The warm rays of the winter sun bring people together to have some picnic fun. In North Bengal, the banks of River Teesta with its ethereal splendor turn to a picturesque picnic spot every winter. But this year round, the sight was a bit unusual,
Life in India might have flourished 2,500million years back. At least IIT researchers have discovered signs of such life within microscopic cells in the Deccan Plateau. A microbe lying 3 kilometers beneath the ground level has provided this intriguing clue. The issue was brought to
Names like Begum Rokeya or Pritilata Waddedar shine bright while flipping through the pages of Bengal’s women empowerment. The contribution of Begum Rokeya in the field of education is simply unfathomable. On the other hand, Pritilata Waddedar was the revolutionary martyr. But there are certain
West Bengal might emerge as the role model for the country on the path of social justice through the development of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The National Commission of Schedule Caste has expressed confidence in West Bengal in terms of being the torch-bearer of
Bengal will be showcasing an innovative tableau at the Republic Day parade tomorrow. The tableau primarily revolves around two legendary men of the nation, who have strived to gain independence from the British rule in their own ways ----one through non-violence and the other using
When I first read a major excerpt from Meghnadbadh Kabya as part of my board examination syllabus, I felt like re-reading again. Not because Michael Madhusudan Dutta had used international poetic tools in an age when Bengali poetry could least imagine such treatment, but because
Diptarka Ghosh is a nature enthusiast and a Zoology research scholar with Zoological Survey of India “O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms, Alone and palely loitering? The sedge has wither’d from the lake, And no birds sing…” La Belle sans Merci (John Keats) The Lake indeed is a birder’s paradise and
Gopal Krishna Gokhale had remarked, “What Bengal thinks today, India thinks tomorrow.” The award ceremony at the recent 106th Indian Science Congress once again proved that. History has proved how Bengal over decades have produced the best scientific brains, be it Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy,
Rupam lost his grandfather, Rabindranath Ghosh when he was just fourteen years old. He had suffered from sunstroke. This death of a loved one had a deep impact on the vulnerable mind of a child and turned into a scar that would lead the child
Here is a new controversy about Netaji Subhas Bose’s death, following a claim made by Indian born French historian, Jean-Baptiste Prashant. He claims Netaji did not die in any air crash because an old French secret service report dated December 11, 1947 found at the