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
Dr. Suman Chakraborty, Professor of the Mechanical Engineering department at IIT, Kharagpur, and Professor J.C. Bose National Fellow Recipient, is a former recipient of the Dr. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award, India's highest civilian honour in the field of science and the prestigious Infosys Award. And now, according
Come summer and people in the Indian subcontinent go crazy about mangoes. The world loves the beautiful ripe, sweet succulent, and delectable ‘King of fruits,’ but when it comes to Bengalis, they go banana over ‘Aam.’ Mango in every form, raw or ripe, pickled or
Children nowadays have different distractions such as mobile phones, video games, and tons of other stuff. Technological advancement has its pros and cons which affect the students both negatively and positively. But some children are out to use technology for the advancement of the world.
Whether it's a rare blood supermoon, a Moon with a pinkish hue, or a near-total lunar eclipse – human beings have always been fascinated by what’s happening in the sky. So why are people so intrigued? According to Nelson-based space scientist Duncan Steel, space is spectacular, continues to surprise people,
(The author is the founder of 'Patharpratima Runners', an organization for cultivation and seed conservation). Traditionally, the low-lying delta of Sundarbans was fertile land and in the kharif season, there used to be a substantial yield of various types of indigenous rice varieties without the use of any
All these years there was a perception that southern states of India grow the ever-worldwide popular coconut in abundance and hence help in the export and marketing of coconuts worldwide, boosting the rural agro-economy. However, West Bengal is not far behind. Thanks to the Coconut Development Board
‘Save Trees, Save plants, Save Birds, Save Waterbodies’…. But what about saving seeds? And that too seeds of indigenous varieties of crops that were harvested probably by our ancestors decades ago and lost the race to high yielding, genetically modified, costly cousins that have flooded the
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
“Hello, hello the Statesman. Speaking from Barrackpore Race Course…” From all recorded accounts, this was the first wireless message that went out from Calcutta, on March 12, 1922. The technology behind the message came from the Marconi Marine Wireless Company, which had opened an office