The narrow lanes of Kiron Shankar Roy Road and Old Post Office Street are otherwise a mesh of old shacks serving a hot cuppa or bread omelets to hundreds of litigants, clerks, and lawyers who tread the footpaths every other day. These footpaths are also
The red laterite path led through cashew plantations as dusk arrived slowly and silently to the village of Khawabgaon, the last village on the border of West Bengal and Jharkhand. While travelling through Jhargram recently, I had the wish to drop in at Lalbazaar, a
When a poet meets a scientist, sparks flow down the intellectual universe and that’s exactly what transpired between Rabindranath Tagore and Albert Einstein when they met a couple of times. However, the twain never met in minds, probably because of their diverse thought processes on
Those in Kolkata who had lived from 1939 to 1960, had the good luck to savour the taste of Trincas’ breakfast. Not after that. For the breakfast fever next shifted to Flurys, and Trincas no more served the elaborate English breakfast that it was once
It’s puja time in Kolkata and it is also a time when trees fall victim to the thoughtless and heartless annihilation of puja organisers, advertisement and hoarding companies who are out there to advertise their products to puja crowds at large. Huge flex and billboards
In what is one of the most endearing stories of friendship and love to come out this festive season, one of Bengal's most talented visual artists Oiendrila Ray Kapur has created a stunning art work of Goddess Durga as a way to pray for the
Denis Stern’s music is a confluence of many global cultures and is influenced by the musician’s international travel through Russia, Spain, Israel, Italy and India. His single ‘Way to Alhambra’ was featured in the platinum compilation Chambao Flamenco Chill alongside legendary flamenco players Paco de
According to archived Project Tiger data, between 1989 and 1997, the Royal Bengal Tiger count at Buxa Tiger Reserve (BTR) averaged around 30, with 32 tigers counted in 1997. And then came a prolonged period of nothing, as the tiger all but disappeared from BTR,
The Lion seems to have left in recent times being the King of the Jungle and instead stepped on to becoming the controversial king of social media. At least the recent controversy on the National Emblem and the face of the lions depicted raise a
India these days seems to be never short of religious controversies, latest being a short film poster showing Goddess Kali smoking. From political brickbats to social embargoes the news has hit the headlines. But little do we know that Swami Vivekananda himself was the eye