Although women constitute half of society, for countless centuries, their position has been abysmal. In the early history of India, women walked the earth as equals of men but foreign invasions, a thousand years ago, drove them into a long exile. The middle of the
Most of us have heard people say, “It’s just not in the cards for me to …” when things didn’t work out the way they planned but when someone “holds all the cards,” he or she is in charge of a situation. City teenager Arnav
In the good old days, not so long ago, a number of letter boxes painted in red or otherwise made their presence felt by hanging on a tree or on a pole or on old doors of Kolkata to be filled with letters. But in
New Town, the swanky satellite city of Kolkata, is fast developing into the city for the future. Both the public and private sector are working in tandem to make the town look bright, aesthetic, clean and green. The booming growth in every sphere awaits to
“The person who is not roused by a pulsating image, a small touch or sound, can make no sense of the word beauty. A person who neither knows, nor thinks beyond his worldly needs has no use for beauty….” that’s what Benode Behari Mukherjee had
Cancer medicines from Marigold! Yes, you got it correct. West Bengal farmers had diversified from agriculture to horticulture almost a decade back and have turned their farms into major exporters of flowers. Several floriculture projects have already come up in the state where farmers have
Though we celebrate Basant Panchami in Bengal every year as Saraswati Puja, in every nook and corner, in every para, in every school and college, Ma Saraswati usually never resides in a temple just like Maa Dura, Kali, Shiva, and Krishna do. In Bengal, Devi
It is said that God blessed us with His angels, so they guard and protect us, inspire and help us. The poor families living in different districts of North Bengal find such an angel, a messiah in Raju Nepali, an anti-human trafficking activist and a
Did you know Bengali cuisine is the only of its kind in the Indian subcontinent that has a proper multi-course structure, much similar to the style of modern French cuisine? Bengalis love their food and like to have it served course-wise, instead of all at
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