A spider web is the most common sight found in the corner of a dilapidated room which is not cleaned regularly. Until now, it had been looked upon with a lot of disgust, but now, the researchers of IIT Kharagpur have found a great possibility
A dingy cell of British India’s notorious prison, where revolutionaries were treated like dogs, a burly British police officer using clippers to just uproot the nails of a man, tied to a chair. The man in question sits steady, without even a flicker of his
When recent news of poachers killing rhinos in North Bengal’s sanctuary, hits the headlines, one wonders how the greed of human recklessly will destroy the wildlife of the world. Be it the poachers of North Bengal, Nepal, Assam killing rhinos for money, or the educated
Kalighat painting or pat was not a well-recognized form of art and took years even to be marked as a proper art form. Today it has a wide influence in various forms of art throughout the world. Kalighat Pat is the only indigenous art of
Panshkura of East Midnapore has always been well-known for its flower production. Various types of flowers, especially rose, rhizoid, gladiolas, golden rods and chrysanthemums are cultivated here throughout the year, that find place in the wholesale markets of Kolkata and other states of India. However,
Remember that stern-faced mother who refused to fit into the submissive docile archetype, or that emotionally strong silent matriarch, the mother of Rina Brown who forever refused to let the world know of her true identity? Well, that personality was none other than Chhaya Devi.
These days the plight of farmers across the country is enormous. Due to bumper productions of vegetables like potato, onion etc, farmers are not getting their due price and even many are attempting suicide. Keeping in mind the interests of Bengal’s farmers, this new year,
Metropolitan Institution is not just an iconic building on Prasanna Coomar Tagore Street, it also preserves the lifeline of Bengal Renaissance. This institution founded by none other than Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, had played an important role in spreading education during colonial era. However, due to
The intellectual hemisphere is an exclusively male domain where females are strictly prohibited, or so thought those who branded author Ashapurna Devi a ‘kitchen writer,’ who tried every possible way to downplay the importance of her writing. But someone of her stature never bothered to
No art can exist without a meaningful exchange. And if the art in question was born in Bengal, then it has always reached beyond the shores and the world across for its excellence in artistry. This was once again highlighted through an exhibition organized in