If you have been to Santiniketan in Spring or during Basanta Utsav, you must have watched hordes of urbanites crowding the scene with ornaments of Palash flowers adorning them. Once upon a time Rabindranath Tagore himself had encouraged girls and women ashramites to wear these
Dol- the Festival of Colours, popularly known as Basanta Utsav, is just a few days away. A group of specially-abled young boys and girls from Uluberia are truly making a difference in the festival of hues in their own way by making a fragrant herbal
The day doesn’t seem to start without that warm cuppa of tea every morning for any Bengali. Having the tea gardens of Dooars and Darjeeling so close by, no wonder tea is a must-have beverage of Bengal. But the usual tea varieties are undergoing a
We often tend to undermine our stray dogs, popularly named as ‘Neri’ in Bengal and most dog lovers have been seen going got foreign fancy breed of dogs. When it comes to class, we do not feel the need to consider our home-grown dogs important
Reetwika Banerjee is a Cyber Security Expert by profession, an avid traveller, a shutterbug and a nature explorer. A private garden can get the status of wildlife sanctuary was unbelievable to me till the time I visited this piece of green splash in the heart of
Who knew that cultivation of grass would make farmers earn lakhs? Since ages, farmers have been concentrating on cultivation of a variety of crops with an aim to earn profits. The farmers of Rajarhat however have come up with an innovative way of cultivation of
Remember the song, Amader shurjo maroon..narir jog shobuj ghashe? The song celebrated the invincible spirit of Mohun Bagan, the oldest soccer club of India. The team has had an impeccable journey since its inception during the British rule. A lot of hardwork, blood and soul
Bengal boys staged a remarkable comeback by winning against Vidarbha on Tuesday. They beat the opponents by eight wickets and moved on to the finals of CK Nayudu Trophy (U-23). It was indeed a difficult win after conceding a three-run first innings lead with over
Football fever is at its peak. The film industry is bringing in good news for soccer maniacs. After the journey of East Bengal Club was brought on celluloid by Goutam Ghosh’s documentary, it is now the turn for Bengal’s oldest club Mohun Bagan to be
Jhulan Goswami from Bengal has yet again created history, this time with a stupendous innings taking India’s women’s cricket team to a fabulous victory. In the 2nd ODI series against New Zealand, India has knocked out the hosts in their very own backyard. Last Monday,