India has turned its focus and resources to sports, sports academies, sports management courses, and generally excelling at sports. With several of our athletes winning big in chess, swimming, gymnastics, boxing, weightlifting, and many more at international competitions, India has gained a reputation. Success stories
Jorasanko Thakurbari, the ancestral home of the Tagore family, has been renowned for its intellectual richness, with stalwarts in every field, be it literature, art, music, and more, living behind its walls. It is believed that Rabindranath Tagore’s family produced some of the best intellectual minds
Dr Ramendra Lal Mukherjee, an engineer and scientist from Kolkata has invented an effective pocket ventilator that will not only save COVID19 patients, but will reduce Black Fungus contamination through shared ventilators of hospitals. Dr Mukherjee said to the press: “The device could be a
Munich-based German sports club FC Bayern Munich is a household name for football lovers across the globe and at present is the world’s fourth richest club. But that’s a known fact. What’s not known is how a 17-year-old soccer sensation, Subho Pal is on the
World Environment Day, started by the UN on June 5, highlights the importance of nature and how it is imperative that we do our part to preserve it. On this day, the community takes part in a variety of awareness-based events to better the environment.
Come summer and the 'king of fruits' is at its seasonal peak, lakhs of mangoes are eaten and their kernels discarded daily. These either land up in the garbage heaps or grow in awkward places like drain sides. This is when each mango seed has
Remember getting lost in the world of adventure of Shankar, while flipping through the pages Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhya’s Chander Pahar? Shankar, the central protagonist of the novel was the 20-year-old youth who belonged to an impoverished village. He hated the idea of a dim future and
OThere's nothing quite as satisfying as the first bite of a sweet, juicy, freshly picked apple. Apples, one of the oldest cultivated fruits, are present even in ancient mythical stories. From the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden to the golden apples Hercules got
Fish played an important role in the journey of one of Masterchef Australia 2021’s top contestants - Kishwar Chowdhury. Bengal’s Machher Jhol surprisingly topped the list and all judges were left in awe. Bengali cuisine has a taste, texture and character of its own, at
Plastic is a versatile, lightweight, flexible and highly durable material and is used across almost every sector, but it pollutes too being non-biodegradable! Around the world, one million plastic drinking bottles are purchased every minute, while 5 trillion single-use plastic bags are used worldwide every