“He was like a child. He seemed to understand everything.” Those were the words of a forest official bidding a last teary goodbye to Raja. But who is Raja? He was the oldest surviving tiger in captivity. At the age of 26 he died leaving
No other metropolitan city in India can claim of having a biodiversity register. But our very own Kolkata can now boast of being the first major metropolitan city of India to have prepared a detailed register of biodiversity. It was unveiled recently by the city
Myriad birds created a live musical rhapsody every time someone knocked at Ajoy Home’s house. His house was an aviary of sorts where birds chirped merrily all day long. It was a common sight for any visitor to encounter him engrossed in his volume of
How does one join the dots between heritage cycling and wetlands? The Heritage Committee of The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry has successfully merged World Bicycle Day and World Environment Day by organizing the 1st Edition of ‘BCC&I Pedal through Heritage.’ It is first
Protecting plants specially roses and hibiscus from rains using temporary shade ‘Gone with the Wind!’ … literally many of our plants on our terrace had been swept away by Cyclone Amphaan a couple of years back along with many whose pots were broken to pieces. Since
Painted Stork Rabindra Sarobar or Dhakuria Lakes is south Kolkata’s signature address, surrounded by the Southern Avenue to the north, Russa Road to the west, Dhakuria to the east, and the Kolkata Suburban Railway track to the South. Around 38 per cent of the total 192
Somendra Mohan Ghosh is a well-known environmentalist and green technologist Citizens of Kolkata seem to be indifferent to the city’s critical health condition as it gasps painfully for fresh air. Kolkata is endowed with diverse and distinctive traditional water bodies. They support large human populations and
Howrah is often considered to be one of the most polluted cities of India, so much so that residents of different parts of the city suffer from respiratory ailments. Being an industrial city with multiple polluting factories and units, the air over Howrah is not
Have you heard the name of Prashanta Chandra? Perhaps not. But this middle-aged man is a familiar face in Mohanpur town of Danton Block, West Midnapore. Even government officials working in Danton Block Development Office (BDO) or the Officer-in-Charge and his subordinate officers of the
“What happens if you take a rich magistrate’s son and make him learn in a village school sitting beside sons of servants and fishermen? He’ll hear tales of birds and animals that make him curious about Nature. And that will make him one of India’s