While moving around the city, do you often realize that the trees around us are struggling to breathe? The overabundance of advertisements is choking them to death. Trees are being subjected to inhuman torture, with hard nails being dug into their barks to put up
The 3rd edition of Iskule Bioscope- Bhalobashi Bangla Cinema has indeed been able to raise the consciousness about Bengali cinema among school students. The inaugural screening of the event recently took place in Mahadevi Birla World Academy. Dignitaries from eminent five schools were also present
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8PTbrjiMbE Travelling to Bishnupur is not just walking down annals of history, but revisiting the past. The land of Malla Kings not just opens up hidden gems of architecture, but also dying and lost art forms including the famous textiles of Bengal. The architecture of the
If you are a fish-lover you must have heard name of the fish Aar. This fish belongs to the family of catfishes and is also a carnivorous fish that is cooked like meat and is heavenly to taste. But the usual catfishes caught in Bengal
Music helps us fight against all odds. Since it has a unique link to our emotions, it can act as an effective stressbuster, and this tool is used effectively on patients in hospitals of UK and USA. This time it was used during a breast
If you are fond of Bengali literature, you must have read the fascinating novels by Buddhadeb Guha. He has been recipient of many awards including Ananda Purashkar, Shiromani Puraskar, and Sarat Puraskar but this is the first time he will be receiving a D Lit
We all know that plastic is extremely harmful for the environment as it is non-biodegradable. Environmentalists have repeatedly advised us to discard plastic from daily life. Pradip Mondal, a student of Jadavpur University, is showing new ways of using plastic which could have a positive
A quintessential Bengali adda is incomplete without exchange of rebellious ideas over deep fried telebhaja or fritters over a cup of piping hot tea. And when we speak of telebhaja, Lakshmi Narayan Shaw & Sons of North Kolkata immediately tops the list, not just for
We have been acquainted with ‘Shankar’ through his famous books and his tumultuous personal life, where he struggled to earn a livelihood. At times he has been a Feriwala, selling goods on Kolkata’s streets, at times he did odd jobs of a typewriter cleaner, again
If you love pandal hopping during Durga Puja, you must have paid a visit to the iconic puja of Mohammad Ali Park. But this puja will shift out of its 51-year-old venue only for this year. The members of the Mohammad Ali Park Club have