Month: July 2021

Gazing At Neighbours Book
Bengali Culture & Lifestyle, Book, Film & Product Reviews

Gazing At Neighbours – Travels along the line that partitioned India: Book Review

The book by Indian author Bishwanath Ghosh, – ‘Gazing At Neighbours: Travels along the line that partitioned India’ speaks about the history of Radcliff line and its present day Socio-geographic texture as well as a memoir of the partition scar. In one of the powerful fictional pieces on India’s partition, ‘Nilkantha Pakhir Khonje,’ a character called Isham Khan laughed at the two quarrelling factions as … Continue reading Gazing At Neighbours – Travels along the line that partitioned India: Book Review

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Plants Around Us and We Humans
Blogs, Stories And Experiences

Pandemic thoughts (Part 2): Life with the plants around us

-Angana “The plants around us not only give oxygen to our lungs but also to our souls” Anonymous Continued from Part 1 Our neighbourhood  Let us look at our green neighbour – the plants around us. These species of organisms scattered on the earth’s surface spend their entire lives confined in one single place. They are, by nature, immobile. They cannot change their geographical location … Continue reading Pandemic thoughts (Part 2): Life with the plants around us

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Blogs, Guest Posts

Pandemic thoughts (Part 1): Life beyond physical mobility

– Angana Now more than one year has passed – almost from the beginning of 2020- the life of the most dominant species of this planet has been under the grip of the covid-19 pandemic. This epidemic has badly hit not only our bodies but also our mind. The human mind is not keeping well; many people are suffering from severe mental health conditions. The … Continue reading Pandemic thoughts (Part 1): Life beyond physical mobility

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Kolkata in FIFA's Colours
Bengali Culture & Lifestyle, Places In & Around West Bengal

Interesting Facts About Kolkata – Our City Of Joy

As the city of joy is silent and waits for the time when it can feel its usual humdrum, the carefree physical mobility of its residents, we have shared some of the interesting facts about it. #8 Spooky Rabindra Sarobar Metro While metros are under construction in cities like Delhi, Mumbai, and Bangalore, Kolkata metro dates back to 1984. It is, in fact, the oldest … Continue reading Interesting Facts About Kolkata – Our City Of Joy

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