It is a typical weekday morning at the Bishnupur market. People move on busily and the entire place is buzzing with activity: shouts, screams, buyers haggling with hawkers, shopkeepers vying for prospective buyers’ attention. But amid this din, in a corner, a big crowd huddles
Doctors at Kolkata’s PG Hospital witnessed a ground-breaking achievement in public healthcare by a successful removal of one of the largest known Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasms (SPN) ever recorded, saving the life of a 17-year-old girl from Kaliachak in Malda district. The rare pancreatic tumour, found at the head of
A meditative hill, and at its base, a river rests in silence. As far as the eye can see, stretches of green forests filled with sal, palash, and teak trees surround the scene. Amidst this quiet beauty stands Murguma, a serene reservoir at the foothills of the
Many things are deeply associated with Purba Bardhaman district, and among them, the folk theatre tradition is undeniably renowned and popular. Folk theatre was once very popular all over Bardhaman, but it has dramatically declined in recent years. In this near-extinct condition, two forms of folk theatre are still found
OThere is a strange kind of sieve of acceptance and rejection within the world of theatre. According to me, "Bengali theatre," means the people associated with theatre in Bengal. Bijon Bhattacharya has been respectfully set aside, kept outside our familiar and practiced circles. The one
OWhen we’re young, we’re taught that planting trees is important because they give us oxygen. However, no one tells us that trees are essential for many other reasons as well. It's not just about planting — protecting big, grown trees is just as important. Children are
On World Tiger Day, 29th July 2025, an inspiring initiative was launched at Baghbon, located in the bird haven on the fringes of the Sundarbans Tiger Reserve, by SHER (Society for Heritage & Ecological Research) at their Community Resource and Knowledge Centre. The core message of
There are singers, great singers and then there is Kishore Kumar, God’s gift to mankind. An unschooled singer who had no classical training, Kishore Kumar was a genius, a master of all trades — be it his mellifluous, deep baritone voice that could breathe life into
Is Tollygunge just a bustling neighbourhood? Well, even if it is one today, there was a time when it was the name of a long road stretch covered with dense forest land called Russapugla with an abundance of mangrove vegetation. This was until the British
