Ruchita Bose interviews Rahul Maheshwari, who is trying to make Kolkatans fall in love through Speed Meet. • Why do you think your format of speed dating works in Kolkata? I had the same question before we tried Speed Meet in Kolkata. Kolkata hosts a large population
Stephanie Dawn Sweeney takes you down a baking trail in this season of cakes, cookies and chocolates! • Why did you turn to cake baking? Was it just a passion? I really got put off by the cakes we were buying from shops. They were sickeningly sweet,
The first NGO of India started almost hundred and two years ago in 1917, from this very city by some leading brains of Bengal. With the British monarchy exploiting weavers of the country, some people came together to help them sell their products. Thus, was
In the neighbourhood of Simla Para off Beadon Street, great Mughal poet Mirza Ghalib lived during his stay in Kolkata. His love for the city can be traced in Safar-e-Kalkattah, where he writes about his stay at Haveli No 133. Ghalib praised the city saying no
This man from Kolkata is surely on a mission. Else why would an asthma patient take up the uphill task of scaling the highest peaks of the world? Not just a challenge, Satyarup Siddhanta in reality overcame the hurdle of his health issues and successfully
Good news for West Bengal! That the state is attracting foreign investment is evident as KOTRA (Korea Trade Investment Promotion Agency) hasrecently opened their Trade Office in the city. KOTRA is an official trade and investment promotion agency of the Republic of Korea. The Kolkata
Sergeant Sudip Roy is not just an inspiration for the police force but for the whole of humanity. He even proved there cannot be anything more important for police officers than their uniform. Roywas inducted into the force in 2014 and deputed to the South
Isn’t there a popular idiom in Bengali which, if translated, goes like this: “If you need money, why there’s Gouri Sen to bail you out!” But who was this Gouri Sen? Was he a fictitious character?Well, no. Gouri Sen lived in 17thcentury and was the
One day a thief sneaked into Shibram Chakraborty’s room in the guise of an incense-stick seller. Shibram lived in a small rented room in a mess and he had very basic things required to lead a simple life. He never locked his room when he
A recent RTI (Right to Information) case filed in Calcutta High Court demanding to know the status of poet Madhusudan Dutta’s house might have saved this Kolkata structure from getting demolished. After KMC’s detailed clarification, the present owner’s plans to rebuild the property has been