It has been sixty-five years since the imposing building of Goethe Institute or Max Mueller Bhavan stands in Kolkata celebrating the Indo-German ties in various ways. And it is indeed a big day. To celebrate the 65th year, Cologne-based artist Katja Davar collaborated with local
Residents of Khardah, a town in North 24 Parganas, are jubilant. A teensy-weensy girl from their township has brought glory to this once-thriving industrial hub on the outskirts of Kolkata. The six-year-old girl has stunned everyone with her brilliant performance at the Science Olympiad Foundation
The results for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate) or NEET (UG) 2022, was declared on September 7, 2022. A red-letter day in the lives of all aspiring medical students in India who have been waiting with bated breath for the results that would
ISRO has been launching satellites into space since decades and today Indian Space Research Organisation is a worldwide name even among the super powers for their scientific feats. But have you heard of school children developing their own satellites and launching them in space? Well,
The year was 2001, the setting a slum in Tikiapara, Howrah. Mamoon Akhtar sat in a 300-sq ft house, surrounded by a small group of six children. This was his ‘school’, which he had been driven to set up as a result of the passionate
Scene 1: Shrieks of laughter and chatter wafted from the classrooms, laced in colourful uniforms the children were playing together, reciting rhymes, showing actions in groups, they were ecstatic when they finally went home, constantly blabbering about how they enjoyed school. The very school that
When the COVID graph in the city peaked in March 2020, it was a grim scene everywhere. Maintaining social distancing was found to be one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and people resorted to social distancing measures zealously. But
Higher education. For most of us, the passport to a better life. And yet, many students, particularly those from low-income families, often face a funds crisis as they pursue their chosen course of study. To address this crucial issue, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched the
On its website, Transcendent Knowledge Society (TKS) describes itself as “an organisation for education, empowerment and equality for people with disabilities”. This staid description, however, does little justice to the critical nature of the work that TKS does every day when it comes to integrating
Horace Mann, a pioneer of American public schools in the 19th century, famously called education the “great equalizer of the conditions of men.” Education is a mechanism that allows even those from the poorest circumstances to succeed and climb up the socio-economic ladder. But in