Though Bengalis have eulogized Rabindranath Tagore, his only surviving child Rathindranath Tagore who was a phenomenal litterateur, artist, craftsman, translator and scientist remained an unsung hero always. Not just unsung, rather the tragic hero, when he was literally hounded out of his father’s beloved Santiniketan,
Ishrat was married for 15 years and became the mother of four, till one fine day her husband who lived in Dubai for work, suddenly decided to just utter those three words Talaq Talaq Talaq over phone from Dubai. Ishrat’s world broke down. She could
The patients are being treated in the state run Raghunathpur Super-speciality Hospital. This is a nodal hospital where a lot of referral cases come from different parts of Purulia. Though the patients get meals from the hospital itself, their relatives, many of who have to
If Kolkata already had a hotline with its mayor Firhad Hakim and could lodge any complaints directly with him, now the people of the districts of Bengal also stand a chance to share their grievances directly with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Named as Didi ke
The Mid Day meal scheme has been a grand success in Bengal compared to the rest of India, for its successful implementation. But to give it a hygienic angle, primary schools in Burdwan will soon get machine cooked midday meals. Keeping the nutrition intact, these
Travelling to Bangladesh will now turn easier with recently launched Benapole Express. People from West Bengal can cross the Petrapole border and avail the intercity train, Benapole Express connecting Dhaka with Benapole. Passengers will have to pay 10 percent extra more than the original rent
Normally, sanitary napkins are made of imported cotton or wood cellulose. But now they will be made of jute! These low-cost jute based sanitary napkins have been developed by Indian Jute Industries Research Association (IJIRA) at Kolkata and now on the verge of commercial production,
It was a different morning at Santiniketan. It was July 25, 1941, when Rabindranath Tagore left his abode of peace for the last time, never to return again. He also left behind fond memories of seventy long years. That day he was dressed up and
The flowing Ichhamati always had a romantic appeal. No wonder it has featured in many iconic movies, literature and even played a crucial role in uniting the two sides of Bengal. But that very river is dying, a slow and painful death and when India
He loved playing with toy rockets as a child and would often sit to assemble its parts to make a new one. Probably that child’s play had a bigger inspiration in store for Souresh Pal of Katwa. Son of a physics teacher of a semi-urban