Bengal-born Piali Ray is Director of Sampad, a leading national agency for the development of South Asian Arts and Heritage, based in Birmingham. Piali was conferred an OBE in 2002, falling in line with stalwarts like JK Rowling and Keira Knightly. She was also given
If you thought the time has finally arrived to save nature, in the backdrop of COVID 19 and Cyclone Amphan, then you are wrong. For we should have started doing it long ago, if only we had followed the teaching of visionary Rabindranath Tagore. We
Moloch gibbons, long tailed macaque, sloth bears, gerbils… They jump around on forest trees, just like they come alive on Haludar’s paintings. Paintings that date back two centuries ago! Imagine a Bengali painter under a pseudo-name helping British zoologists and botanists on their expedition, collating
I distinctly remember about 5-6 years ago, my husband had suddenly entered a fish stall in a well-known city supermarket looking for some wonderfully wrapped fish slices and Ilish. I was a bit taken aback, for all my life I was the one shopping for
Joi Hok is an ambitious and challenging public engagement project on Tuberculosis (TB) launched by Sreyashi Basu, a student of the University College of London. After completing her graduation in ‘Infection and Immunology,’ she decided to spread her knowledge to help the community at large.
In his 35-year-career scientist S.P. Gon Chaudhuri has done path-breaking projects in the solar power renewable energy electrification projects across rural India. From the first floating solar plant of India to Janta solar ATMs in rural India that run on solar power, S.P. Gon Chaudhuri
When Bengal’s all-time favourite Hilsa or Ilish Maach is served in royal style befitting a queen with members of some well-known royal families giving you company, then the fish tastes even better and the dishes turn to signature ones. Along with that, throw in a
• How did the idea of starting a ‘Community Publishing’ model come up? Books have been my mainstay for as long as I can remember. Thus, entering the business of making books was a natural enough choice coupled with the fact that I had read Literature
World renowned photographer Kounteya Sinha gives an exclusive GB interview to Saheli Mitra, about his latest global project New Homelands and why he loves returning to Kolkata • What is the new EU project New Homelands all about? New Homelands was both a path-breaking and a brave