Representative Image The Queen of the Hills is not just about the mighty Kanchenjungha, it is also about the ‘People’ of the Hills who from time to time made India proud. This year, two youths from Darjeeling, Atlanta Rai and Vishal Rana, make us proud by
“A bicycle ride around the world begins with a single pedal stroke.” (Scott Stoll) What happens when one is bitten by the travel bug? Kolkata’s Parimal Kanji would know. A man in his mid-50s, Kanji is an adventurer with a burning desire to travel and he
West Bengal will now have access to superior quality GI prawns which will be available in Haldia and West Midnapore districts, helping to take Bengal’s pisciculture to new heights. CIFA-GI Scampi is a genetically improved and fast-growing strain of giant freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii, developed
The concluding part of an exclusive two-part account on iconic Bengali revolutionary Bagha Jatin, or Jatindranath Mukhopadhyay, written for Get Bengal by his Paris-based grandson. Since 1908, repressive laws banning all associations had left Jatin with a massive task. First, to provide proper legal defense to
The year was 2016. Young Bengali scientist Sudipto Basu was posted at Food Corporation of India (FCI) office in Odisha. There he noticed loads of empty rejected plastic bags were being disposed off from the FCI warehouse callously. But we are all aware how plastic
W“orld will come to know the essence of India through the writings of Aurobindo…” that’s what the great poet Rabindranath Tagore had said about Aurobindo Ghosh, who was indeed the prophet of Indian nationalism. He was a great synthesizer, synthesizing philosophies of both east and
About the writer: In his childhood, Prithwindra Mukherjee (born 1936, Kolkata) listened to tales of his grandfather Jatindranath Mukherjee or Bagha Jatin from ‘Bordi’, the latter’s elder sister Vinodebala Devi. In 1955, inspired by written notes left by Bordi, Mukherjee began investigating the life and
For two consecutive years, tropical super cyclones Amphan (May 20, 2020) and Yaas (May 26, 2021) ravaged coastal Bengal, Orissa and parts of Bangladesh. North and South 24 Parganas and East Midnapore districts of West Bengal were the worst affected. Over 5,000 trees were lost
The Niti Aayog has certified MR Bangur Hospital as the best district hospital in the country for the year 2018-19. ‘This tag was given for 2018-19 as the survey was done before the Pandemic. Various factors were considered such as bed turnover rate, OPD attendance,
Trees are the stabilizers of the planet's ecosystem. They contribute to the environment by providing oxygen, improving air quality, climate amelioration, conserving water, preserving soil and supporting wildlife. Trees also lower the air temperature and reduce the heat intensity caused by global warming by maintaining