The iconic Mahatma Gandhi Gyarah Murti (a collection of 11 statues together) in New Delhi showing the milestone Dandi March that shook the foundation of British India have caught the attention of many down the ages. But what many of us are not aware of
One speech of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore that will always be etched in memory is the one he had written for All India Library Congress, that was delivered on his behalf in December 1928. He was then sixty-seven years old and explored the theme of libraries
Left : Professor Sourav Chatterjee and Right : Professor Arindam Ghosh Six eminent scientists, including those from MIT, Harvard and Stanford universities, were awarded the prestigious Infosys Prize 2020 on 2nd December for their outstanding contributions to research and innovation. The annual award includes a pure
For the poet, Gagan Harkara was his peon, the great baul exponent Lalan Fakir was his supplier of betel leaves and one of the palkiwallahs was his Guru -- that’s what Santidev Ghosh writes in his book Rabindrasangit, reflecting upon how important post or letter
Examining the disappearance of the telegram, the pen and the ink pot or even the gramophone record has had a deep connect with Rabindranath Tagore. But how? Tagore had an intimate and inseparable contact with all of these, particularly telegram that he often used to
Thanks to Alipore Zoological Park, you can now easily become a guardian for any animal or bird of your choice. Though the inception of this initiative dates long back, the process of passively adopting animals is becoming more popular with time. The zoo authority claims
West Bengal sets a path breaking example in Plasma Therapy research. A majority of researchers are claiming control trial of plasma therapy on Covid-19 patients under the age of 66 is showing encouraging results. When the West Bengal government decided to set up a plasma
Boi-Thek Khana,a library by the Jadavpur Shramjeevi Trust Do you remember the Jadavpur Shramjeevi Canteen that took shape during the Pandemic Lockdown days? And how the Jadavpur Shramjeevi Trust was formed to facilitate the operation of an alternative health centre? Now Jadavpur Shramjeevi Trust is planning
A century ago Rabindranath Tagore describes Boson particle through Nataraj Nritya! Concept of Light is often presented with contrasting pictures. Experiments often suggest that light consists of tiny particles that look like innumerable corpuscles. This shower of minute objects in today’s parlance are called Bosons, after
The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) scientists have been researching the Sericini species of beetle since 2019. Sericini, incidentally, is a tribe of scarab beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are at least 100 described species in Sericini. Recently, ZSI scientists Kolkata along with scientists