As success stories go, it couldn’t get much bigger than this. And it is a growing story, too. Sample this: a sector that contributes 84 percent of the total exports of a country, and 11.17 percent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), also making it
Over one million serving, 62,000 dead and another 67,000 wounded, total dead at the end of the day: at least 74,187. These are the basic statistics about Indian soldiers during World War I (1914-1918). December 7 is traditionally celebrated as Armed Forces Flag Day in
Rabindra Sarobar World Soil Day is not something most ordinary people would know about. However, it has been internationally observed on December 5 since 2002. The United Nations website explains that this day is “a means to focus attention on the importance of healthy soil and
August 11, 1908, is the day Khudiram Bose was hanged by the British-Indian administration. For the attempted assassination of senior British official Douglas Kingsford. The would-be assassin was just 18, one of India’s youngest armed revolutionaries to die at the hands of the British. The irony
Johan Joseph Zoffany was a famed German painter, whose clients included several members of the Austrian and British royal families, and who was declared a baron by Empress Maria Theresa of Austria in 1776. But Johan Joseph Zoffany is also the man who will forever
Kolkatans of a certain age and beyond will recall a large emporium at Exide crossing, filled to the brim with exciting merchandise ranging from food to exquisite handwoven saris to decorative items to home furnishings – with one common thread running through them – each
Nearly two decades ago, as a nervous young reporter, I was assigned to do an interview with Soumitra Chattopadhyay, my first meeting with him. Because he had very little time to spare, he asked me to ride in his car, so we could finish the
“Almost every day, some artiste or the other sings my songs on the radio. Fortunately or unfortunately, I listen to them too… most of the gentlemen and ladies, finding my songs and music helpless and alone, do such a thorough job of mauling them that
Today's edition of Crime Time is about two murders, one suicide, and a love triangle. Dating back to 1991, this case also stands out for a couple of other reasons. One, set as it is in pre-mobile times, this remains one of the finest examples
As all of us would agree, this has truly been an 'annus horribilis' (Latin for horrible year), the phrase Queen Elizabeth famously used to describe 1992, a year that saw the British royal family beset by a series of grave personal problems. Well, 'annus horribilis' would