The British were not the first Europeans to set up their colony along the banks of river Hooghly in and around Kolkata. Other maritime powers and traders were drawn to Bengal for its rich resources, particularly muslin silk, spices and opium, and established their Kuthis
GB exclusive interview with Shameek Chakravarty, one of the founder members of Farmizen that helps consumers grow their own vegetables on mini farms. Shameek tells Saheli Mitra they would soon be in Kolkata! • How did the idea of ‘growing your own vegetables on your own
The warning signals have been there in different districts of Bengal since the past few years---rapid depletion in the population of Bengal’s indigenous fishes. The mangrove forest cover in the Sunderbans is getting reduced at an alarming rate over the past few decades. Mangrove loss
The moon today will disappear for more than one hour when the Earth casts a shadow on the full moon. Yes, it is a rare Total Lunar Eclipse today, and a rare celestial event, because it is a combination of blue moon, blood moon and
What do you need to connect two children from different social and economic backgrounds? You just need words on letters to express and a box of crayons to draw. You do not need rocket-science technology! Well, that is how Sanjukt Saha, a 44-year-old IIT Kanpur
Shyamal Mukhopadhyay is settled in Nagpur and is a freelance intruder into the world of Bangaliana When Bengalis move out of Bengal, they create their own diaspora, to maintain ethnic and socio-cultural link with their epicenter that is Bengal. I have stayed in Nagpur for quite
He is not one bit elated to be a Padmashri Awardee this year. For Sudhanshu Biswas, work is his mission that keeps him going even at the age of 98! He runs homes for destitutes, both for children and adults, primarily in the Sunderbans-Namkhana region,
Dr. Asok Ganguly is a leading city dermatologist and also an avid traveller This beautiful Byzantine styled building has a great history written within itself. It was built by the British in 1930.The young and brave souls of Bengal revolted against the British rule. Those of
Aerospace Engineering researcher, Professor Santanu Bhowmick, who hails from Jhargram district, has discovered a unique raw material to manufacture light-weight anti landmine-vehicles.The anti-landmine vehicles currently used by different defence organisations in India usually weigh around 10-15 tonnes, whereas vehicles manufactured using raw material discovered by
“When a poor person dies of hunger, it has not happened because God did not take care of him or her. It has happened because neither you nor I wanted to give that person what he or she needed” --- Mother Teresa. No wonder, Arpan Roy