That the Kolkata International Book Fair has gone virtual this year, in its 45th edition, is now old news. Earlier this week, Tridib Chatterjee, general secretary of the Publishers & Booksellers Guild, held a press conference to announce as much, saying that Kolkata Book Fair
Je radhe, shey chul-o badhe, wasn’t that a very common Bengali proverb used by our mothers and grandmothers? Well, famous Bengali author Leela Majumdar, whose books for children have over decades even inspired adults, also happened to be a cook with a difference! In an interview
From experience, and from reading and listening to countless interviews, Conversations with Nobel Prize-winning Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee (though he seems to have dropped the ‘Vinayak’ in recent times) are apt to switch from life, to world economics, to vegetables, to clothes, with equal ease. From
Sheikh Mohammad Makim of Daffarchak village in Jangipara, Hooghly, is cultivating black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens), a common and widespread fly of the family Stratiomyidae. Black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) are an alternative source of protein for aquaculture, animal feed, pet food and human nutrition. Yes.
In 1989, when a 16-year-old Sachin Tendulkar made his international debut against Pakistan, the cricket community was taken by storm. But cricket has undergone a sea change since then. For one thing, it has grown younger. For another, it has become much more inclusive. So
They wove the best cotton saris of India since decades, but their slow looms did not help them compete with modern mechanized looms that are capable of churning out products in a short time. So, weavers of Nadia’s Santipur and Phulia were largely losing on
To help villagers living in the remote hills get access to immediate medical help, the West Bengal Government with help of NGOs, have set up innovative Palanquin Ambulance Service. Such a service started recently in the Buxa hills of North Bengal. The palanquin ambulance service
The Bengal Store has long established itself as a primary source for some of Bengal’s most unique offerings, be it cultural, culinary, or decorative. However, we have not really told you about our literary range, our treasure trove of rare as well as current books
“As among the Kachharis, Bathou is the chief deity of the Meches. They worship the sijou (euphorbia) tree, which they plant in the northeast corner of the courtyard of their house. Another important deity is Mainao, whom the Meches regard as the guardian of the
What, exactly, is an ‘art fair’? Artspace magazine defines it thus: “On the most basic level, an art fair is a trade show - i.e. a place for people in the art business, from dealers and art advisors to collectors and curators, to kibbutz and