Head to the Beach festival of Bengal this weekend. This week-long festival has started off! Organised jointly by the Purba Midnapore district administration and Digha-Shankarpur Development Authority (DSDA), the carnival has been planned on a very big scale with daring activities like ride on hot
Salon manager Tarun Chakraborty of Rajarhat and his fiancée Riya went on a holiday trip to Kalimpong. On the way they impulsively made a stopover at Jhandi, a virgin village nestled amid nature’s verdant greens. Most inhabitants of Jhandi are Sherpas, a Nepalese ethnic group,
After working for few months without any break, I thought it’s better to go somewhere away with the kids to enjoy their summer holidays, preferably in the lap of the nature. So, my destination this time in the month of May was a remote hamlet
Long ago, in late 70s and early 80s,my days would be filled with anecdotes of North Eastern states of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh and I dream of those days even today.Such was the divine touch, that I tend to look for nature even in this
If you a lover of Dokra craft, then do not miss this opportunity! Dokra artists of Bikna in Bankura, will celebrate an annual fair called DokraMela from November 3 to 5, where you stand a chance to get a sneak peek into the lives of
English Bazar (Malda) residents will at last heave a sigh of relief when the unkempt plot, used for dumping waste will be replaced by an attractive and aesthetically pleasing hanging garden. The garden will be set at the heart of the town at Rathbari, informed
Samsing, in the foothills of the eastern Himalayas in North Bengal, is a little hamlet surrounded by undulating lush, verdant tea estates and enclosed by misty blue hills at a distance. The gurgling river Murti meanders along her course, strewn with pebbles and boulders. This
How about giving up the toy train and taking a ropeway to reach the hill station of Darjeeling? With the Hills showing signs of re-opening again, winter might be great fun in the Hills. Soon, tourists will be able to explore the scenic beauty of
When it comes to Purulia, it is all about Granny’s love and Grandpa’s pampering. This year too I went to visit my grand parents, and decided to go to the picturesque Ayodhya Hills dotting the fringes of this district. In a Bengali family you can’t
If you have traversed the muddy roads and green fields of West Midnapore, in all possibility you have not come across Pathra, a non-descript hamlet, that has hardly ever been explored. Here lives a man called Mohammed Yeasin Pathan, who is a silent crusader of