As the deadly COVID-19 or Corona Virus wreaks havoc across the globe, killing thousands and infecting millions, one data that comes up repeatedly is how the virus can survive on surfaces and fabric for many hours, depending on the nature of the surface and the
He was the quintessential ‘Everyman.’ With a crown full of unruffled, matted hair, the strap of a much-used, shabby cotton tote bag hanging from one side of his lean shoulder containing useful tools – his sketch books, pens, pencils and ink bottles and a very
Happiness is a double decker bus…Sitting at the front of the top deck on a double-decker bus. Excellent, you can see forever. Commuters who availed those cherry-red double decker buses in Kolkata till the mid-1990s, turn nostalgic and misty-eyed when they are asked to share their
In May 1898, Calcutta saw a huge plague epidemic. It was during this time, when Swami Vivekananda along with his disciples and Sister Nivedita started relief operations immediately to help the afflicted. The plague epidemic that seized Calcutta created mass hysteria. Other than the relief
With the Corona Virus spreading fast across the globe and World Health Organisation declaring it as a pandemic, scientists across the world, from Israel, to India, to US and Canada are trying to invent a drug or a vaccine to fight the deadly virus. One
Pottery has always been an integral part of Bengal. Beginning from the Chalcolithic period (the Chalcolithic period refers to that part of Old World prehistory wedged between the first farming societies called Neolithic, and the urban and literate societies of the Bronze Age) down to
Bank frauds and bank crises in India is nothing new. It has been an integral part of Indian financial history and in 1913, John Maynard Keynes after surveying the state of banking in the country, wrote in Indian Currency and Finance, “In a country so
As India wakes up to the sudden increase of Corona virus patients, a disease that has caused havoc across the world, killing thousands, we are often reminded of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic that had ripped India and Kolkata, causing mass deaths. What is also
Two of his novels were briefly banned on charges of obscenity, and the case against his famous novel Prajapati, was settled in the Supreme Court of India. Despite controversies surrounding him, Samaresh Basu was probably one of the most prolific writers of Bengali literature, who
He was introduced to the Bengali movie audience by none other than stalwart directors like Tapan Sinha and Tarun Majumdar. He was the perfect bhadrolok both on and off-screen. Tollywood will definitely miss actor Santu Mukherjee who died yesterday after a long battle with cancer. Born