• How was KREATIV formed and what is the significance of the name? Kreativ was formed in the second year of our college, but the idea started in high school when Chandrayeemade dresses from paper,for a fashion show competition at a school fest. So, when we
“Historically, we sold women apparel and cosmetics and now we are selling them cars and electronics and houses,” that’s how brand guru Paco Underhill explained the paradigm shift in the consumer graph of India at a CII Brand Conclave meet held recently. The legendary brand expert
Jubilation and celebration continues across the state, as Bengal clenched the GI tag for Rosogolla. But what is GI and why this sudden need for the tag? The Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999 (GI Act) is a sui generis Act of
Now that officially Rosogolla has been declared to be Bengal’s, food lovers would undoubtedly take to that sweet delicacy. But rosogolla doesn’t necessary be had in the quintessentially Bengali way. Thanks to a city girl, Swati Saraf, Kolkata has for a few years witnessed rosogollas
“Howrah has everything to lead Bengal’s reindustrialization drive, in terms of skilled and cheap labour and technical finesse and expertise,” said Arup Roy, State Minister for Cooperation at the inauguration of Biz Bridge -- an engineering & manufacturing exhibition at the Dumurjala Helipad Grounds. True,
She is 43-years-old and a single mother of three children. She works as a domestic help and has already penned three books which have been translated into 24 languages. She is a regular speaker at diverse literary festivals held across the country. She is Baby
Mahi Naskar and Chayan Mondal would have probably landed up as school drop outs or labourers on farmlands, had not Godkhali’s Kishalay Foundation Centre come to their rescue. The foundation started their first scholarship named Apurba Ray Scholarship sponsored by Sujoy Roy from Bangalore for
Often media reports make for a beeline, on how police from Bengal landed up in Noida or Faridabad, rescuing trafficked children from some village of North Bengal or Murshidabad. Only recently, police teams from West Bengal made trips to Delhi and adjoining areas to recover
• Why did you choose to be an architectural conservationist? I wasn’t aware of this interest during my under-graduation at CEPT Ahmedabad. While courses in architectural history and field programs to sites of historic significance were part of the curriculum, the focus was on creating something
A clothing bank for closed tea garden workers? In the past 15 years, almost 1400 people have died in the tea gardens of North Bengal, as one after the other gardens shut down, owing to a huge blow to the tea industry, thanks to the