It was a rainy August evening in the village of Panchal in Bankura. Farmer Bhairab Saini, famous for his rare lost variety of Bengal paddy cultivation in Bankura clusters, was returning from a hard day of work in the fields. He was accompanied by his
“How many roads can you travel to be called a traveller? How far can you stay away from your home? We only think of the people who are sufferers, the road is our destination” --- that’s what Kakali Ghosh, IC Baruipur Women’s Police Station, has
A recent letter stirred the hornet’s nest, not above the world’s highest peak, but down below in the world of mountaineering. Kalyan Chakraborty, Secretary of the Radhanath Sikdar Himalayan Museum, wrote a letter to the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI) Principal that said: ‘At the order
Being a scholar student of Amity School of Films and Drama, Rishav Ghosh has written and directed several films, the most notable being ‘Synthetic Sati’ recently streaming on Amazon Prime UK and four leading national OTT platforms. His ‘Agamani’ is streaming in Bangladesh OTT, marking
“Where have the 50 million mangroves gone? Last year, there was big talk that they would be planted. How many have actually been planted?” that’s what West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had asked outright at an official review meeting recently. Banerjee herself inaugurated the
14 year-old Kharagpur boy Archisman sets two Asia records for qualifying in 73 Olympiads and presenting a Mathematics Research Paper. Presently studying in Class-IX in St. Agnes School, Kharagpur he won the titles from the coveted Asia Book of Records (ABR) and India Book of
‘Photography is an austere and blazing poetry of the real.’ That’s what young photographer Pubarun Basu from North Kolkata, Bagbazar area projects through his photography skills from behind the camera. An ardent fan of Marvel movies Pubarun says, “I would either click or process pictures.
The Sherpa community has long been the backbone of mountaineering in the Himalayas. This obvious statement bears repetition, because the Himalayas without Sherpas would be like the top of Mount Everest without snow. Tough, dedicated, gritty, unflinching, adventurous - the adjectives write themselves. And an
“It was in the middle of the night and my Covid positive father was in dire need of oxygen. My mother and brother both were tested covid positive. I was in desperation. One of my friends contacted the volunteers and with great relief they supplied
The second wave of COVID-19 has wreaked havoc in India. People are facing difficulties in finding vacant beds, ICU support and oxygen cylinders to treat themselves or their family members. With the rising trend of COVID-19 cases in West Bengal, demand for hospital beds has