We know Upendranath Brahmachari, popularly called U. N. Brahmachari, as the man who found the medicine for deadly Kaalazar. But many of us do not know he was also the founder of the world’s second blood bankand the first Indian administrator of the Indian Red
When many of Kolkata’s heritage buildings are going under the axe in the name of modernization, here is an example of how Konnagar Municipality has taken steps to safeguard Abanindranath Tagore’s Victorian farmhouse on the banks of the River Ganges, from the hands of promoters
At 10 o’clock on the morning of 2nd November 1907, Rabindranath Tagore along with a few senior litterateurs, set out from Kolkata to Kashimbazar near Baharampur in the district of Murshidabad. The occasion was Bengal Provincial Literary Meet. The poet was also accompanied by his
Rabindra Bhavan of Mungpoo is finally opened to public. Thanks to the initiatives taken by West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, the iconic house at Mungpoo, where Tagore lived, has been restored to its past glory. During the Hill agitation, miscreants even tried to raze
You all must have heard of dancer and actress Sudha Chandran whose life had inspired many in the ‘80s and ‘90s. She became a dancing sensation in an artificial limb. But Anjali Roy of Kolkata is no less a heroine herself. On Poila Baisakh, this
A girl from Bengal is all set to break into the last male bastion of Indian aviation history. Airports Authority of India (AAI) has tweaked rules to appoint the first ever woman firefighter to fill in the shortage in airport firefighting staff. Incidentally she is
Rabindranath Tagore’s Sajano Sansar is back to Udayan. The Visva Bharati authorities have recently brought out on display several furniture pieces used by Tagore, that were so long gathering dust. From Bengali New Year, they are being showcased in such a manner that people get
Can you imagine, a village in Sunderbans’ remote Patharpratima, dispose their garbage in a hygienic way just like we do in Kolkata? Digambarpur gram panchayat has a proper trash collection mechanism that starts from their doorstep. Moreover, they pay for the water they consume, something
Murshida Khatun is Headmistress of Debkunda SARM Girls High Madrasah of Murshidabad Mirzapur village of Murshidabad. A village that is not just about lush green meadows, muddy paths or uneducated wage earners and farmers, but also about a brave Muslim girl who have fought all odds
Along with Gulzar, Jogen Chowdhury, Suniti Kumar Pathak and Amitabha Ghosh, now its Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who is all set to be honoured with the highest award from Tagore’s Santiniketan. Desikottam is the highest award conferred by Visva Bharati University. Incidentally Bachchan started his