The one thing that definitely acts as a mood enhancer for a woman is a sizzling lipstick. It has been a woman’s weakness and one accessory that she can hardly do without. Previously, women had to count on expensive and international brands when it came
Chess is called the game of the brains and tactics. It is slow, but steady, and opens up young minds to those ‘little grey cells’ that Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot always spoke of. Bengal has always seen chess as a very popular indoor game and
Suman Sadhu is an ex-student of Belur Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira The Great Bengal Famine of 1943, had left behind a trail of death and human sufferings. Thousands dying from starvation, lying on the streets of Kolkata, pleading for a handful of boiled rice. From within that
If Rabindra Bharati University’s history is entwined with the erstwhile Jorasanko Thakurbari, that has witnessed birth of Bengal renaissance and stalwarts like Rabindranath Tagore and Abanindranath Tagore, its canteen also has the Thakur tag to it. Out of the four canteens on the RBU campus,
“The world thrives on speed and accuracy,” these were the first words that Gopal Bose said when I first met him as a teenager. But that was not my last meeting, for I went on to coach under him in the days to come. Having
As a child I always loved the smell of old books, that often transported me to the world of dreams, where words bespoke tales of lands that I never travelled through or seas that I never crossed. That rustic unexplained odour, unknowingly became a part
Arnabi Basu is a 2nd-year student of Asutosh College Have you ever heard Anjan Dutta or Neil Dutta strumming their guitars in the canteen of Asutosh College? Or even Rupam Islam? May be yes, may be not. But that is not the only milestone that makes
Samudranil Gupta is an Ex-student of Presidency University, who is currently pursuing his research at JNU Campus canteens are always special because they are crucial in shaping camaraderie and politics. They are the most politically and aesthetically engaging spaces on campus. Whether they are big or
Rohit Sen is an ex-student of La Martiniere and has participated in the Athletes Meet organized by the Debanjan Foundation Just a week after the FIFA World Cup, Kolkata gets ready for yet another football carnival. With 40 participating schools this time around, The Debanjan Cup
For all Xavierians, food was never scarce during their college days. Not just because this iconic college is on the hip and happening Park Street of Kolkata, surrounded by equally historic food joints, some of which are running from the British era, but because the