In 2013 Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie created quite a stir when she announced her decision to undergo a prophylactic double mastectomy. It means she had both of her breasts removed even though she hadn't been diagnosed with breast cancer. She said did this because she
The news of the Bengali girl Mehuli Ghosh along with Tushar Mane winning gold at the ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun stage in Changwon, Korea made all of us proud. In the 10m Air Rifle Mixed team category, winning the gold was not easy. Mehuli and
“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
July 1952, Helsinki, exactly 70 years ago. The capital of Finland was playing host to the 15th Summer Olympics, and the Indian contingent included only four women - swimmer Dolly Nazir, athletes Nilima Ghose and Mary D’Souza Sequiera, and a second swimmer who should more
Bengal had been the seat of Yoga even way back in 1930s, and yes, Bengalis were extremely fitness conscious, from Lathi Khela to Yoga to martial arts, boys of almost every Bengali household had to learn these forms of art. We often quote the name
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
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
King Kahn was only one of the sobriquets bestowed upon him, and from all accounts, it was richly deserved. Bayern Munich and Germany’s former goalkeeper Oliver Kahn will go down in history as one of the greatest and most successful football goalkeepers of all time,