Indranil Halder, Ambassador of Fashion of Multicultural Australia, FOMA wore a traditional Bengali, hand-loomed and hand-painted silk dhoti on the catwalk at the recent ‘Dress for Success Sydney’ fashion extravaganza as a show of Bengal’s heritage, grandeur and sophistication. For the first time in the
You have a small baby at home and was wondering how to go to vote, while the baby is at home. Nuclear families are common in recent times. Suppose your family just comprises of your husband and you and you have had a baby, casting
Shirish trees are not just huge, but they are one of the most formidable trees that adorned the Rabindra Sarobar area, the lungs of South Kolkata. Unfortunately, six such Shirish or Rain trees have got a fungus that have turned the trees dead in the
The fever of Lok Sabha elections is at its peak. Be it any village, city or district, no matter where you go, you will come across flags of different political parties as a publicity drive. And in this mayhem of various colourful flags doing the
His childhood was not ordinary like the rest. He was an effeminate man and the son of a sex worker. Sintu Bagui, a resident of Garbagan area near Sheoraphuli station was subjected to a lot of humiliation since childhood. But nothing could pin Sinti Bangui
Ever thought about a village that breathes music? Not far from the cacophony of Kolkata lies this dreamland where chaos has not been able to drown the music that lies in every corner of the village. Dadpur village of Uluberia is the centre of a
Will power and perseverance - these were all that the tribal boy from Ridak Tea Estate of Alipurduar had in his favour. The story of Paban Toppo’s achievement of gold medal in his post-graduation seems like a fairytale far from reality. He is the first
Another Bengali makes us proud. Pinaki Chandra Ghosh, former justice of the Supreme Court has been appointed as the first ‘Lokpal’ of India. Justice Ghosh retired in 2017 and is currently a member of National Human Rights Commission. He shot to fame when had declared
Psychosocial disability happens to be one of the greatest challenges of human rights of this century and continues to be a marganilzed area of disability. People suffering from psychosocial disabilities are subjected to varied forms of social stigma and discrimination which includes major hindrances when
Ponchishe baisakh has a special place our hearts, this is the day when Rabindranath Tagore, the man who rules the hearts of the majority of Bengalis was born. Vishwa Bharati, the university founded by Tagore as the melting pot of students who flocked from across