Bengal is indebted to Sayani Das, not because she crossed Australia’s Rottnest Channel in end February, as the first ever Bengali to achieve this feat, but because she has shown enough grit and courage against the usual pang of debts and lack of funding, to
Rhythm Divine Co-founders and Co-ordinators, Anindita Bose, Sufia Khatoon and Jagari Mukherjee speak to GB • How receptive you think the audience of Bengal/Kolkata is towards poetry compared to other states of India? Reception towards poetry in Kolkata is the best in India. Cities like Mumbai and
An entire body of nearly lost dialects and scripts belonging to the various tribal communities of Bengal is all set to be resurrected through a massive archive. A team of scholars from the English department of Vidyasagar University has travelled for months through one tribal
Lifestyle of 19th century Bengali women and their ‘andarmahal’ culture that was usually centred around their kitchens, household chores and at times even poetry and letter writings, will now be a part of the post-graduation syllabus of Sanskrit University. The tales and struggles of a
Isn’t it said that poetry not just charms the soul, and find its way through the heart, connects people, but also brings a movement, acting as a tool that can create wonders and social changes. Keeping that in mind, Woman Scream International Poetry and Arts
Here is some good news for Bengal. With chief minister Mamata Banerjee hard-selling the state’s potential for welcoming industries, Bengaluru-based E-commerce giant Flipkart will set up a mega logistics hub in the state. Flipkart plans to invest Rs 600 crore for setting up this integrated
The use of sanitary pad during menstruation is first and foremost for women’s health and hygiene. But most girls of the country still use unhygienic clothes in place of ‘use and throw’ sanitary pads, not just due to lack of awareness, but also because they
The work at the Panchayat level that was allocated for a tenure of three years has been completed within one year. The World Bank is so impressed by the efficiency of the state’s Panchayat system and achievements that it has decided to allocate once more
An innovative approach to save a waterbody in Kolkata! The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and the state power department will come up with a 300KW floating solar power plant on Bikramgarh Jheel, located behind South City Mall. This will be the first floating solar power
How does it feel when Communist China starts practising religion and even goes to the extent of funding a monastery of Kolkata! Well, it means somewhere a new bonding is on the anvil. This is the first time that temples from China and the Chinese