Personality

This is a story that dates back to 1959. The date was July 17. A Dakota aircraft was flying mid-air

Bengal in the 19th century was a place with great intellectual excitement. Accepted values were closely questioned as part of

Not every freedom fighter needs armour—some carried law books and spoke with courage inside the courtroom. Birendranath Sasmal is one of the

TJuly 15 2013, was a momentous day in the annals of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL), the government-owned telecommunications service

Doesn't it feel good to know that Kolkata, a city renowned for its vibrant Bengali culture and intellectual life, hosted

Professor Benoy Kumar Sarkar is a forgotten name today and very few of us remember this versatile and prolific author,

On April 8, 2022, the Department of Post held a special cover release programme at 14, Parsi Bagan Lane, Kolkata,

It seems somewhat like a coincidence that two contemporary geniuses born in the 20th century shared the same name and

Mountaineers and the authorities at the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI), Darjeeling and the Radhanath Sikdar Himalayan Museum have been pitching for renaming Mount

The beginning of the 20th century was an epoch-making period. Ominous clouds of mistrust, conflict and war loomed large over

Jumbo Majumdar was listed among the top 12 Allied pilots by LIFE magazine during WWII

An eminent scholar, from a distant land far across the sea, sent a congratulatory note to a humble author in

The Tagore family has long been the focus of public curiosity. Like its men, the women of this illustrious family

Bina Das: West Bengal's Revolutionary Force for Indian Independence “My object was to die and if I had to die, I

Ganapati Chakraborty, the first practitioner of modern magic in Bengal In ancient times, Indian magicians were often considered workers of legitimate

Author Amales Tripathi Eminent academician and author Professor Tapan Raychaudhuri in his book Bangalnama says, “Many people speak of his (Nirad

Anita Bose is a well-known researcher and academician of South-East Asia and an ardent follower of Ramakrishna Paramhansa. She has

While he defended Hinduism against the hostile criticism of the missionaries, he sought to purge Hinduism of the abuses that

“The grand Continental menagerie, which occupies the center of the Hall, and which is open to all, contains a really

How conveniently we have forgotten the pioneering entomologist and naturalist, Gopal Chandra Bhattacharya. Born on August 1, 1895, in Lonesing,

Rajshekhar Basu, better known as Parashuram, once gave her the nickname “Kalo Pakhi” (The Black Bird). From then on, her Santiniketan home

Bengal has seen many firsts, among them the first woman from India to visit Japan was also a Bengali. Hariprabha

The Assam saga continues…. Ageneral strike was called in the towns of Karimganj, Hailakandi, and Silchar in the Barak Valley from

He was the second MD graduate from the Calcutta Medical College during British rule --- a brilliant student and doctor,

First Indian woman to work in an ordinance factory Mechanical Engineering – the study of mechanical systems has always been thought

“Nehru’s haste [in wanting India’s first general election] was understandable, but it was viewed with some alarm by the man

The year was 1905. The first of Bengal’s two partitions was underway, courtesy Viceroy Lord Curzon. Typically impervious to popular

On February 20, 1888, Florence Nightingale wrote to a friend: “Do you know or could tell me anything about Mrs

There was something about Dolly Roy, the first woman tea taster of India, as well as about her quaint shop

Orphans who survived the Bengal famine of 1943 If you run a Google search for Sasank Sekhar De, chances are you

There is a common tradition in India of naming places after well-known and successful personalities from different walks of life.

Both January and February are special months for a very special Kolkata landmark, so we figured this was a good

Kunsang Chhopel lives in Nagaland’s Dimapur. He has travelled from Nagaland to a small village situated in Siliguri, to train

He was not just a doctor, but even a Swadeshi entrepreneur. And the imposing building of NRS Medical College of

The women of the Tagore household who chose to stay in the ‘Andarmahal’ often created works of literary and artistic genius. Although

August 23 this year marked the 172nd birth anniversary of visionary, philanthropist, and dedicated physician, Dr. Radha Gobinda Kar, aka

Hemantabala had the moxie to challenge Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in a battle of letters. She would write her missives using rhyming

“Outgoing West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee lost to Trinamool Congress nominee Manish Gupta by 16,684 votes from Jadavpore constituency.

Most Indians have never heard of Dukoribala Devi nor are aware of her daring exploits a century ago, but it

In 1873, Jesse James and his gang pulled off one of the most daring train robberies in the history of

Even if the colonial hangover fails to leave the bloodstream of an average Bengali babu, who dons hats and suits

The Barefoot Historian of Kolkata has passed away, but he leaves behind a legacy of around 70 books that meticulously chronicle the

Jorasanko Thakurbari, the ancestral home of the Tagore family, has been renowned for its intellectual richness, with stalwarts in every

Jack Preger ,the man who silently dedicated 40 years of his life to providing medical care and attention to the

The Calcutta Tram Users Association (CTUA), under the leadership of its president Mr. Debasish Bhattacharya, a retired scientist, has been steadfastly advocating

The man who sought to build a house in Chinsurah, adjacent to Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's residence at Vande Mataram Bhavan, and was a dear

A dingy cell of British India’s notorious prison, where revolutionaries were treated like dogs, a burly British police officer using

When Army Day is celebrated every year across the country on 15 January to commemorate Field Marshal Kodandera M. Cariappa

October 1962 and May 2020 are not the same, at least not in Sino-Indian context. India has not only emerged

The iconic Mahatma Gandhi Gyarah Murti (a collection of 11 statues together) in New Delhi showing the milestone Dandi March

Samarendranath Pandey, under the pen name Swapan Kumar, created the fictional detective Dipak Chatterjee. Trained in intelligence and martial arts, a

Sabita Haldar, Howrah Station Announcer In the bustling heart of Howrah station, where the symphony of urban life plays its complex

Monika Santra, aka Moni Dreams, those ethereal whispers of hope and ambition, are the lifeblood that courses through the veins of

There are many Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) aspirants who work hard every day in order to achieve their dream

Hindol Roy, the antique gadget collector Every year, at the crack of dawn, millions in Bengal usher in Durga Puja as they switch

Teachers and doctors are considered noble professions as they serve the society as a whole. GetBengal has celebrated those altruistic individuals who

Matchbox collector Srijan De Sarkar The word ‘phillumeny’ was first used by the British matchbox collector, Marjorie S Evans in the

Professor Asok Das received D. Lit. at The University of London It was mid-1970s and Dr. Asok Kumar Das, was working

Chandra Shekhar Ghosh-Founder, MD & CEO of Bandhan Bank In 2014, when the Reserve Bank of India named the two organisations

Paritosh Biswas, announcer, Sealdah station There are many instances that remind us how fortunate and blessed we are with what we

Eminent Physicist Bikash Sinha Is fundamental science a criminal luxury in India? A revolutionary question that scientist Bikash Sinha, former director

Professor Ashok Kumar Das has been conferred an honorary Doctor of Literature (DLit or Doctor of Letters) from the University

Few years ago, a well-known media house initiated a unique campaign as a global crusade to promote inclusion of women

"Inever hoped my scribblings would bring me awards or accolades. And this time, what I have been bestowed with, is

Have you heard of Mahalanobis Distance? Even though most of us are taught in school about the palladium-iridium bar that

Since our very childhood, we realise that a mother plays a very important role in raising a child. Unfortunately, not

Remember Rabindranath Tagore’s short story ‘Dakghar,’ where Amal, the eight-year-old terminally ill protagonist is confined to his bed? His only

Based on a research paper published in Kolkata during the 1940s, the 2023 International Prize in Statistics, (which is statistics’

Most of those familiar with the Persian phrase ‘tamam shud’ (it is over/ finished) associate it with one of the

The flag designed by Mahatma Gandhi in 1921 ‘Vexillology’ - try pronouncing that quickly. This tongue twister of a word has

As we enter 2023, we begin a countdown to the death centenary of a young man whom history has mostly

It is no surprise that the women of India are portrayed in the light of patriarchy. We look at our

Today we live in an independent India. Independent from foreign rule, oppression, and exploitation. We owe our Independence to many

It has been close to a fortnight since Independence Day was celebrated with great enthusiasm on August 15 and now

‘Our Lord wants me to be a free nun covered with the poverty of the cross. Today, I learned a

Aurobindo Ghosh was an extremely meritorious student and topped most examinations he gave. Even his British teachers were in awe

Dr Sushovan Banerjee, the physician from Bolpur, known as ‘Ek Takar Daktar’ (one rupee doctor) for treating poor patients for

Image Courtesy : Nepali Times “T“To Calcutta, much abused, much loved, always interesting.” Thus reads the dedication in the book ‘Calcutta,

Have you heard of Mahalanobis Distance? Even though most of us are taught in school about the palladium-iridium bar that

December 23, 1912. The day India’s capital was to officially shift from Calcutta to Delhi. Lord Charles Hardinge, the British

To begin with, he was not called Upendrakishore. Named Kamada Ranjan Ray at birth, he was the youngest of three

"The sea is the same as it has been since before men ever went on it in boats." ― Ernest

Birla Industrial and Technological Museum Driving past Kolkata’s Birla Industrial and Technological Museum (BITM) on what is Gurusaday Road today, not

When Rabindranath Tagore visited Russia, he was accompanied by a few from his family. One of them was Saumyendranath, the

Old Calcutta has been the city of many ‘firsts.’ From science and technology to literature and revolution, the old city

TThe photograph has grown fuzzy with age, but the smiles of the confident young women are hard to ignore. Published

‘Where do you consider to be your home?’ Amartya Sen was once asked by a BBC journalist. By then Sen

He was a man who was equally revered by Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi. Even the New York Times announced

The concluding part of an exclusive two-part account on iconic Bengali revolutionary Bagha Jatin, or Jatindranath Mukhopadhyay, written for Get

W“orld will come to know the essence of India through the writings of Aurobindo…” that’s what the great poet Rabindranath

About the writer: In his childhood, Prithwindra Mukherjee (born 1936, Kolkata) listened to tales of his grandfather Jatindranath Mukherjee or

In 1949, the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) recruited its first woman scientist, Mira Mansukhani. And finally, a little over

Kolkata Police Commissioner Soumen Mitra has been chosen as one of two recipients of the Anirudh Bhargava-INTACH Environmental Award. Instituted

“How many roads can you travel to be called a traveller? How far can you stay away from your home?

Meghalaya is a beautiful combination of Sanskrit words meaning ‘abode of clouds’, from Sanskrit ‘megha’ (cloud) and ‘ā-laya’, (abode). Those

On the evening of August 9, 2009, in front of a packed house at Rabindra Sadan auditorium, Jogesh Dutta finished

The US President Joe Biden appointed Bankura’s daughter, Sohini Chatterjee at the US Department of State as Senior Policy Advisor

“My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea, and the heart of the great ocean sends a thrilling pulse

Indian development Economist Jayati Ghosh is among 20 prominent personalities ap-pointed by the United Nations to a high-level advisory board

US President-elect Joe Biden on Friday named Indian-American and Bengali born Sumona Guha as senior director for South Asia. Guha

August 11, 1908, is the day Khudiram Bose was hanged by the British-Indian administration. For the attempted assassination of senior

Sir Rajendranath Mookerjee, who was an engineer and also an idol of Entrepreneurship, something Bengalis are always thought to be

The combination of beauty and brains of dusky Bengali brunettes have always been raved by the global audience and what

In January 2004, Iranian Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi had proposed to the United Nations for an International Day of Non-Violence

‘India has always been my canvas.’ But, on every Durga Puja, no matter which part of the world he was

From teaching Political Science at Kolkata’s Vidyasagar College in the 1960s to entering Rashtrapati Bhavan as India’s 13th President in

Four years ago, a well-known media house initiated a unique campaign as a global crusade to promote inclusion of women

Octogenarian Dr Sushovan Banerjee is a physician from Bolpur, better known as ‘Ek Takar Daktar’ (one rupee doctor) for treating

Swami Vivekananda attained Maha-Samadhi on July 4, 1902, at the age of 39. By then he had lived life on

Mother, Though I know you will come to visit me tomorrow early in the morning, yet I couldn’t help but write

Krishna Bose will not just be remembered as a member of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s immediate family, but will be