Netaji Nagar and Sonarpur murder cases have rocked Kolkata indeed. They show the vulnerability of elderly couples who live alone in absence of their children, who either live in some other city or abroad. To help the elderly of the city, Kolkata Police has come
Imagine waking up in a shady nook to chirping of birds and going to bed under the starry night listening to the eerie hoot of owls. Fairyland? Well no. You can experience the feathered friends and much more at Coochbehar’s Rashikbil. This quaint lake cum
In the last few years, Kolkata has seen a sudden spurt of murders of elderly people and couples in the upcoming and posh localities of the city. Very recently the Narendrapur and Netaji Nagar murder cases have again entangled names of promoters who had an
Off and on railway stations of India are renamed these days. Recently, a news had made to the headlines about Burdwan station being renamed after freedom fighter Batukeshwar Dutt. But who was Batuk Dutt? Born in a remote village of Burdwan, he joined Chandrashekhar Azad
Khichdi was declared as India’s superfood and promoted as ‘Brand India food,’ a few years ago. But among all the various kinds of Khichdi enjoyed in different states of India, Bengal’s khichuri has a different taste and purpose for preparation. Needless to say, one cannot
Though Bengalis have eulogized Rabindranath Tagore, his only surviving child Rathindranath Tagore who was a phenomenal litterateur, artist, craftsman, translator and scientist remained an unsung hero always. Not just unsung, rather the tragic hero, when he was literally hounded out of his father’s beloved Santiniketan,
Ishrat was married for 15 years and became the mother of four, till one fine day her husband who lived in Dubai for work, suddenly decided to just utter those three words Talaq Talaq Talaq over phone from Dubai. Ishrat’s world broke down. She could
A 1.5 inch wide crack running across two adjoining walls of Victoria Memorial has raised many eyebrows. Experts from IIT Kharagpur and Central Building Research Institute Roorkie, who examined the crack believe it is not a recent one but happened almost 20 years ago. What
The patients are being treated in the state run Raghunathpur Super-speciality Hospital. This is a nodal hospital where a lot of referral cases come from different parts of Purulia. Though the patients get meals from the hospital itself, their relatives, many of who have to
Now, here is a chance to jump around trees like Mowgli of Jungle Book. Or relive your childhood fantasy of ruling the world from a Tree House. Just hop on a train to Purulia and enjoy a tree house adventure at Tongbari near Sonkupi Banjara