These were some of my favourite things from yesteryears. Those were the days when Sreeram Arcade and Treasure Island (also near New Market) were yet
In fact some of the dyes namely Indigo, Madder and Kermes were introduced all over the world by Indians during early periods.
This trip along with a host of others has remained etched in my memory. Another one I can relate here pertains to our Jaldapara trip
I became convinced that as much as I loved to weave on a loom, I loved to get my hands dirty with dyes and paints
The greatest festival of the year for us, the Bengalis, has come knocking at our doors. The Durga Puja is not just a festival. It
Luckily, I cleared the written test. The oral test hurdle remained. But I badly needed the money. I had to send some home. That was
When handwritten letters were the order of the day, some men took all the pains of emulating a good handwriting.
Priyanath Mukhopadhyay (1855-1947) was a real-life police officer who published First Person accounts of his exploits.
The University of Illinois has played an integral role in Visva-Bharati’s history of pioneering scientific experimentation in agriculture as part of Tagore’s ideas.
Inception In 1921 Leonard K Elmhirst had just graduated from the Cornel University. The young British man, was ruminating over his future course when he
That is how Rathi settled down to the life of a skilled gentleman farmer and continued to apply his knowledge usefully in an experimental farm...
Stories which are short enough are called short stories. We love reading them because of their brevity, their ability to convey a lot within a
One was his determination to break out of the isolation imposed as much by the Indian past as by colonial rule. The other was in
Shyamal Dutta Ray is an Indian artist who belonged to the Bengal school of art. His daughter Haimanti remembers him as an artist and a
Renowned econometrician Anil K Bera recounts his first encounter with Nobel Laureate economist Prof Jim Heckman.
Atul Bose was an artist of the European academic school who is most strongly remembered for his portraits. The anti-British nationalist movement of the early
