one of his famous poems ‘Nirjharer Shopnobhongo’ (The Awakening of the Fountain). This