If you walk down 26 Prasanna Kumar Thakur Street, you get to see an old dilapidated castle on your right, along Jorabagan near Pathuriaghata. Unlike the Jorasanko Thakurbari, this ‘The Tagore Castle’ is not related to Rabindranath Tagore or to his illustrious family that created
We are all familiar with Sukumar Ray, the nonsensical poet of Bengal and India, who was often compared to none other than Lewis Carroll. Sukumar Ray’s Abol Tabol, is a path-breaking collection of nonsense poems that have a deep-seated meaning, hidden behind the fun of
Step into the 14-acre campus of ATI in the heart of Salt Lake, and you will be greeted to nature’s splendour, with birds chirping in a symphony as the afternoon sun moves towards the horizon, beating down all day with all its power. But the
If you are tired of strolling down Outram Ghat, or watching the architectural splendours of Prinsep Ghat, you can try out Judges Ghat, a stone’s throw from the erstwhile Gay Restaurant, which will be soon restored to a new form. This lesser known ghat does
Those were the best of times. When life cruised leisurely by on phaetons, and men and women graced ballroom floors with minuets and waltzes. When money never screamed or shouted, but spoke in hushed muted tones. Those were days of elegance and gracefulness. You still
Saheli Mitra is a resident of Block ‘C’ New Alipur “I have come to bury Caesar, not to praise him,” that’s how Antony expressed his respect for Julius Caesar in a subtle way, using an apt underused phrase, before a crowd cheering Brutus for killing Caesar.
As a child my first tryst with freedom was when I recited Rabindranath Tagore’s poem ‘Bon er pakhi/ Khanchar pakhi’
Well, in Kolkata everything is possible. As they say, this is a city that never stops, and never ceases to throw up surprises. If in one part of the city, a bridge collapses, in another part passion runs high over a chess board below a
Arnab Banerjee is an HR technology and transformation professional from India, now living and working in London. He is a direct descendant of Jaikrishna Mukherjee from his maternal side In an age when we are increasingly shying away from books and taking to digital platform to
