“I have always been proud to say I am from Bengal. This is where I belong, this is a place that gives me a sense of security, a sense of gratitude. Despite living and working in different parts of the world and India, I have
• How did the idea of starting a ‘Community Publishing’ model come up? Books have been my mainstay for as long as I can remember. Thus, entering the business of making books was a natural enough choice coupled with the fact that I had read Literature
He spent his school and college days in North Bengal, in the picturesque district of Jalpaiguri. This semi-hilly area of Bengal, probably never gave him a chance to encounter sharks, rather he was happy with teams of pachyderms coming down from the Bhutan Hills on
Imagine a town, a few hours drive from Kolkata, still sending their children to learn French. Not English, not Hindi, not any other foreign language. Just like Bengali, their children know how to speak in fluent French. That’s how the young generation of Chandernagore, the
Graveyards can also be picturesque and they can also speak a thousand words at times, of selfless love, of bonds that revolutionized a nation and helped in another nation’s freedom struggle. One such cemetery is Tama, in Japan’s Tokyo. Walk through its well-maintained manicured lawns
Imagine Chaitanya Dev’s silver wrapped slippers creating a bond between Epar Bangla and Opar Bangla! In real life that’s what happened recently. To maintain the harmony and good relation between two Bengals, Chaitanya Dev’s slippers have been sent to a shrine in Chittagong where it
Take this scene out of Vivekananda Vidyalaya, Dum Dum. Rows of kids having their mid-day meals. Do you find anything new in it? Apparently no, as most schools across the state serve free meals to their students. But if you probe, you will realise that
I still remember Little Hercules, the legendary body-builder of Bengal, Manohar Aich. Yes, I had the good luck of meeting this man and even was turned away one day, when I reached his ‘akhada’ or class late. My only dream then was of a good
Wasn’t our favourite Feluda ‘Sabyasachi Chakraborty’ confined in a palatial building in Peneti by a gang in Gorosthane Sabdhan? Does the name Peneti ring a bell? Well, this picturesque township happens to be older than Kolkata. There is mention of Peneti or Panihati in books
Have you heard of Girl Gangs? Not the ones that we see in movies, robbing people or taking the law in their hands, but something on the lines of Kanyashree Brigade that Bengal had seen almost a year ago in villages of Murshidabad. Now comes