Bank of Bengal building With the uproar generated by Mumbai lawyer Vedika Chaubey filing a case against actor Ranveer Singh for his nude photoshoot, and the ongoing Enforcement Directorate (ED) proceedings against West Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee and his associates for alleged financial irregularities, we
Almost like a colonial matriarch nurturing her heritage roots, the city of Kolkata holds culture and tradition close to its heart. Once the capital of British-India, Kolkata's historical legacy is intrinsically linked to its colonial past. The colonial city was developed by the East India
Not many in West Bengal, forget the rest of India, are aware of Kumudini Homes Higher Secondary School, spread across a vast campus in the beautiful hill town of Kalimpong. But the days of anonymity may soon be a thing of the past. For the
Once Madhusudan Majumdar, a famous publisher of Bengali books, decided to celebrate the birthday of a renowned author ceremoniously. Among the organizers were such stalwarts as Sailajananda Mukhopadhyay and Sajanikanta Das, eminent editor of Shanibarer Chithi. When they met the author to inform him about
Flag of India 1907 (Nationalists Flag) Today is what we have come to know as Flag Adoption Day, the day the tricolour was officially adopted as the flag of independent India. What’s more, we are now in the 75th year of said adoption. And still, very
‘Sottyo Seleucus! Ki bichitro ei desh (truly Seleucus, what a strange land this is)!’ This line has become all but a proverb in Bengali, one we see used almost every day without really thinking about the source. The truth is, this is a line from
Music is a language that transcends all boundaries. Uttarpara girl Nabanita Ghosh, an alumnus of Serampore College and Rabindra Bharati University who is now a resident of Copenhagen, Denmark, has touched upon that universal language of music. She is the first Indian to reach the
Rabindranath Tagore reigned supreme in the sphere of Bengali poetry. But in the 1920s, a group of new poets consciously distanced themselves from the Tagorean brand of mystic spiritualism and idealized romanticism, seeking to find a new poetic language to reflect their existential angst in
You may think there’s nothing more to be said or written about the clay dolls of Krishnangar, considering how famous they already are in India and abroad. And yet, the master artisans of this town in Nadia district surprise us every time with their innovative
When an iconic shop shuts down, it is not just its products that one is left to miss, but even the memories. Generations of sweet connoisseurs have made memories with centuries old sweet shops that dot different parts of Kolkata. One such shop was on