Auniversity is never just a bunch of classrooms and labs, it is a feeling, which is stamped into the heart of any student who walks its grounds. Pride is a two-way street; students wear their university like a badge of honor and universities wear their
Fifty years ago, they were just students under the shade of Bakultala — laughing, dreaming, and shaping ideas. Today, as proud alumni of IIEST Shibpur, the 1975 batch has come together to gift Rs. 20 lakh for Bakultala’s beautification and the creation of smart classrooms. 50 years
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar in his article ‘ill-effects of Child Marriage’ had highlighted how marrying off boys and girls at a young age can hamper their natural growth and health. Almost a century has passed since Vidyasagar made this statement. Yet, his words hold relevance even today
Bolpur, Santiniketan, Visva-Bharati — these names instantly bring a sense of peace to the mind. It was as if Rabindranath Tagore was drawn by an invisible force to this red-soiled village path beyond the towns. With love, vision, and purpose, he transformed this simple, rustic
Jagadish Chandra Bose and Rabindranath Tagore were contemporaries, being just two and half years apart in age and they were indeed very good friends. However, Mahalanobis was more than 32 years younger than Tagore. By the time he went to Cambridge for the Mathematical Tripos
Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore’s universally relevant and time-immemorial messages on the continuity of life are reassuring. Though many objects may have disappeared from our lives, what ushers in hope is the undying Ashramic philosophy of daily existence. As he said in one of his
Ananda Ashram Balika Vidyapeeth Among the modern Indian religious reformers, Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902) was empathetic towards women’s oppression and worked tirelessly for their emancipation. He identified ignorance among women was the main hindrance for the salvation of the country and stressed on the importance of education for
Bengal had produced several ‘Renaissance women’ and one of them was undoubtedly Leela Majumdar --- an author, teacher, playwright, art critic and above all a brilliant mind, much ahead of her times. Born on February 26, 1908 to Surama Devi and Pramada Ranjan Ray, who
American non-fiction author and journalist Richard Louv is best known for his book, ‘Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder,’ written in 2005, which investigates the relationship of children and the natural world in current and historical contexts. Louv coined the
The vast expanse of a lush green tea garden nestled amid dense jungles beckons the weary urban soul to let off all worries and relax. But not everything is as heavenly and perfect as they seem. Herds of wild elephants from the nearby jungles often