Babul mora naihar chhooto hi jaye… the poet, the singer, the musician and the Shatranjke Khiladi. He was dethroned and uprooted from the place he loved – Lucknow and was sent by the British to Kolkata on exile. Jab chhorchale Lucknow Nagri, kahehalke hum por kya
Khoka bolillo: ‘Hai re ponkhiraj, tomar din giyachhe. Ekhon katto gari, ki tader goti…ek nimeshei huuushhhh..’ Ponkhiraj hasia bolillo: ‘Na go khoka, ami jekhane chhilam sei khanei achhi.’ Khoka bolillo: ‘Kothay?’ Ponkhiraj bolillo: ‘Keno..tomar mone’…. That’s what famous Bengali author Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay wrote, one whose short stories had
Dr. Asok Ganguly is a leading city dermatologist and also an avid traveller This beautiful Byzantine styled building has a great history written within itself. It was built by the British in 1930.The young and brave souls of Bengal revolted against the British rule. Those of
For me road is the endless journey to that unknown. And hence I often indulge on weekend road-trips whenever I get some free time and Bengal has so many hidden treasures in every district. On one such road journey to Purulia, I had stumbled upon