“Na jaayate’ mriyate’ vaa kadaachin naayam bhuthva bhavithaa na bhooyah/ Ajo nithyah saasvato’yam puraano na hanyate’ hanyamaane’ sareere” Never is He (the Soul) born, nor does He die at any time, He has never been brought into being, nor shall come hereafter; unborn, eternal, permanent and ancient
Her incredible journey from Jalpaiguri to remote Alipurduar’s Toto village and then on to receiving the National Award for Teachers from President Ramnath Kovind is almost like a fairytale. Misha Ghosal has been a messiah to hundreds of girls belonging to endangered Toto tribe of
This is a school that has produced some of the best scientists, dramatists, authors and sports personalities of the world. From Acharya Jagadish Bose to playwright Girish Ghosh to the grandmaster Dibyendu Barua, Hare School is one of the oldest schools of Kolkata. In the year
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducts the prestigious Civil Services Examination (CSE) annually to select some of the best brains in the country who aspire to take up a career in the civil services. The selection procedure is pretty rigorous and can be understood
Here is some good news even during trying times. Three universities from West Bengal have made it to the top list of the best universities of India. Jadavpur University has stood 5th, followed by Calcutta University at No. 8 in the prestigious Week-Hansa Research survey
At a time when the Covid-19 pandemic has placed education systems around the world under tremendous pressure, and with all schools closed indefinitely, the West Bengal government’s Department of Education has come forward with a scheme titled ‘Banglar Shiksha Durbhashe’, inspired by Hon’ble Chief Minister
Tushar Mandal is a district librarian of Malda, but unlike many others sitting back when libraries are shut and enjoying paid holidays, Mandal decided to keep the habit and love for reading books alive. Though Malda District Library had shut its doors due to Lockdown,
Did you know Rabindranath Tagore had a retreat high in the mountains of Nainital where he often meditated? It was also the house where he lived with his daughter Renuka who was suffering from tuberculosis and later died. Many memories still abound this house and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg-ubeQoAVw Does the name Prafulla Kumar De Sarkar ring a bell of familiarity among readers? No? Well, people hardly recognize him by his official name now. Born in 1892 in Rangpur, erstwhile, East Bengal., Prafulla Kumar completed his graduation from Rajsahi College and then landed in
Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen has been awarded the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade for his decades-long work around issues of global justice. The award will be presented by the German Publishers and Booksellers Association, Börsenverein. This award is recognition of the Indian economist's