Ananya Dhawan - (1st) THAT DREARY VIBE Contracted imagination, limited dreams. Bizarre thoughts and the wildest screams. Those extreme highs, those lowest lows the drama, the deceit, the perished soul, the pain- concrete. And you, hoping, demanding, wishing, but meticulously failing. Being pulled and torn, you are ailing. Ever and again, you feel the persistent beat. Holding on, more to defeat. (Ananya is a freelance
Photo credit: RAJESH GUPTA GB WISHES ALL ITS READERS a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR with unique photographs taken by world renowned photographer and journalist KOUNTEYA SINHA for THE FIRST EVER EUROPEAN UNION CALENDAR IN INDIA. The calendar focuses on the Indian Diaspora living across 28 countries
The first NGO of India started almost hundred and two years ago in 1917, from this very city by some leading brains of Bengal. With the British monarchy exploiting weavers of the country, some people came together to help them sell their products. Thus, was
Gur has always been a winter savory of Bengal, linked to the tastes of generations of Bengali who would die for that patali and jholagur along with the Nolen gurer Sandesh! Residents of Gajaldoba of North Bengal had seldom paid attention to the large number
The West Bengal government has decided to auction 900 kgs of old, damaged celluloid film reels which include fragmented monochrome prints of films and documentaries as well as colour celluloid film reels. According to government officials, these reels are damaged and there is no way
It’s all colour and it’s all fun! That’s what Park Street will turn to, on 23rd December as hundreds of school children will parade down the busy thoroughfare celebrating the spirit of the season. This year around 22 schools are participating. Some well-known city schools
FRIDAY: 22 DECEMBER • ANANDA SANDHYA WHERE: MAHAJATI SADAN; 5.30 PM A musical evening where veteran singers Dr Sreekumar Chatterjee and Nachiketa Chakraborty will take audience back on a nostalgic trip with some of the very best songs of the golden age of music. Hitch-Hike band will be
Head to the Beach festival of Bengal this weekend. This week-long festival has started off! Organised jointly by the Purba Midnapore district administration and Digha-Shankarpur Development Authority (DSDA), the carnival has been planned on a very big scale with daring activities like ride on hot
This man from Kolkata is surely on a mission. Else why would an asthma patient take up the uphill task of scaling the highest peaks of the world? Not just a challenge, Satyarup Siddhanta in reality overcame the hurdle of his health issues and successfully
