It has been close to a fortnight since Independence Day was celebrated with great enthusiasm on August 15 and now the dust is settling down. This year marked the 75th year of Independence and the Union government initiated the ‘Har ghar tiranga’ (Tri-colour flag from
A young writer on the verge of publishing his first novel went to Sunil Gangopadhyay (or Ganguly if you like) with the manuscript, in hopes of constructive feedback. Having leafed through the book, Gangopadhyay reportedly said, “Goodness, what a complicated plot. Why not stick to
From Durgapur to NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, USA). Two research papers published in two internationally recognised journals – International Journal of Science and Research and International Journal of Scientific Research in Chemical Sciences. Two published books on Chemistry – ‘Problems in General Chemistry’
‘Our Lord wants me to be a free nun covered with the poverty of the cross. Today, I learned a good lesson. The poverty of the poor must be so hard for them. While looking for a home I walked and walked till my arms
Durga Puja is an emotion. It is not just a festival, rather a tapestry of art and culture displayed as one of the largest street festivals of the world. No wonder UNESCO has thus given it the honour last year in the UNESCO list of
It all started in 1972 and will end in 2024. Bengal is set to get the world’s largest religious monument in Mayapur, said to be replacing Cambodia’s 400-acre-large Angkor Wat temple complex as the largest religious monument. Temple of Vedic Planetarium in West Bengal was
Here is some great news for the fish lovers of Bengal. The big Rohu and Katla fishes that were in high demand and regularly had to be imported from states like Andhra Pradesh are now being grown in large numbers in West Bengal itself. As
He was one of the pioneers in food distribution system and rural agricultural economy of India. Renowned economist Abhijit Sen is no more. Last night he passed away due to a sudden heart attack at the age of 72. Sen, one of India’s leading authorities
Sarail is a subdivision of Brahmanbaria district in modern day Bangladesh. Historically, it was the domain of Isa Khan, a Muslim Rajput zamindar who was one of the renowned Baro Bhuiyans (twelve landlords) of 16th-century Bengal. Throughout his reign, he resisted repeated invasions by the
Walter Bendix Schönflies Benjamin was a German Jewish philosopher, cultural critic and essayist. He made enduring and influential contributions to aesthetic theory, literary criticism, and historical materialism. In 1931, he published ‘Little History of Photography.’ That very year, two 12-year-old Bengali twin sisters from Ramnagar