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
International Women’s Day is just over. Women are doing extremely well in every sphere of life. Politics in Bengal is not an exception. The Lok Sabha candidate list has been announced by TMC, and around 41 percent of the candidates are women. One of the most
India will soon be ready with its own ‘Desi’ version of a supercomputer with unparalleled speed. Bengal’s very own IIT Kharagpur is coming up with a supercomputer which has a speed of 1015 quadrillion. The computer wizards of this institute have promised this computer will
Remember the movie: ‘Catch me if you can?’ Bengal’s firebrand revolutionary Kalpana Dutta’s philosophy of life somehow revolved around such a concept. She was invincible and beyond everyone’s reach. Every time the police tried to catch her, they failed miserably. Even when she was caught,
While devouring an orange on a winter afternoon, did it ever occur to you that it has anti-venom properties? Hesperetin is a chemical present in orange, that acts as an effective anti-venom or antidote against snake bite, specially of Chandrabora and Gechobora snakes. The venom
“Imagine there are no countries It isn’t hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion, too Imagine all the people Living life in peace You may say that I'm a dreamer But I’m not the only one…..” hese lines by John Lennon might seem to give us a utopian
“When there is a will, there is a way,” Subhendu Kuchlan, an ITI student of Raghunathpur has proved this age-old proverb to be true. Subhendu, a resident of Kenjakura of Bankura always wanted to buy a motorbike but did not have enough money to make