Different panchayats of India are often awarded on the basis of sanitation, cleanliness, development, roads and infrastructure. This time the award for the best Child-Friendly and Child-Safe Panchayat went to Bengal’s Sandeshkhali. The Central Government has given the honour to Sarberia of Sandeshkhali Block 1
The timeless appeal of a child’s love has never been portrayed as sensitively as Rabindranath Tagore did in his several poems and short stories. May be his eternal yearning for his own mother, who he hardly got to enjoy with, kept stirring his inner soul
She looks like a European, speaks like a Bengali in a perfect saree clad demeanour. Saheli Mitra speaks to Neline Mondal, the DADAGIRI CHAMPION, who is relentlessly trying to restore heritage of this erstwhile French colony • How was it like winning the Dadagiri Champs? I
“What has sustained my sanity through 52 years in Marketing and Advertising is an abiding interest in pro bono social projects,” that’s what Ram Ray had written about himself on his Linkedin profile. For the bigger world, he was one of the finest creative minds
Shaikh Rafiqul Islam was just 8 years old when his parents realised their son has a rare ailment as a result of which food that he takes in comes out of the urinary tract along with his urine. This condition not only created immense pain
GB traces the singing legend’s Bengali song If Lata Mangeshkar has reigned supreme in Bollywood for decades, her Bengali songs of yesteryears, specially those on tunes by Salil Chowdhury had changed the course of modern Bengali songs forever. Very close to another singing legend Hemanta Mukherjee,
Today a historic verdict of Supreme Court will script a new chapter for India, just like it did on Babri Masjid Demolition Day. But what many of us in Bengal are not aware is our very own ‘Manuda’, famous legal eagle Siddhartha Shankar Ray had
Just weeks back Bahalnagar village of Murshidabad was filled with cries and wails as families of migrant labourers who had been in Kashmir to work during the apple picking season returned home in coffins. Yes, they were gunned down by terrorists for being non-Kashmiris. As
“We consider ourselves free spirits, but our words remain unfree. Women are late comers to writing and unwelcome ---” that’s what Nabaneeta Dev Sen said in her keynote speech at the National Colloquium of women writers held in Hyderabad. She was a student of Gokhale
Students of Kolkata created a Guinness World Record yesterday by assembling the largest spectroscope of the world in just 45 minutes during the 5th India International Science Festival 2019. What is even more is that 1,598 students participated in making this spectroscope and they all