GetBengal had reported about Kolkata’s Roll Kaku Pathikrit Saha, two years ago. And now this food delivery man who has been the favourite Roll Kaku of several street children has successfully set up Helpp, an NGO whose efforts have been finally recognized by food safety
Morgan House in Kalimpong When a nationwide lockdown prompted by the Covid pandemic was declared in India at the end of March 2020, long-distance travel stopped automatically, as all trains and flights were suspended. And the travel and tourism industry went into a deep depression. Hotels
Board Examination dates announced! Students rush to get hold of those fat ABTA question banks. Night oils burnt over those black and white pages having thousands of probable questions that might sail you through your board examination. Well, this is a picture that has been doing
The year that has just ended will perhaps forever be known as ‘the Covid year’. Rightly so, because the world talked about little else for 12 solid months. The good news is, 2020 taught us to survive, to set priorities, to conquer fear, and to
Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore always had a huge respect for libraries and had written several books and passages on the Responsibility of a Library as well as the Librarian. In one of the essay written by him in Bichitra Prabandha, that he wrote at an early
Have never seen an ascetic sage meditating in some unknown cave of the Himalayas, but have read about it in so many leadership books. Even though such places of meditation at times seemed to be more utopic than realistic, Chhota Mangwa deep inside a ridge
Gurudev always wished to make everyone conscious of the vital importance of trees by introducing Nature festivals like Brikkharopon, which is still celebrated on 22 Sravan, the day of Tagore’s passing. Everyone sings: Moribijoyer ketan udao shunne, hey probol praan (Let the victory flag symbolizing the conquering
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNY7wpuTtMQ Food adulteration has been a constant cause for the rising cancer cases in India. Over the last decade the country has seen almost a 60 per cent jump in cancer patients and other than pollution, the second most important reason for cancer seems to be
A photograph of Rabindranath Tagore taken at the age of 40, shows him sitting under a large tree craving for solace in the midst of nature just as he was seeking the meaning of our existence. The Man-Nature interface is one of a Trinity in
On Monday, December 21, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurated the tenth edition of the Kolkata Christmas Festival on Park Street. Among the attractions on the opening day were performances by the Loreto Sisters Choir, Methodist Church Choir, and the Church of North India Choir. This