If the little boy of eleven would not have summoned up the courage to flee from home at the age of eleven, we would have probably missed out on his wondrous literary creations. Dinobondhu Mitra was born in Chouberia village of North 24 Paraganas on
Purulia will soon have a floating market of its own which might turn out to be a significant tourist attraction. The market will start near the new dam, King Edward Memorial Tank, opposite to Saheb Dam of Purulia. It has been planned to give a
Only the other day I was browsing through a news where doctors of a state run hospital in Alipurduar had performed a complicated brain surgery and literally gave a second life to a teenager. And mind you state run hospitals do not fleece patients like
Mosques are places for prayers where people following the principles of Islam, feel one with the almighty, ‘Allah.’ Gender has got nothing to do with worship. Yet, for ages, women have been prohibited to enter mosques. It was believed that if women entered the precincts
Two wonder kids from a remote village of Chinsurah has been selected by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for the Young Scientist Programme, YUVIKA 2019. Swapnil and Swapnila Acharya have made not just their parents proud, but also the whole of Bengal. The two were
Sobhanagar High School of Malda has taken up an innovative step to promote environmental awareness among students. On world environment day, the school announced that if the students collect plastic and other waste products scattered in the entire village and submit them to the school
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar had suddenly found a huge relevance in the Bengali life, last month, after his statue at Vidyasagar College was broken by miscreants. Instead of going into the political debate of who and why did such an act, my curious mind tends to
The long tiring queues seen at every government hospital might now be over. Even trying times for families of patients who come from different districts and then have to stand in queues, or even get fleeced by touts just to make an appointment with the
She had a dream, a dream to conquer the seven seas of the world. And she is one step nearer to her dreams. Swimmer Sayani Das has been able to swim all the way through the treacherous Catalina channel off the shores of USA yesterday
The favourite Poush Mela of Santiniketan, that has been popular worldwide with thousands of national and international tourists descending on Tagore’s abode every year was about to shut down. The Visva Bharati authorities had recently denied the responsibility of conducting this vibrant fair. The Santiniketan