-সরসিজ বসু মল্লিক (অতিথি লেখক) একটা ছোট কামরা । না রেলগাড়ির কামরা নয় ।এটা বড়ো মাপের একটা ঘরের অংশ ।ঘরটার মাঝে একটা দেয়াল দিয়ে বারো আনা আর চার আনা দুটি অংশে ভাগ করা । আমরা চার আনার অংশটা কে কামরা বলছি । ঘরটাকে এইভাবে ভাগ করার কারণ, বারো আনার ঘরটাকে ভাড়া দেওয়া । ভাড়া খুবই কম ।তবে ভাড়ার অর্থ মালিকের একটি আয়ের উৎস। ঘরের মালিক … Continue reading চার আনার কামরা
The beauty of the Bengali storybooks is that there’s no set age groups you need to stick to when it comes to reading. The same books can be read aloud to the kids when they are toddlers and later on introduced when they can start reading themselves. In fact, the familiar stories to which they have listened as toddlers will inspire them to read themselves. … Continue reading Recommended Bengali Storybooks for kids (3 to 10 years)
On Earth Day 2021, our 12-year-old guest blogger, Diptanu Chakraborty, has beautifully and lucidly expressed, how we can protect our nature. It doesn’t require much on our parts – just some small acts can protect our environment, and give our kids a better place to live. Though Earth’s age is more than 4.5 billion years, we started celebrating its birthday just a few decades back. … Continue reading Happy Earth Day 2021
–Diptanu Chakraborty I am The Black Diamond Express. I am a superfast weekly express from Howrah station Kolkata in West Bengal to Dhanbad. My inaugural run was on 1st July 2013. I am Coalfield express’s sibling as we both have the same loco WAP 7 of Howrah electric loco shed. We both travel from Howrah to Dhanbad. Being a daily train, I am busy as … Continue reading An Autobiography of Black Diamond Express
– পূজা দাস (অতিথি লেখক) ৩৬৫দিন পার করে আমরা এক নতুন বছরে পা রাখি যা বাঙ্গালীদের কাছে নববর্ষ নামে পরিচিত। এখন আমরা সবাই ইংলিশ ক্যালেন্ডারই বেশি ব্যবহার করি প্রতিদিনের চলার পথে ,বাংলায় কোন মাস ,কত তারিখ চলছে কেউ জিজ্ঞাসা করলে আমাদের ভ্যাবাচ্যাকা খাওয়ার মতো অবস্থা হয়ে ওঠে। যাই হোক, উৎসব পালনে বাঙালিদের জুড়ি মেলা দুঃসহ ব্যাপার।কথায় আছে বাঙ্গালীদের ১২মাসে ১৩পার্বন।বাঙ্গালীদের প্রতিটি উৎসবে রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুরের অবদান … Continue reading বাঙ্গালীর নববর্ষ
-Suhail Shaikh -Guest Blog Is another lockdown dawning upon us? Or is it just a grapevine? Do we have any role in it? Our first-time guest blogger Suhail Shaikh, puts forth facts and figures together for us. March 2020, a month of mayhem. A sudden but essential lockdown. Crippling fear residing in our minds, rent-free. Scared faces to use the lift. Crowded marketplaces were now … Continue reading Another Lockdown And COVID-19: Are We Responsible?
-Sayantan Basu Mallick -Guest Post With technological advancement and artificial intelligence, we are now in a threshold of the concept of IoT or the Internet of Things. Our guest blogger, as well as our website developer, Sayantan Basu Mallick, explains his project using Arduino technology. To contact him or to know more about his work, leave your message in the comment box. What is IoT? … Continue reading Internet of Things Application on Arduino Projects
In any traditional Bengali kitchen, a delicious vegetarian recipe with brinjals or Begun is a must. Be it a hot summer day, or damp monsoons, or chilly winters, the presence of Begun in our kitchens is like that of a Man Friday to a Robinson Crusoe. Some of the star Bengali recipes with brinjal are – Begun Bhaja, Begun-borir jhaal, Ilish-Begun and Begun Basanti (Alternately … Continue reading Doi Begun – Easy Bengali Recipe with Brinjals for dinner
Dr. Seuss, a well-known writer and illustrator of the story for kids in English, once said, “You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax all you need is a book!” That’s one of the best definitions of books we have come by in recent times. Indeed, such is the magical experience of reading! By introducing your kids to the hobby of reading, you … Continue reading Recommended storybooks for kids in English (3- 10 years)
Holi is a significant Indian festival that ushers in spring with splashes of colours. Almost all Indian writers, including Rabindranath Tagore, have written literary pieces on Holi and Doljatra. Among them, the ballad, ‘Horikhela’ is a masterpiece by him. In this ballad, the Indian writer and first Indian Nobel Laureate in Literature, Rabindranath Tagore, had brought alive a historical event that happened back in 17th … Continue reading ‘Horikhela’ – Indian Writer, Rabindranath Tagore’s poem on spring and Holi: A review
