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LATEST ARTICLES ( 22 )

• Timeless Suchitra Sen

  

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  Posted on 17 January 2014 SOCIETY

• International Mother Language Day

  

  21st February (Bangla:একুশে ফেব্রুয়ারী | Ekushe February) was declared as the International Mother Language Day (Bangla:আন্তর্জাতিক মাতৃভাষা দিবস | Antorjatik... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2012 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BSF's Brutality on Suspected Cow Smuggler

  

  NDTV airing the video footage of BSF Brutality An appaling incident took place on Monday, 16th January, 2012 at the Kaharpara Indo-Bangla border outpost . Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2012 SOCIETY

• Why Turn Indira Bhavan into Nazrul Bhavan?

  

  Indira Bhavan, Kolkata The decision of the West Bengal state Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee to turn Indira Bhavan into "Nazrul Bhawan" needs to be reconsidered. Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2012 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Poush Parbon & Pitha's Delight

  

  Image Courtesy: Wikipedia The Bengali month of Poush, the winter month brings different opportunities for the Bengalis to hog on to their favourite sweet... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2012 FOOD & DRINK, TRAVEL

• District Status for Siliguri

  

  The demand for a separate state of Gorkhaland (to be carved out of West Bengal) has risen once again in the Darjeeling hills in-spite of the recent... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2012 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• West Bengal Needs 51% FDI in Retail

  

  51% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail is the need of the hour in India and particularly in West Bengal. Presently FDI is not allowed in... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2011 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Victory Day | The 16th of December

  

  Victory Day Celebrations at Dhaka University. Picture By: Atiqur Rahman The nine month long Bangladesh's Liberation War (মুক্তিযুদ্ধ) was won on the eve of the... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2011 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Thumbs up for Anti-Maoist Drive

  A Step towards Peace in Jungle Mahal or a Call for fierce Violent attacks but definitely a huge setback for the Maoists. The 58-year-old top Maoist leader... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2011 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Pohela Boishakh | Bengali New Year

  

  Bangla New Year [Bangla: বাংলা নববর্ষ Bangla Nôbobôrsho] or Pohela/Poyela Boishakh [পহেলা বৈশাখ Pôhela Boishakh or পয়লা বৈশাখ Pôhela Boishakh] marks the first... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2011 TRAVEL

• Pledge to Celebrate Cracker-free Diwali

  

  Celebrating Green Diwali | Image courtesy: Rang-Decor Diwali which is the contraction of the word Deepawali (দীপাবলি) is known as the “Festival of Light”;... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2011 TRAVEL

• Bangladesh Unveils Cheapest $130 Android Laptops

  

  'DOEL' Laptop | Made in Bangladesh The dream of Digital Bangladesh in realization! Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has unveiled the worlds cheapest... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2011 SOCIETY, TECH, TRAVEL

• Injustice Revived! Eight Bangladeshis Beheaded in Saudi Arabia

  

  "Eight Bangladeshi migrants were beheaded (শিরশ্ছেদ) in public in Riyadh after they were convicted of killing an Egyptian security guard four years ago, a... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2011 POLITICS, SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Mahalaya | মহালয়া

  

  Mahalaya (Bn: মহালয়া Mōhalōya) marks the end of the “Pitri Pōkkho (পিতৃ পক্ষ)” and the commencement of “Devi Pōkkho (দেবী পক্ষ)” and its significance in... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2011 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Poschim Bongo!

  

  The West Bengal state is the only state in India to have its name in ENGLISH! Moreover the name is totally insignificant as discussed in my earlier post “Only... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2011 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Eid Mubarak | ঈদ মোবারক

  

  The new crescent moon of Shawwal (the tenth month of Hijri Calendar) has been sighted in Bengal, thus marking the end of the Islamic Holy month of Ramadan- the... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2011 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Only BENGAL, Not West Bengal !

  

  Since India's Independence in 1947, Western half of Bengal was integrated with India and was named as West Bengal though it had no Eastern half within the... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2011 TRAVEL

• Kalighat: A Life Lesson Learnt!

  

  It was 2nd February 2010; I was in Kolkata with my friends Albin Naveen, I was the only Bengali guy- my friends were from Pune (Maharashtra) and didn’t know... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2011 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Stop Wall Writings !

  

  Graffiti on a wall near Kolkata Station | কলকাতা রেল স্থানকের কাছে দেওয়াল লেখন This one on Strand Road reads, " Brigade Cholun" | স্ট্রান্ড রাস্তা Wall... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2011 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Save Ganga

  

  Ganga River | গঙ্গা নদি Ganga (Ben: গঙ্গা), the National River of India (Ben: ভারতীয় প্রজাতন্ত্রের জাতীয় নদী) originates from the Gangotri glacier of the... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2011 TRAVEL