Remember the cinematic magic created by the trio Soumitro Chatterjee, Aparna Sen and Rituparna Sengupta in Paromitar Ekdin? The adda sessions over coffee seemed more like real life conversations which linger in our hearts even today. The duo is all set to recreate this magic
Ever thought about a village that breathes music? Not far from the cacophony of Kolkata lies this dreamland where chaos has not been able to drown the music that lies in every corner of the village. Dadpur village of Uluberia is the centre of a
Will power and perseverance - these were all that the tribal boy from Ridak Tea Estate of Alipurduar had in his favour. The story of Paban Toppo’s achievement of gold medal in his post-graduation seems like a fairytale far from reality. He is the first
Another Bengali makes us proud. Pinaki Chandra Ghosh, former justice of the Supreme Court has been appointed as the first ‘Lokpal’ of India. Justice Ghosh retired in 2017 and is currently a member of National Human Rights Commission. He shot to fame when had declared
Psychosocial disability happens to be one of the greatest challenges of human rights of this century and continues to be a marganilzed area of disability. People suffering from psychosocial disabilities are subjected to varied forms of social stigma and discrimination which includes major hindrances when
Ponchishe baisakh has a special place our hearts, this is the day when Rabindranath Tagore, the man who rules the hearts of the majority of Bengalis was born. Vishwa Bharati, the university founded by Tagore as the melting pot of students who flocked from across
Tea Tourism is a relatively new concept which had been introduced in the Darjeeling Tea Estates around a decade back. The popularity of the unique experience of tea gardens, led to tea tourism and it is on the rise, with the mushrooming of such ventures
If you have been to Santiniketan in Spring or during Basanta Utsav, you must have watched hordes of urbanites crowding the scene with ornaments of Palash flowers adorning them. Once upon a time Rabindranath Tagore himself had encouraged girls and women ashramites to wear these
It’s that time of Spring in Bengal when hundreds of urbanites will flock to the Land of Tagore, to enjoy the whiff of a different Holi. For this is the land of Santiniketan, where Holi or Dol is celebrated as Basanta Utsav, where nature and
International Women’s Day is just over. Women are doing extremely well in every sphere of life. Politics in Bengal is not an exception. The Lok Sabha candidate list has been announced by TMC, and around 41 percent of the candidates are women. One of the most