West Bengal
Do not play with our kids future
As school education makes a comeback on the public debate agenda for all the wrong reasons, and none but the Islamic fundamentalists have come...
Assam
An ancient cult and the associated legends: Where the Goddess, earth...
After the harsh inflammation of Grishma or summer, as slowly the earth turns moist, lenient and suitable to sustain the new seeds- the time...
~Wildlife~ “Sundarbans Trip”
"One ☝ of the best #Nature retreat I have endeavoured so far".
That was in October 2015 and I had a dream to visit "Sunderbans"which...
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Recalling Chandidas: The first humanist poet of Bengal
Chandidas (1408 CE) was one of the most prominent and admired poets of Medieval Bengal. There is a total of four individuals found with...
Is Bengal Heading Towards A Genocide?
India, it is said, lives in her villages. But she can be understood through the slogans that rents her skies and the way her...
Language across Time
Calcutta Walks thrives upon ongoing conversations with all cultures, and seeks to enrich the experience of being human, by facilitating meaningful exchanges. Language may...
‘Bengali Muslim’ As An Oxymoron: Crisis And Conflict Of Identities
Legendary Bengali novelist Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay sets the context in this regard when he remarks in one of his famous literary works,‘Srikanta’, “The Bengali...
Neighbourhood
International men’s day celebration and Kolkata
It was like any other day as I turned my laptop on and started checking the mails of the day without expecting anything other...
Tasmina, the daughter of Bangladesh’s village, with a strong will, has conquered the world
The Tasminas of Obaidul of Chaksul (Shankarpur) village in Dhamirhat upazila of Naogaon district
Tasamina is our daughter, a daughter of an uncharted village, defeated...
Remembering Chuknagar, whose magnitude and intensity is matched only by the Holocaust massacres
Remembering Chuknagar, whose magnitude and intensity is matched only by the Holocaust massacres
On a sultry afternoon in May 1971, Wajed Ali stood exhausted on...
Nation
Values and spirit of Vivekananda: Influence on Netaji
From the very childhood, Subhas had already made Vivekananda his spiritual teacher, who had a great contribution in shaping the principles of his life....