It all began about 200 years ago. We are all familiar with the glorious past of Hindu College but there are stories and anecdotes revolving around the college which are an integral part of the college’s illustrious past, its history. One such major incident occurred
The Mist Cannon Machine was inaugurated by Firhad Hakim, Chairman of Board of administrators, Kolkata Municipal Corporation. This addition will help KMC fight the COVID-19 pandemic better. How? The machine will play a vital role in eradicating the Corona virus and will kill the virus
Rajarshi Das of Dumdum is the ‘Mask Man’ of Kolkata. He is the good samaritan who has volunteered to sensitize the masses about the necessity of wearing face masks to keep corona virus at bay and extended a helping hand to the makers of the
With the Indo-China conflict brewing across the borders, the sizeable Chinese population that thrives in the City of Joy, hardly feel affected. Because they are more Bangali, than Chinese, speaking fluently in our language, wearing sarees, picking up Bengali cuisine and even Indianising their own
Archaeologists believe Kalikata or Kolkata was an ancient settlement and it was an established trading hub much before the arrival of the Delhi Sultanate, the Mughals, the Portuguese, the French or the British. The city has been inhabited for over two thousand years and its
As evening descends, the ground floor garage space of a very ordinary, weather-beaten multi-storied building in Kundu Lane, Kalighat, 35 kg of rice is poured deftly in a large Handi (pot) of boiling water for cooking. Amiya Das, an employee in a private insurance company
One of the largest water tanks of the world, Tala tank of Kolkata, built and inaugurated by the British in 1909 surprisingly went unscathed during Cyclone Amphan. When one of the fiercest cyclone of the century ravaged various installations of Kolkata and whole of Bengal,
The West Bengal Comprehensive Area Development Corporation (WBCADC) has introduced solar-powered and electric vans to sell fresh vegetables, staple grains, fish, meat and other kitchen essentials in different parts of Kolkata. They are even using their mobile vans to deliver groceries and other essentials to
Yes, they are our Corona warriors, directly working on the streets in this scorching summer to enforce law and order and also see to it that public follows Lockdown orders. But with most of the food and tea stalls in every locality shut down, where
They were the Walking Streets of Kolkata, where sounds and shouts reigned, where vibrant and lazy walkers met, where local businesses flourished, money made, dreams sown and future scripted. Be it Gariahat or Haatibagan, the Chaitra Sale markets of Kolkata had always been as vibrant