Literature broadens its horizons in Calcutta University as the English post-graduate department goes through a major remodeling. Literature, Music and Films are all forms of art which have existed as separate entities and have often merged and complemented time and again, find its convergence at
JSW, STAR and Dalmia cement are all set to pump in almost Rs 3K crore as funds in Bengal to set up units in Bengal. The Mamata Banerjee government has bagged an investment commitment of over Rs 3,000 crore from the top three cement companies
The love is in the air and so is the nip of winter. This is that time of the year, when you wish to hold hands, walk a mile and enjoy nature. Kolkata itself is a romantic city that weaves tales in every dusty corner,
When 25-year-old Arun Kumar Rai boarded a train on Howrah this week to return to his village in Vaishali, Bihar, little did he realise he would lose his way and fail to reach home. Rai worked for a power project in Patna, but had come
That grand annual fair so dear to book lovers across the world, Kolkata Book Fair 2019 is set to start on 30th January at Salt Lake’s Central Park. Though the theme country at the upcoming book fair is Guatemala, the prime attraction might be the
Alia Joy Waters is just a few weeks old. But she has already made political history in Australia by becoming the first baby to be breast fed in the Australian Parliament recently. And her mother Senator Larissa Waters tweeted proudly saying: “So proud that my
The ever- increasing air pollution has taken a toll on the people and environment at large. West Bengal and Kolkata is no exception. Recently Kolkata even turned out to be the most polluted city of India, over-taking notorious Delhi in pollution map. To help patients
Opaar Bangla always carried a whiff of nostalgia for all families whose forefathers had to leave their motherland as refugees. It was a land of huge food resources, sometimes in excess, that led to developing a very rich cuisine, popularly known as Bangaal Ranna. We
If Darjeeling Hills is famous for tea, Directorate of Cinchona Plantation, Mungpoo, has made it famous for coffee and exotic orchid cultivation. Samuel Rai, director of Cinchona Plantation had been proactive in the mission to introduce coffee plantation in the Hills almost a year ago.
If you walk down 26 Prasanna Kumar Thakur Street, you get to see an old dilapidated castle on your right, along Jorabagan near Pathuriaghata. Unlike the Jorasanko Thakurbari, this ‘The Tagore Castle’ is not related to Rabindranath Tagore or to his illustrious family that created