Nestled in the foothills of the mighty Himalayas, on the banks of the Kajlani River, the sleepy ancient town and district headquarters of Alipurduar sits like a picture-perfect postcard. The getaway to Bhutan and the Northeast, Alipurduar is historically a part of the famed silk
November was the month when Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose established the Free India Centre in the German capital of Berlin in 1941. This centre subsequently became the hub of his interactions with the then German government, and these are the focus of the tenth edition
As the clock ticked away, Uttirna Mukherjee, working at the NASA Mission Control Center for the International Space Station in Houston, USA, along with hundreds of fellow scientists and technologists, fighting to save the International Space Station and the seven astronauts inside it. Russia conducted an
As the mercury starts dipping, we suffer from an irresistible urge for drinking something that offers us the much needed warmth during the freezing winters. Coffee and tea are common in ever weather. But nothing can beat the taste of a hot chimney soup. Chimney
It is very common in our society to blame medical practitioners of government hospitals for negligence, apathy towards patients or incompetency but despite the heavy patient load, Bengal has some of the best doctors who continue to serve the society silently. Recently, a team of
Kalighat Temple Kolkata One of the primary dimensions of religious expression the world over, is erection of sacred or holy places or pilgrimages. Most religions attach spiritual importance to particular places, like place of birth or death of founders or saints, place of their ‘calling’ or
Since time immemorial, India had commercial relations with the West but after Vasco da Gama set foot on Indian soil, maritime trading activities increased manifold. The first among the ethnic communities to arrive in India was naturally the Portuguese. Later, Dutch, French, Armenians, British, Chinese
He is an electrical engineer, but he runs a decades-old paan shop in Kolkata, that is an icon by itself. But why did someone give up a career in Engineering and take up the reins of a paan shop? Well, Shyamal Dutta, the electrical engineer,
If Khela Hobe raised a storm in the poll circuit of Bengal, Kolkata Police and Trisys Foundation’s recently launched Cholo Kheli has broken all barriers to address the childhood needs of street children, something that is grossly neglected. This unique initiative has been launched to
Amandinea efflorescens The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has enlisted 30 new animal species, mainly fish and insects from Bengal discovered in the state last year. Similarly, the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) released ‘Plant Discoveries 2020’ recently that include 119 new species of seed plants,