A heritage walk across North Calcutta retraced the life and legacy of Kadambini Ganguly, one of the earliest female graduates of University of Calcutta and the first practising woman doctor in British India. Moving through the streets and institutions that shaped her journey, the Kadambini Trail revealed how colonial Calcutta quietly nurtured a revolution in women’s education.
It has been the coldest winter in Calcutta, according to the IMD (Indian Meteorological Department), in a decade.
When ‘Babu’ and ‘Da’ become national issues, the voice of a 22-year-old Aurobindo Ghosh from Baroda can still be heard above the political din in contemporary India. Writing a series of essays in 1893-94, the young Aurobindo Ghosh stated: “Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya, the creator and king of Bengali prose, was a high-caste Brahman and the son of a distinguished official in Lower Bengal.
Winter has finally descended upon Calcutta. Chilly dawns bathed in the soft, golden glow of the rising sun is inviting enough to drag ourselves out of warm blankets and head outdoors for a refreshing run or to the terrace for a stroll or at least to the balcony to sit and sip cups of steaming tea or coffee.
The debut novel of Babujee, “Crimson Mirage” is an insider’s account of the Naxal uprising of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
The heart of Kolkata transformed into a platform of hope and empowerment for young girls as The BSS School celebrated its 75th anniversary. Held recently at Kala Mandir, the platinum jubilee celebration honoured the school's legacy of educational excellence
The air inside the R. N. Tagore auditorium at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata buzzed with excitement and joy as the institute hosted its 12th Convocation ceremony.
Another attack on a girl in the city. Another round of screaming and shouting. Another set of outraged outbursts. Another vicious cycle of venom spewing. Mud slinging. Blame games.
Women’s College Calcutta, a premiere educational institution observed the World Environment Day with sixteen programmes.
The world’s at war, and inside Calcutta’s swankiest hotel, there’s champagne, swing music and scandal. It’s 1941, and while war drums echo across continents, the Great Eastern Hotel clinks with cutlery and whispered secrets, oblivious to the disasters hurtling towards it.
