The American City Bengal Forgot
How the United States quietly built a functioning American township on the Hooghly to sustain victory in Asia during the Second World War
How the United States quietly built a functioning American township on the Hooghly to sustain victory in Asia during the Second World War
We are all caught up in our private traps,” as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 thriller Psycho would have audiences believe.
A South Kolkata residential society organizes a spiritual festival on a stormy evening to commemorate the blessings of Lord Jagannath Bin hari kripa trina nahi dole….
Selling a mass-produced synthetic stringed instrument as an authentic Tripura Sarinda is now a punishable offense just like counterfeiting a luxury watch is.
It is heartening to see that steps are actually being taken to address the issue of littering in public places.
Clear water has always carried an illusion of safety. For decades, households across India have relied on sight and taste to judge purity; if water looks clean, it must be harmless.
Life in the ocean runs on light. It fuels photosynthesis, shapes food webs and determines where many marine species can live.
A major achievement in diabetes care is emerging from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), where doctors say metabolic surgery can be a life changing solution for people with Type-2 diabetes that remains uncontrolled despite taking medicines, following a diet and undergoing lifestyle changes.
Now Kolkata and Mizoram are connected by train and in the New Year one can visit Mizoram, perched on the verdant hills of India’s Northeast, ready to welcome the New Year not with a single date on the calendar but through a rich cycle of festivals that mark renewal, gratitude, and collective joy.
When a bunch of women travellers, some 15-odd, alighted from a train in Kolkata, they were all excited.
