Rabindranath Tagore’s Sajano Sansar is back to Udayan. The Visva Bharati authorities have recently brought out on display several furniture pieces used by Tagore, that were so long gathering dust. From Bengali New Year, they are being showcased in such a manner that people get
There was a time when Bengal or Kolkata’s sweets were completely indigenous and linked to the products that were produced in that area. This is long before Kolkata’s sweet shops were flooded and partially taken over by sweets that have a significant North and West
Can you imagine, a village in Sunderbans’ remote Patharpratima, dispose their garbage in a hygienic way just like we do in Kolkata? Digambarpur gram panchayat has a proper trash collection mechanism that starts from their doorstep. Moreover, they pay for the water they consume, something
It was then British India and Kolkata was the capital. The country’s first archaeological survey started in 1863 under Robert Bruce Foote, who discovered the first conclusive stone age hand axe from Pallavaram near Madras. He went on to discover many more such tools and
Along with Gulzar, Jogen Chowdhury, Suniti Kumar Pathak and Amitabha Ghosh, now its Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who is all set to be honoured with the highest award from Tagore’s Santiniketan. Desikottam is the highest award conferred by Visva Bharati University. Incidentally Bachchan started his
Imagine a Palace on Wheels of Rajasthan in our very own Darjeeling! Well, your dreams might soon come true and that too at a very reasonable price if a proposal by Indian Railways and the enthusiasm of the State Tourism Department to promote the Hills
With the deadly dengue season just a few months away, New Town Development Authority has come up with an innovative technique to combat the menace. They have decided to spray Bacillus Thuringiensis Israelensis (BTI), a kind of bacteria that destroys mosquito larvae. BTI is usually
Mimi Mondal of Kolkata had a childhood like many others of the city. She spent her childhood reading books, though she had a special fascination for sci-fi books by Satyajit Ray, Premendra Mitra and Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumdar. But today this Jadavpur University alumnus is competing
Atrei River of Balurghat even finds mention in the Indian epic of Mahabharata. Not just that, it happens to be the only major river that flows through the South Dinajpur district of West Bengal before entering Bangladesh. But due to the utter neglect for years
Kolkata will celebrate a unique event tomorrow keeping in line with its rich heritage of art and culture. Tomorrow is not just Poila Baisakh, but also the birthday of Leonardo Da Vinci. It is being celebrated as World Art Day across the globe. Kolkata has