https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5Mtly9ygls “The submarine started from Kiel (capital of the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein), and the crew were not told (the truth about) where the two men were going; all they knew was that they had to take two machinists to northern Scandinavia. On the eve
India is gearing up to celebrate the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in 2022. It is perhaps befitting that one of India’s foremost patriots would have turned 125 the same year as the nation turns 75, a nation whose independence was the
If Kolkata has a Floatel, the erstwhile French colony of Chandannagar will now have Joloshree, the premium restaurant boat giving an international feel to locals and tourists alike; one of a kind initiative by the Department of Tourism, Government of West Bengal. Chandannagar not only
The ‘largest Buddha statue’ of India is being made in Kolkata. The work is in full swing at the Nainan Bandhab Samiti ground in Baranagar. Made by famous sculptor Mintu Pal, the statue has been made with fiber glass. Pal told the media a couple
In a first of its kind, a three-day ‘Bengal Himalayan Carnival’ was held in Darjeeling, Kalimpong, and Gajoldoba in Jalpaiguri from February 5-7, in an effort to boost the state’s tourism industry in the wake of the Covid pandemic. Like the rest of the world,
Recently researchers involved in cancer research have found an alarming trend in India -- the average age of Indian women being diagnosed with cancer is growing younger by the day compared to developed countries. Not many are familiar with UK-born Indian clinical-scientist, Dr Asima Mukhopadhyay.
There seems to be no clear theory about how the district of ‘Bankura’ got its name. One possible clue may lie in the Kol-Munda language, in which ‘orah’ or ‘rah’ means habitation. Many places of the part of Bengal known as ‘Rarh Bangla’ have an
For all of us who have stood infront of the Jallianwala Bagh Memorial and paid tribute to the 5,000 plus Indians who had been ruthlessly butchered by the British army under General Dyer, the following story of the Mukherji family from Bengal will come as
Scene 1: 1982 – Only 14 rhinos were found in Jaldapara Forests. Scene 2: 2016 --- Almost 250 rhinos rule the Jaldapara Forests. This jump of rhino population in Jaldapara National Park of Jalpaiguri did not happen in one day. There was a time when poachers from
As the dust and smoke alarm is almost choking Kolkata this winter, residents of this city will probably be surprised to note that Calcutta was the first Indian city and the second of the world, to enact anti-air pollution legislation. By 1870, Calcutta was choking on