https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nei91fXjlb4 Two years ago, Kolkata Police came up with a unique concept they called ‘Tejaswini’. The result: on May 19, 2018, a total of 156 women of every shape and size, and varying degrees of fitness, roughly ranging in age from 15 to 40, gathered at
The tongue twister of a word, ‘agathokakological’, may require some practise to get its pronunciation right. Its meaning is quite simple, however – it literally means, composed of both good and evil. Probably coined by the 19th-century British poet Robert Southey, it is derived from
IHow does it feel when the State Government comes knocking at your doors, to help you with a variety of social schemes that will benefit you all? Well, the feeling is that of being pampered and a sense of relief, specially in times of COVID-19
Vroom, zoom, hoooshhhh… well if a sleek Porsche had turned your eyes on Park Street and you were surprised that such an expensive car is part of a city that we always think behind Mumbai and Delhi as for the flashy quotient, then think twice.
Those were the colonial days when British settlers were obsessed with transforming native Calcutta into swanky London. The year was 1923. One day, a local named Raj Chandra Das was returning home when he chanced upon a dog pouncing on a goat and attacking it
“I know my selection goes a long way for the empowerment of women. I worked with passion and as much as any man would have worked…” That’s what Soma Mondal, the first ever woman to head one of the giant Maharatna Public Sector Undertakings (PSU) of
Visva of Visva Bharati was the world, a world beyond the confines of a typical University structure. Rabindranath Tagore was not just a Nobel Laureate, he was an extraordinary institution builder and his thoughts always transcended international boundaries. For him the world was his home.
In a new development announced yesterday for the first time in the history of Indian Metro services, a private bank is going in a tie up with Kolkata Metro. Bandhan Bank logo will now be seen on smart cards that the Kolkata Metro will issue
The European country of Portugal and Bandel, the beautiful town of Bengal, may be separated by continents, but are united by their gourmet taste! And that missing link happens to be ‘Bandel Cheese,’ that originated in in this town on the banks of the Ganga
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C44R3qbwoO0 While Bengal and India mourns the death of our beloved Soumitra Chatterjee, here is one reason for the whole of Bengal’s film fraternity to rejoice. A new feature film made by Bengali director, Amartya Bhattacharyya is all set for a world premiere at Canada’s premiere