Music helps us fight against all odds. Since it has a unique link to our emotions, it can act as an effective stressbuster, and this tool is used effectively on patients in hospitals of UK and USA. This time it was used during a breast
If you are fond of Bengali literature, you must have read the fascinating novels by Buddhadeb Guha. He has been recipient of many awards including Ananda Purashkar, Shiromani Puraskar, and Sarat Puraskar but this is the first time he will be receiving a D Lit
We all know that plastic is extremely harmful for the environment as it is non-biodegradable. Environmentalists have repeatedly advised us to discard plastic from daily life. Pradip Mondal, a student of Jadavpur University, is showing new ways of using plastic which could have a positive
Life is fast-paced and to keep up with the jet-set world, travelling time of trains are reducing drastically thanks to modern technology. Travelling from Kolkata to Delhi by train previously took as much as 17 and a half hours. So many preferred flights above the
It is often said Rabindranath Tagore wrote Nashta Neer which was later made into the famous movie Charulata by Satyajit Ray, with his sister-in-law Kadambari Devi in mind. The one biggest mystery that has always shrouded Tagore’s life was his relationship with his Notun Bouthan.
She is only seven years old. Yet Rishika of Raigunj has a heart of gold. She was so moved when her social activist father Kaushik Chakraborty had shown her photographs of cancer patients who had turned bald after chemotherapy, that she decided to donate her
AIIMS Kalyani has completed hostel provisions for the first batch of medical students. The accommodation of the first 50 students who will start their classes soon is ready. They will have all necessary facilities. The counselling of the students began this Monday and will continue
She has achieved what every engineer would wish to. 28-year-old Sampriti Bhattacharya from Kolkata turned her PhD research thesis at Massachusetts Institute of Technology into a patented invention coveted by oil companies and world-wide defense sector. Her ‘Hydroswarm’ is the first ever underwater drone that
The dream of referring West Bengal as ‘Bangla’ will probably remain a dream. Today, the Central Government declared that the name of West Bengal cannot be changed right now. It has also further stated that the name of the state can only be changed if
This Puja, you can wear a variety of high-fashion and comfortable clothes beautifully crafted by the women of Sundarbans. Around 500 women of Gosaba block of Sundarbans have been making khadi and handloom clothes. None of these women were professional tailors. Most of them had