With the deadly dengue season just a few months away, New Town Development Authority has come up with an innovative technique to combat the menace. They have decided to spray Bacillus Thuringiensis Israelensis (BTI), a kind of bacteria that destroys mosquito larvae. BTI is usually
Shubhobroto Ghosh is a Wildlife Projects Manager with World Animal Protection People are rightly dismayed to learn that the tiger spotted in Lalgarh in West Bengal has been killed, reportedly by local hunters who used spears, bows and arrows to kill the cornered creature on 13th
Mimi Mondal of Kolkata had a childhood like many others of the city. She spent her childhood reading books, though she had a special fascination for sci-fi books by Satyajit Ray, Premendra Mitra and Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumdar. But today this Jadavpur University alumnus is competing
Atrei River of Balurghat even finds mention in the Indian epic of Mahabharata. Not just that, it happens to be the only major river that flows through the South Dinajpur district of West Bengal before entering Bangladesh. But due to the utter neglect for years
The Cymbidium Park in Mungpoo was razed to the ground on 9.4.2015 by a severe Northern Wind that raised a storm. All nine, small and big poly-houses which used to shelter beautiful flowers and imported tissue cultured plant lets were destroyed. It was a Herculean
Supriya Roy is a great story-teller and ex-teacher. She is also the great grand daughter-in-law of Sarala Ray and grand-niece of Jagadish Chandra Bose My grandmother-in-law
As India celebrates its Table Tennis victory in the Commonwealth Games both in the women’s and men’s sections, here is one woman who plays the game even at the age of 75! She even climbs five stories everyday and is completely unperturbed. She can take
Job Charnock loved living like a king and not just as an employee of East India company. He also liked the 'natives' a lot, so much so that he often would be seen talking to them and sepnding time with them in leisure. In one
Fairy tales and popular children's books as well as comics are the need of the hour. Why? Because these days more and more children are getting addicted to games that not only propagate violence, but is detrimental to both their physical and mental health. Sunirmal
Women of villages around Susunia Hills of Bankura will no more need to exchange their tales and thoughts at the bathing ghats around village ponds. They now have a well-set up ‘library only for women,’ where they will not just get to read books, magazines,