https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_NhMrNA-Zs The Hindu College was established on January 20, 1817, exactly 203 years ago and was renamed the ‘Presidency College’ in 1885. Among its celebrated founders and contributors were Raja Ram Mohan Roy, David Hare, Sir. Edward Hyde East (the then Chief Justice of Supreme Court
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuKb9AdObSs They have not just won over the hearts of Kolkatans, but also over crime against women in the city. Winners --- the all women patrol squad of Kolkata Police has had phenomenal success in curbing crime against women in the city since its inception in
The smoky, dull skyline of Kolkata turns into a riot of colours as dusk descends. Children shrieking and playing in parks, lanes or on roof tops wind up the day’s match and reluctantly drag their feet, all homeward bound. And then suddenly, the faint tinker
“Those who know the English colonies abroad know that we carry with us our pride, pills, prejudices, Harvey-sauces, cayenne peppers and other Lares, making a little Britain wherever we settle down…” That’s what William Makepeace Thackeray says in The Vanity Fair. English novelist William Makepeace
Nothing can inspire a Bengali soul more than a bite on their favourite sweets or tasting that hot koraishutir kochuri or a Sunday meal of Panthar Mangsher Jhol! Food and Bengalis are inseparable. The amalgamation of Purba and Paschim Bangla has given on the Bengali
Amar ei gurudakshina, guru ke janai pronam… that last Kishore Kumar Bengali song before his death could have probably not found a better actor to sing on stage other than Tapas Pal. It was 1987, to be precise, almost a decade after Pal’s first film
A dilapidated structure stands as testimony of a rich and glorious past of Bengal with the ruins of a grand terrace, a staircase full of weeds, rickety bricks jutting out on the banks of the mighty Ganges. This is the mansion where Chhabi Biswas in
Expelliarmus, Stupefy, Expecto Patronum! These magical words transport us from the real, mundane world to a fantasy land where boarding the Hogwarts Express at platform 9 ¾ can take you to the iconic School of Witchcraft and Wizardry at Hogwarts. J.K Rowling’s intelligent articulation, ability
Just like Marc Riboud once said: ‘Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second,’ well-known senior bureaucrat Atri Bhattacharya probably felt and practiced that passion in real-life. His exhibition of photographs at the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) gallery testifies the
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNtBxwEf4is The plains of lush green and fertile Bengal have always boasted of the best varieties of paddy since time immemorial. Not just one of the leading states in paddy production, Bengal has also given to the world some of the unique varieties of rice with specific