Horses on Sarat Bose Road! Thirteen-year-old Parikshit Doshi was surprised one day to see six horses rummaging through a dustbin below his house on Sarat Bose Road. The animals looked hungry, desperate and they had bleeding wounds all over their body. The boy immediately raised
If you are in Sundarbans, the destruction trail of Cyclone Amphan is still visible all around. A trip to Ground Zero throws up tales of good Samaritans who have joined hands with local NGOs to keep these people alive and pave their future employment or
He travels to the remote areas of South Bengal and leaves his home in Kolkata with around 15 of his assistants at 3am in the morning. Yes, around that time, most urbanites would be sleeping in the cosy corners of their homes. But Dr Ajoy
During the Lockdown, many have lost jobs or are sitting idle. The textile industry has been affected badly. Garment factories have closed shutters and skilled tailors who stitched trendy trousers, shirts, sherwanis which were supplied to branded companies, suddenly found themselves out of job. The
It is four hours’ journey on road from Kolkata. The village lies on the banks of the river. Cyclone Amphan has caused unprecedented damage to this village. All farmlands have been inundated by brine water, making it unfit for cultivation for the rest of this
Languages, with their complex implications for identity, communication, social integration, education and development, are of strategic importance for people and planet. Yet, due to globalization, they are increasingly under threat, or disappearing altogether. We are all familiar with Bangladesh’s Bhasha Andolan, where people laid their
Bhuvaneshwari village in coastal Kultali, South 24 Parganas had been ravaged by the impact of Amphan. Signs of destruction and devastation are still scattered everywhere. But amid all this, the indomitable spirit of Asima is inspiring others to start all over from scratch and rebuild
A couple of years ago a news had made headlines in Kolkata. A 70-year-old mother Rashmani Bhattacharya was left on the streets with nothing but some puffed rice and a few clothes, while her son and daughter-in-law were out on a vacation. She was crying
The world’s longest lockdown has affected the human race like never before. There is substantial uncertainty about its impact on people's lives and livelihoods too. Rina Khatun of Udaynarayanpur in Howrah was stirred by the predicament of the poverty-stricken villagers and decided to do something
With the advent of Covid-19 pandemic, a new chapter of human history has unfurled. We are engaged in war with a ruthless, invisible enemy and as is natural, during wars, people strategize moves to survive and in the long run,. As the pandemic becomes a