While talking about Kolkata, the image of a rickety rickshaw would inevitably surface in our minds. This is one of the few elements of a 300-year-old city that has managed to survive modernization. However, the timeless rickshaw has now come up in a new avatar
Ever wondered why Kolkata is referred to as the City of Joy? There is so much more to Kolkata which we often tend to miss out while describing the city. Kolkata is the most important cultural centre of Indian which is the melting point of
Turkish Dondurma or ice-cream is different, very different from the ones we have in Kolkata. They are sweet, creamy, stretchy and sticky at the same time. This stretchy stickiness is due to the inclusion of an aromatic resin called mastic. In addition to mastic, Dondurma’s
Long queues at the outdoor departments of most state-run hospitals is a common sight. Several patients who come from different districts often have a trying time even to book an out-patient ticket to show to the doctor of their choice and need. In a bid
Since 2011, the state government had started building ‘Land Banks’ in various parts of Bengal. Now they have decided to do so in and around Kolkata since a number of logistic and IT companies have established their hubs in the vicinity of the city capital.
Social responsibility cannot just be a buzzword or style statement to be told and debated at events. Rather every organization and business venture can play a clear role in protecting the fragile environment and the Earth. In a bid to save the mangroves of Sundarbans,
Kolkata’s SSKM Hospital will soon be the new one-stop organ donation and transplant centre and that too at a low cost. This hospital is coming up with a huge operation theatre which will provide every facility for transplanting different organs and giving a new life
If you travel by buses in Kolkata, then you might have experienced the following. When you are already late for office, the buses fail to take up speed. But when it comes to picking up passengers from bus-stops, they seem to be rushing at break-neck
The last slab of the Howrah Metro Station that runs almost 30 m below the Howarh Railway Station has been laid. Now Kolkata can boast of the deepest metro station of India, almost at a depth of a 10 storey building below the platforms 14
Out of 100 best business schools in the world surveyed, Kolkata’s IIM has got the top position in management ranking. Not just that, it has ranked 17th among the best business schools of the world. In the survey conducted by Financial Times Masters, an expert