Armenian by birth, Anthony Khatchaturian was born in Kolkata and grew up in London and Kolkata. A freelance writer, columnist, and history enthusiast, he currently lives and works in Kolkata. As Christians across the world count down to the biggest celebration in their calendar and Kolkata
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7Dm59froeo Raju Nepali, the brave soul from North Bengal, has been diligently working to spread awareness against child and women trafficking. He has been doing this for decades and has not given up the fight to save women and children not just of North Bengal but
The village is called Ketugaburjot, the last ‘t’ is a soft one. If the name sounds unfamiliar, so are the people inhabiting it. This village, under Siliguri’s Naxalbari police station, is home to a fast vanishing tribe known as the Dhimal. Among the most significant tribal
All socio-political movements of substance tend to leave their imprint on the public mind. Sometimes, the imprint is clear and definable, while at other times, it is absorbed into the thoughts and mores of contemporary society. It has been nearly 53 years since the Naxalbari
It was a balmy winter afternoon in 1994, when he first came across Maya (named changed on request) while chatting in a cyber cafe of Nepal. They turned family friends and Raju Nepali, the lone crusader, who for decades literally worked single-handedly in spreading awareness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpQD2z-oUJs This is the 10th year of www.getbengal.com, a journey that we began with a single mission in mind - to talk about only the positive essence of Bengal. For ten long years, we have been doing, month after month, what we set out to do:
It will be a historic ‘Silent Diwali’ and Kali Puja this year. COVID-19 has changed it all for sure, even the celebrations in the festive season. In a landmark judgement today, Calcutta High Court held that sale of all kinds of crackers, both sound and
According to Merriam-Webster’s Encyclopedia of World Religions, Hindutva is a concept of ‘Indian cultural, national, and religious identity.’ The term ‘conflates a geographically based religious, cultural, and national identity: ‘A true Indian is one who partakes of this Hindu-ness.’ Although India’s Constitution proclaims secularism, the country
Despite repeated appeal by the state government, doctors and people from different sections of the society, it seemed the public of Bengal were not aware enough to stay back at home and watch the Durga Puja virtually this year. Rather from Dwitiya itself they were
As all of us would agree, this has truly been an 'annus horribilis' (Latin for horrible year), the phrase Queen Elizabeth famously used to describe 1992, a year that saw the British royal family beset by a series of grave personal problems. Well, 'annus horribilis' would