Korak Sen is a student of Sports Management at an Australian University The cricket season in Bengal is about to begin with inter club transfers starting from 1st September. This is a time when most clubs, both Division I & II, look forward to strengthen their
There is an undying love and passion for football in some parts of India, when it comes to the FIFA World Cup. In Kolkata, every four years, this takes on epic proportions bordering on a craze or madness – that magically emerges from nowhere capturing
“India is crazy about football, Bengal is crazier and often known as Mecca of Football,” that’s what I said while conversing with Guido Tognoni and Sepp Blatter, secretary and later the president of FIFA. It was way back in 1990. The FIFA stalwarts were stunned
Hundreds of Bengalis are burning their lamps every night these days, from slums to highrises! And why not? After all, World Cup Football undoubtedly will create waves in a city that is known as the Mecca of Football. Bengal has always been partisan towards football
A small house in Panchanantala of Howrah. It is here that a Messi fan lives who also runs a drawing school. Apparently, nothing is extra-ordinary in this story. But once you visit this middle-class para of Howrah, you come across Ranjan Kurmi who has beat
For all of you who were in Kolkata in 1984 and watched the Nehru Cup, probably had their memory tickled when they saw a grey-haired coach with a flowing mane, shouting instructions to Peru’sWorld Cup squad in a recent match with Denmark. Not that his
Have you tasted those yummilicious mangoes this season? If not, you would be surely doing soon. Incidentally, Bengal is the seat of the greatest varieties of mangoes of the world. The Mango (Mangifera Indica) is the most important tropical fruit produced in West Bengal. Bengal
Every morning, the first rays of the sun touch its spirited cells. New leaves are born and the tree gets fuller with each passing day.After the death of the giant and the oldest tortoise, Adwaita, at Alipore Zoo in Kolkata, it has almost been a
At 62, Pijush Kanti Saha of Katwa is all smiles. This super energetic retired school teacher and botanist has finally reaped the harvest of his hard work and dedication! He has grown as many as ten different varities of mangoes on the same tree! Yes you
Sayantan Ghosh is a Senior Research Fellow at Division of Plant Biology, Bose Institute. Wildlife Photography and Nature Study is his hobby If, you live in Kolkata, or its outskirts, and if you are a bird lover then you must have an idea about the birding