Does the name of Bipin Ganatra ring a bell of familiarity? He is the city’s ‘fire chaser.’ The 60-year-old good Samaritan was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award for ‘rescuing people whenever there is fire, often putting himself in danger.’ He is
If you have been to the ancient Kanak Durga Temple of Jhargram, you must have come across a forested stretch around the temple, unkempt and littered with plastic and packets thrown by pilgrims who come in hordes to this area. But the place is to
It has been ages since Kapotaksha River lost its glory. Large steamers, launches and boats laden with heavy goods no longer ply on the river. The bank of the river is no longer frequented by businessmen and traders from distant lands and the sprawling sugar
She is a scientist from Bengal who has won multiple awards including the recent Infosys Award of the year for her path breaking research in cancer, but ISI director Sanghamitra Bandopadhyay is as humble as ever. She loves to be remembered and called just a
Kolkata is all set for a makeover. A private company has taken the initiative to colour the city in myriad hues and give a much-needed facelift to the 327-year-old dame. The CESC feeder boxes strewn across the city is the canvas for this project which
The copious young clouds of the Bengali month of Asharh gathered in the sky. An inexplicable darkness crystallized in Charu’s room. Near the open widow, she bent over a notebook, scribbling in it, lonely, lost in her own furtive world. She didn’t notice when Amal surreptitiously
Snow in Kolkata? kidding? No.You read it right. A frigid zone in the midst of the city – that’s the latest addition to the city’s burgeoning family entertainment spots. Located on the top floor of Axis Mall, New Town, this is an ideal place for
When the media glare often turns these days to the question of triple talaq and how Muslim women need to be uplifted, few of us probably recollect Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain. She was India’s first Bengali Muslim feminist, who inspired women to dream, and that
How many times have you stumbled while writing in the Bengali font and wished there was some technology that could convert Bengali voice recordings into text? How many times have you cringed while writing in Roman font all that you wanted to pen in Bengali?
Travel into the world of literary puns and self-deprecating humour with none other than Shibram Chakraborty. And just have a laugh, and why not? This world seems to be missing humour these days. Remember how the author spelt his name? In that convoluted way: Shee-bram