Small, neat, cosy, colourful. Single screen, great sound. All of it for a ticket price of only Rs 30 per head. In a nutshell, that is Radha Studio inside and out. The city’s newest movie viewing destination was opened to the public on May 6
The port authorities are going to start special freight service from Shalimar and Sankhrail to Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Port to reduce traffic congestion in the port area and reduce pressure on Vidyasagar Bridge. “The special Ro-Ro Ferry will be used to load cargo trucks directly into
For history buffs who love to unveil the past and explore hidden treasures, here’s time to rejoice. The Metro Rail authorities have decided to set up a heritage gallery at the Mahakaran Metro Station in the Dalhousie Square area, which will revolve around India’s freedom
And finally, Professor Shonku is here, lifted from the pages of Satyajit’s Ray’s famous science fiction series to a theme park in the Rajarhat-New Town area. Though the park was inaugurated last year, due to Pandemic it could not be thrown open to the public.
Kolkata still has many unearthed treasures and unheard tales. GB brings you one such tale in a 2-part series on an abandoned historical site just in the heart of the city that has the grave of one of the last princes of the Pala Dynasty
Love is not always locked on the stones slabs of a street, at times it flows into the sheets of an accounts book too. Lovelock Street of Kolkata has no whiff of romance but is witness to a man who probably started the first Accounts
“WThe Nightingale of India, Sarojini Naidu had once said, “It (Islam) was the first religion that preached and practiced democracy; for, in the Mosque, when the call for prayer is sounded and worshippers are gathered together, the democracy of Islam is embodied five times a
'Mess Bari' refers to the numerous boarding houses that sprang up like mushrooms in and around North Kolkata between late 19th century and mid-20th century and catered to young men who flocked to the city, looking for jobs and education. These boarding houses were once an
That the Kolkata International Book Fair has gone virtual this year, in its 45th edition, is now old news. Earlier this week, Tridib Chatterjee, general secretary of the Publishers & Booksellers Guild, held a press conference to announce as much, saying that Kolkata Book Fair
This is a classic case of one old-timer felicitating fellow old-timers, all of them flag bearers of a proud mercantile tradition. The BCCI (Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry, not the other one) is a “non-governmental trade association and advocacy group”, as it describes itself.