Legendary director Ritwik Ghatak is not just famous in West Bengal, but has an equal fan following on the other side of the Padma. Ghatak’s ancestral home is still found in the Rajshahi district of Bangladesh. But last week, the Rajshahi Homoeopathic Medical College and
Howrah is a busy industrial town and the second largest city in West Bengal. It has a distinguished history of more than 500 years. The name Howrah was derived from the word ‘Haor’ for a fluvial swampy lake where water, mud and organic debris accumulate.
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820-1891) was one of the pillars of Bengal Renaissance who continued the social reforms initiated by Raja Rammohan Roy in the early 1800s. Poet Michael Madhusudan Dutta, while writing about Ishwar Chandra said: ‘The genius and wisdom of an ancient sage, the
Budge Budge is an ancient settlement in South 24 Parganas. Not much research has been done about its rich heritage which has witnessed some of the most fascinating events of Indian history including the homecoming of Swami Vivekananda from his Chicago visit in 1897. He
Southeast Asia’s oldest college owes its existence to the legendary visionary Dr Rafiuddin Ahmed (1890- 1965). This college has churned out many stalwarts in the field of dentistry and surgery over the last few decades. On its centenary year, as it celebrates its glorious 100
Joi Hok is an ambitious and challenging public engagement project on Tuberculosis (TB) launched by Sreyashi Basu, a student of the University College of London. After completing her graduation in ‘Infection and Immunology,’ she decided to spread her knowledge to help the community at large.
Real time imaging is a need for any micro-surgery operations. Any surgeon knows the more you get to understand what lies inside the body, the better you get to know human body and perform error free operations. To help doctors across the world, engineers and
Sahitya Akademi Award again returns to Bengal holding the hands of Professor Chinmoy Guha for his book named Ghumer Dorja Thele. Born in September 1958 in Kolkata, Guha is a celebrated professor, and was former Head of Department of English at Calcutta University. He is
Apparently, India has progressed, even sending missions to the moon. Unfortunately, our mindset hasn’t, and that’s why we still stop women from entering a kitchen or even a place of worship when she is menstruating. The whole reason being she is ‘impure.’ Menstruation is considered
It is 9 am. A thick crowd gathers outside the state-run Beldanga Primary Health Centre OPD in Murshidabad. The congregation increases by the minute as more and more patients accompanied by their families trickle in. They are all waiting for the doctor to arrive. Just