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Orrey Mon – Ritabhari Chakraborty & Ayushmann Khurrana

Based in north Kolkata – Orrey Mon is a Journey of a young couple Karan and Jui trying to fulfil their dream to open a cafe together with love and art – Calcutta Cafe. When Jui (Ritabhari) decides to follow her dreams to open a cafe with her boyfriend Karan (Ayushmann Khurrana) , her father does not support the idea of running a ‘Chaae ki dukaan’ given her qualification and pedigree of the family.…

She completed the circle, she outnumbered in her attempt, she is the one who is the only hope of Bengal, ‘she’ is CM Mamata Banerjee.

It is CM Mamata Banerjee’s tireless effort that Supreme Court had to sets aside January 18, 2008 order of Calcutta High Court, and had to allow appeals filed by some farmers and NGOs. The Supreme Court quashed the land acquisition done by the erstwhile Left Front…

RIP Mahasweta Devi 1926-2016

The sad demise of Mahasweta Devi has left the world of literature under void. Writing about such a personality is a prestigious work but to write in such a sadistic moment makes me feel forsaken.

Mahashweta Devi, being a noted writer-activist from Bengal, used her pen to raise awareness against social injustice, discrimination and poverty, especially against tribal and indigenous people in India.…

Live and let Live

The koala, a marsupial, is a native to Australia. It is the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae and its closest living relatives are the wombats. The koala is found in coastal areas of the mainland’s eastern and southern regions, inhabiting Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. It is easily recognizable by its stout, tailless body and large head with…

Rath yatra is a major festival of the Hindus which commemorates the annual visit of Lord Jagannath to Gundicha Mata’s temple, his birthplace and aunt’s home along with his elder brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra. This is one of the rare festivals that involves moving deities Jagannath, Balabhadra, Subhadra and Sudarshana on a chariot (called a ratha). In Sanskrit, Ratha means “chariot”, and…

International Yoga Day -2nd year

The term yoga means “to add”, “to join”, “to unite”, or “to attach”. In Vedic Sanskrit literatures we will find the mention of yoga and its benefit. The practice of yoga is prevalent among Indians long before it was written in the Vedic texts and Upanishads. Stone-cut sculptures of saints such as Buddha, Mahavira, 24th Tirthankara and even lord Shiva has been found in India. These sculptures…

The transportation vehicles are made to help human, they are entitled to serve people against money. But the time is such that big names in the world of transportation has started thinking themselves as highly equipped and powerful, so they behave inhumanly with people, who are actually their business providers. But this time they have received a really massive blow from the one to whom they took…

The Young Indian gymnast, Dipa Karmakar made history on Sunday becoming the first ever Indian women to qualify for the finals of World Gymnastics Championships and booked a berth for artistic gymnastics in Rio Olympics to be held in August 2016.

The 22-year-old reaped a total score of 52.698 points in the Olympics qualifying event. Apart from being the first Indian woman gymnast qualifying for…

A tribute to the Earth

April 22: A day dedicated to the Mother Earth. This evergreen planet is the reason of our existence and so it is our duty to look after its whereabouts. Awareness of its conservation was present among few mortals from time immortal but it came under one umbrella when Nelson, then a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin derived the idea for a national day to focus on the environment.

On this day an annual…

A tribute to the Maestro of Indian Classical Music

India is a land of gems and it is proved time and again by its people. Today i.e., 7th April, celebrates the birth anniversary of one such gem whose contribution in the revival of Indian Classical music in the modern world is undeniable.

Born as Robindro Shankar Chowdhury in Benares to Pandit Dr Shyam Shankar Chowdhury, he got an exposure to Indian Classical music from a very tender age. But it…

If we turn back the wheel of time and take a look-back at the decades which…

63rd National Award 2016

Films are the representative of life. The history of Indian film is very rich and is full of esthetic value. The government of India rightly decided to encourage this art by acclaiming them nationally with awards and thus they organized the country’s greatest and most prestigious award i.e., National Award, since 1954.

If we turn back the wheel of time and take a look-back at the decades which…

Another rich culture of West Bengal was on display here on 23rd of March this year as people dressed in kurtas and T-shirts with the words ‘Laglo Je Dol’ (the Dol purnima has begun) smeared each other with organic colored powder, danced to the rhythm of Rabindra sangeet and joined in various cultural programs observing the arrival of spring, known as Dol Jatra or ‘Basant Utsav’.

This day marks…

Canonization of Mother Teresa

Mother Terese, born as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu of Albanian parents in 1910, the embodiment of peace, needs no introduction. She is the God Mother for the entire human race. At a very tender age she choose to help ailing people and her selfless dedication towards her work created a new horizon for the new generation who wanted to nurse the needy.

Every new initiative has to face some obstructions,…

WOMEN are the better half of the society and to honor their presence in every man’s life the world is today celebrating International Women’s Day with. This year’s theme “#Pledge of Parity” is designed to encourage individual and organisations to promote gender equality in daily life and at work place.

This event has a remarkable past. The Socialist Party of America observed a day as National…

An extra day of the year had many things in reserve for the world. It was a night when stars gathered at Los Angeles for the 88th Academy Award or The Oscars 2016.  The former Miss World form India, Priyanka Chopra, walked the red carpet in a white embroidered gown.

The Academy Awards, or “Oscars”, is an annual American awards ceremony conducted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences…