Harry Potter fans will cry hoarse to convince the non-initiated about the existence of Platform Nine and Three-Quarters (Platform 9¾). It is a platform at King's Cross Station in London. Magically concealed behind the barrier between Muggle Platforms Nine and Ten, this Platform is where
Image Courtesy : Reuters He stands 1.69 m tall. That’s just a little over 5 ft 5 inches. That’s how tall Lionel Messi actually is. But ask any of the people who were present at Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan on a magical evening in 2011, and
IArtists reside in every corner of the world. In our lives, art plays an important role in rejuvenating us and providing an escape from our monotonous daily hustle. This December there is an opportunity to witness the artworks of various artists who have gathered at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QmCH1ZdHjQ Shahenshah Amitabh Bachchan completed his 80th year of existence on October 11 this year. As Mumbai’s tinsel town went into celebration mode, Amitabh retrospectives were screened in theatres around the country. Kolkata has joined the bandwagon with a screening of eight of Bachchan’s most popular
When in the heart of tribal Bengal, one suddenly encounters a Santhali Book Fair in full swing with crowds thronging the book stalls to buy Santhali books and calendars, you realise how efficiently a dying language has been revived and is now being made popular.
It was no ordinary Sunday. Thanks to a 35-year-old primary school teacher from Chandannagar, May 22, 2022 became a red letter day in honour of the first Indian woman to scale Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen. Piyali Basak, who in September-October 2021 had also become
Case 1: A 40-year-old woman dependent on the income of her bus conductor husband received ‘Swasthya Sathi’ Card on 13th November, 2019. In 2020 she was diagnosed with Total Retinal Detachment and underwent Laser Surgery at Retinal Institute of Bengal (RIB), which is a Swasthya
The winter season in Kolkata has just begun. Winter has different names in Kolkata- the jaggery season, the “pithe” season (a kind of sweet), the season of peas, the season of oranges, and so on. “Komla Lebu” is an emotion for us, from picnics to
A person’s functional recovery and restoration in society are incomplete without rehabilitation.” This was the keynote set by the Institute of Neurosciences Kolkata (I-NK) last week as the Department of Neuro-Rehabilitation, an integral part of I-NK, conducted its annual continuing medical education (CME) seminar on
When the aroma of exotic kesar (saffron) spice mix, subtle rose (gulab), and oh-so-tender lamb meat emanates from the handi (container), you invariably imagine being transported into the exclusive gourmet world of biryani cooked in the royal Awadhi dum-pukht style for the nawabs. The x-factor