During early British rule, there was a complete breakdown of administrative machinery in Bengal province. Both Nawabs, Mir Jafar and later his son-in-law Mir Qasim, were selfish and interested in their own welfare and thought little about their subjects. The British officials of the East
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
Cyclones and depressions seem to have grown so fond of West Bengal, that they are in no hurry to leave the state. DurgaPuja festivities this year have already been dampened by incessant rainfall and stormy weather. Kolkata was severely affected by the volatile weather, receiving
Kali Puja is just around the corner and inmates of Alipore Correctional Home are extremely busy, completing clay idols of Goddess Kali. Many of these inmates areserving life sentence. They had also made Durga idols, and now they have been given the work of making
Rabindra Sarovar or The Lake as it is popularly known as was severely polluted last year after the Chhath Puja. The situation was so grim with more than 40,000 people offering pujas in the Lake water, that just after the puja, many dead birds were
She was born in 1917 and today happens to be her 100th birthday. But she is still alive and kicking, ready to celebrate her birthday bash with her grandchildren and their families. She is none other than Jyotirmoyee Mukherjee, the erstwhile freedom fighter from Bengal
• What is KAHINI? KAHINI to me is the story of fashion and style. I wanted to be a fashion designer and have my own boutique from the age of 14. After graduating from Jadavpur University, I went to NIFT to learn about fashion designing and
Have you ever wondered what Tantric meditation of east is all about, or for that matter tantric sex of the west? For centuries literature and various popular sites have woven Goddess Kali with Tantra, primarily because she embodies ultimate female power and energy and her
They often lose their harvest and their money to elephants. As the human-pachyderm struggle intensifies in the villages bordering forests of North Bengal, the state forest department is teaching farmers of these bordering villages how to keep the elephants away. The usual crops grown here
If you happen to pass by the Panagarh base, there is every possibility that you get to see paratroopers hovering in the sky, or parachutes making safe landings. And they are not a part of any air show, but regular training modules of the Special