Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come… Rabindranath Tagore always wished for a silent and dignified death. In his last days, before he was operated and slipped into a semi-conscious state, Tagore had shared
It is said behind every successful man there is a woman. Who was behind Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose, who could have won a Nobel Prize for his scientific inventions had he not be born in British India? Who inspired him to carry on with his
With railway stations and airports changing names to keep pace with political changes, there was little doubt that one of the busiest airports of Bengal, Bagdogra, will be left far behind! The business community of Siliguri under the umbrella of various orgaisations, including CII claimed
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was at her very best at the 73rd Assembly of the UNGA last year in New York. In a fiery speech Swaraj exposed Islamabad’s lies to the world. Here is her full speech: Your Excellency Madame President, The United Nations is the world’s
Son of a fisherman of Sunderbans, Prasenjit Mandal has come forward to make exemplary changes in the lives of Tiger Widows of Sunderbans. Through his foundation Mandal is empowering the women of Bali Island. He speaks to GB in an exclusive interview • What made
August 6, 1945, was a Black Day for the whole of humanity. It was on this day during World War II, an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atom bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of
Bengal’s humble Kalo Jeere that has been a part and parcel of our household kitchens is now going to take over the world of cancer treatment. Thanks to the breakthrough by scientist Dr Arghya Adhikari of the Nanotechnology department of Calcutta University, black cumin seeds
Tista Das looked like any other Bengali bride, while Dipan Chakraborty was the groom as they exchanged their garlands with the priest chanting wedding mantras in the background. But this was a wedding with a difference. It was the first Rainbow Wedding of Bengal where
Bilkis Bano never had an easy life. Born to an impoverished family, she was forced to leave studies and get married after her secondary examination. She was only 16 then. Her father was a vegetable vendor. After marriage, her struggle and agony increased many folds
Anyone in India today hears Shyama Prasad Mukherjee’s name somehow raises brows. Why? Simple. Because he was always tagged as a Jan Sangh man and the word ‘Sangh’ has indeed been a terror word to many in present India. But what Bengal’s son Shyama Prasad