As we enter 2023, we begin a countdown to the death centenary of a young man whom history has mostly forgotten. His name – Gopimohan (Gopinath by some accounts) Saha, originally of Serampore. He inhabited Earth for a mere 19 years, and was hanged on
It is no surprise that the women of India are portrayed in the light of patriarchy. We look at our past and try to connect women with the present. It is astonishing to see a huge number of texts defining the women of India- by
Today we live in an independent India. Independent from foreign rule, oppression, and exploitation. We owe our Independence to many freedom fighters, the youngest one of them was Khudiram Bose. Very little information on Bose is available, it is known to most that Khudiram was
It has been close to a fortnight since Independence Day was celebrated with great enthusiasm on August 15 and now the dust is settling down. This year marked the 75th year of Independence and the Union government initiated the ‘Har ghar tiranga’ (Tri-colour flag from
‘Our Lord wants me to be a free nun covered with the poverty of the cross. Today, I learned a good lesson. The poverty of the poor must be so hard for them. While looking for a home I walked and walked till my arms
Aurobindo Ghosh was an extremely meritorious student and topped most examinations he gave. Even his British teachers were in awe of the English language he used to write essays. In the following letter written to his father, Aurobindo speaks on how his examiner, the well-known
Dr Sushovan Banerjee, the physician from Bolpur, known as ‘Ek Takar Daktar’ (one rupee doctor) for treating poor patients for just a rupee, is no more. Today he breathed his last at a hospital in Kolkata. He was a general physician who had been treating
Image Courtesy : Nepali Times “T“To Calcutta, much abused, much loved, always interesting.” Thus reads the dedication in the book ‘Calcutta, An Artist’s Impression’, first published in 1968 by The Statesman Ltd, and later republished as a commemorative volume. The author of this remarkable book was
Have you heard of Mahalanobis Distance? Even though most of us are taught in school about the palladium-iridium bar that is the standard of metric measurements, we are hardly taught in our school syllabus about one of the greatest statisticians of India --- Prasanta Chandra
December 23, 1912. The day India’s capital was to officially shift from Calcutta to Delhi. Lord Charles Hardinge, the British Viceroy, sat atop a splendidly decorated elephant as he prepared to make a grand entry into the new capital. Out of nowhere, a huge explosion