https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD-AWCj9Chc Rinki Roy Bhattacharya has cinema in her veins, daughter of Bimal Roy, she married Basu Bhattacharya and collaborated on his films. Her book, The Man Who Spoke in Pictures, shows Roy’s spare storytelling and nuanced understanding of the human condition that are reflected in classics
Two historical sites belonging to two different eras --- one a 5th century Buddhist site and another a 19th century old historical site linked to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, in South 24 Parganas will come together to form a new tourism circuit in Bengal. The
The British were not the first Europeans to set up their colony along the banks of river Hooghly in and around Kolkata. Other maritime powers and traders were drawn to Bengal for its rich resources, particularly muslin silk, spices and opium, and established their Kuthis
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The orange orchards of Darjeeling, Mirik, Bijanbari, Kurseong, have always been famous for their delicious oranges. When the rest of the world produces oranges that are luscious, Darjeeling oranges always had an identity of their own, thanks to their sweet taste. Though considered to be
Manoranjan Byapari was just another rickshaw-puller on the busy Kolkata streets, ferrying passengers to earn a living, till he by fate came across award winning author Mahasweta Devi many years ago. Byapari was an avid reader and one particular Bengali word was haunting him, he
Kopai River (also called Sal River) is synonymous with Rabindranath Tagore and Santiniketan. A tributary of river Mayurakshi, it flows past Santiniketan, Bolpur, Kankalitala, Kirnahar and Labhpur in Birbhum district. It is a small river in the dry season but overflows its banks during monsoon.
The warning signals have been there in different districts of Bengal since the past few years---rapid depletion in the population of Bengal’s indigenous fishes. The mangrove forest cover in the Sunderbans is getting reduced at an alarming rate over the past few decades. Mangrove loss
The moon today will disappear for more than one hour when the Earth casts a shadow on the full moon. Yes, it is a rare Total Lunar Eclipse today, and a rare celestial event, because it is a combination of blue moon, blood moon and
What do you need to connect two children from different social and economic backgrounds? You just need words on letters to express and a box of crayons to draw. You do not need rocket-science technology! Well, that is how Sanjukt Saha, a 44-year-old IIT Kanpur