Shubhobroto Ghosh is author of the Indian Zoo Inquiry and Project Manager of Wildlife at World Animal Protection in India Expectedly, there is buzz around the birth of a white tiger cub in Bengal Tiger Safari, near Siliguri on 18 May, 2018. The white cub birth,
Siliguri is one of the most important cities of West Bengal and is often regarded as the North-East gateway of India. However, this is also an old city and was built more than a century ago. On 25 May, it turned 111 years.The district was
Each area has a history to its name. A name also tells us unknown facts about a place. At times there is a difference in opinions. That’s normal. To find out the source of the names coming from ancient times, it is necessary to rely
After Japan and China Bhavans on Visva Bharati campus, Tagore’s Santiniketan yet again comes up with his ideology of global ties. Inauguration of the Bangladesh Bhavan at Santiniketan yesterday is a witness to that cultural tie that Rabindranath Tagore had always celebrated. The varsity, located
While you travel through Bidhannagar today, you probably come across lovely locations, plush bungalows, manicured parks, super markets, banks, schools, playgrounds, stadium and much more. A place of luxury and ease, peace and prosperity. But how did Laban Hrad Upanagari suddenly turn to Biddhannagar? It
Samuel Rai is President of Mungpoo Cinchona plantation Coffee and Darjeeling Hills! Didn’t we so long believe coffee is only grown in South Indian hills? However, the management team of Mungpoo Cinchona Plantation has been able to achieve that unachievable. They have started cultivating coffee and
If you talk about mode of transport in the 21st century (an era that faces severe damages to the world’s environment resulting in unwarranted and sudden volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, flood, global warming etc), the one that scores above the rest, is a cycle. This
Pare Loye Jao Amai…. Milon Hobe Koto Diney… yearning to meet the ultimate creator and living for the final show, where God resides within the confines of the human mind. What Lalon Fakir said in simple words through his Sahajiya Baul songs, a highly influenced
While in the Hills, Rabindranath Tagore not only stayed at Mungpoo, but also at two more houses that are lesser known. These are the Gauripur House and Chitrabhanu. From 1938 to 1940, the Nobel Laureate came to Kalimpong four times. The last time he came
‘What is great in the realm of art might not be equally acceptable in the realm of morality; similarly, what morality finds laudable might fail to satisfy artistic thirst’ – this observation, articulated in the course of Annada Shankar Ray’s essay collection on Tolstoy, reflects