For all of you who were in Kolkata in 1984 and watched the Nehru Cup, probably had their memory tickled when they saw a grey-haired coach with a flowing mane, shouting instructions to Peru’sWorld Cup squad in a recent match with Denmark. Not that his
Imagine watching World Cup Football, sitting in a quiet restaurant in Russia, having a quintessential Bengali meal of daal-bhaat (rice and pulses), machher jhol or korma (fish delicacy), keema singara and pappad, rounding it off with Bengali sweets. Well we call this watching World Cup, Bengali
West Bengal Fishery Department has again come up with a new idea, that of creating hatcheries for Bhetki. This is found nowhere in India, though states such as Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh tried to build such hatcheries and were not successful. The first ever
The all-time Bengali romantic duo of Uttam-Suchitra has often taken us by storm, and still they do, down ages and across generations. But a closer look into the Tollywood scenario opens up a few more astounding silver screen actors and actresses, who had laid down
Peace, tranquillity, spiritual harmony. Aren’t these needed after a tiring week? Maybe you would love to be alone, enjoy the ‘me’ time in an abode that gives you the ‘food for thought’ and refreshes you for the week ahead. This week we recommend the following
Bengal has manufactured textiles for many centuries, as recorded in ancient hand-written and printed documents. Though we have always equated western India as the textile hub of the nation, Bengal had robbed the limelight since ancient ages as producing the best textiles of the world,
If you ever imagined yourself as the ‘Old Man with a House atop a Hill,’ then Tilabari of North Bengal is your ideal retreat. Well, you need not be old to stay at the quaint Hill Retreat of Tilabari, what you need is love for
We have often been in love with Jaisalmer and its Sonar Kella. The Golden Fort of Rajasthan shot to fame overnight and turned into a Bengali tourist’s favourite hotspot after Feluda and Lalmohan Ganguly made it famous, looking for Mukul with villain Mandar Bose in
PIYALI CHANDA My early memory of Patha Bhavan dates back to 1956, when I was admitted there as a regular student. What was so special about this place is not easy to define, but it was obviously different. A familiar scene at Santiniketan was this: a
Her father Shyamal Sengupta is from West Bengal. Though born in Glasgow, Anita Sengupta has always held to her roots in Bengal. She later migrated to USA and started working with NASA at the Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL). And now she has something to cherish