“Swarnali Chattopadhya, founder member of Purono Kolkatar Golpo, speaks to GB on how PKG was formed and how members are fuelled by passion and love for their city and not for commercial gain!” • What was the vision behind starting a group like Purono Kolkatar Golpo
Lifestyle of 19th century Bengali women and their ‘andarmahal’ culture that was usually centred around their kitchens, household chores and at times even poetry and letter writings, will now be a part of the post-graduation syllabus of Sanskrit University. The tales and struggles of a
How does it feel when Communist China starts practising religion and even goes to the extent of funding a monastery of Kolkata! Well, it means somewhere a new bonding is on the anvil. This is the first time that temples from China and the Chinese
A 200-year-old structural marvel which was once North Kolkata’s architectural pride but has ever since lost most of its shine is all set to become the flag bearer for a civilian crusade to protect the city’s incredible tangible heritage. The mansion on Muktaram Babu Street
In an exclusive interview to GB, Founder Director Elina Dutta tells how Tribeca Care caters to every elderly need: from health to hospital, to food, caregivers and even to dreams • How did the idea of starting Tribeca Care come up? Was it your brainchild? The reason
If you have read about Lathials of Bengal in Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay’s novels, you probably wondered where did they vanish? With different martial art forms from South-East Asia and states like Kerala flooding the fitness arena of Kolkata today, it seems Bengal has forgotten its
It was the RBU campus of Jorasanko Thakurbari where Dol celebrations started around 1962. Palash, shimul, abir were intrinsic part of this celebrations. In 1976, came up the Emerald Bower campus on B.T. Road and according to RBU tradition, similar celebrations were seen on this
The landmark Fairlawn Hotel on Sudder Street, that GB brought to readers when Shashi Kapoor died, has been sold off. The British family who had run this iconic hotel of Kolkata for three generations, has been sold to a branch of the Oberoi family. The boutique
Kolkata and Chinese --- almost go hand in hand. Be it their food, or their shoes, Bengal has always embraced this community who had settled in Kolkata almost two centuries ago and had a thriving population once upon a time. But their dwindling population in
Journalist Shabina Akhtar runs a Pan India newsportal enewsroom Twenty-one-year-old Sobhan Mukherjee, an MSc student of Ashutosh College, has been silently installing Bandhan sanitary napkin boxes in the public toilets of Bansdhroni, Golpark and Naktala area of Kolkata. The agenda of Kolkata’s Padman is simple, women