India’s first immersive museum dedicated entirely to language, the Museum of Words is housed in the historic Belvedere House on the National Library campus in Kolkata.
Recalling her long association with the city, Nasrin said she had been visiting Kolkata since the 1980s and publishing her books there before being forced to leave in 2007.
The maiden BJP budget for West Bengal seeks to balance welfare commitments with industrial ambition, but the numbers reveal where the government’s priorities lie.
West Bengal's average district population is among the highest in India. But, serving and former civil servants say creating new districts comes with high administrative & financial costs.
The venue change came after a series of meetings between the Kolkata Police and the Calcutta Khilafat Committee and at the insistence of the newly elected BJP government.
Swapan Dasgupta told ThePrint the mafia under the patronage of TMC in West Bengal controls everything, from the Kalighat Temple to real estate transactions and parking.
While much of India debates whether Lucknowi, Hyderabadi or Kolkata biryani is superior, Bengal’s argument has turned inward: which local biryani deserves loyalty now as the new contenders challenge old guards Arsalan and Aminia.
This remote frontier is not remote for India. The cold waters between Hokkaido, Sakhalin and the Kurils connect the unfinished business of World War II to the wars of the present.
Andhra Pradesh has signed an MoU for a Rs 150 crore exploration project to study lithium and gallium deposits in Kadapa Basin, part of the Centre’s drive to reduce critical mineral imports.
It is reliably learnt that Airbus, which had initially offered its A400M, is likely to sit it out since its aircraft outweighs requirements with payload capacity of 37 tonnes.
It’s evident Bhagwat was watching from a distance and was worried about youth’s anger towards Modi govt. The first thing he did was to demolish any criticism of Gen Z protesters as anti-national.
Calcutta has had a glorious legacy in language and linguistics. Hope the children are inspired to delve deep into words and we get a second Suniti Kumar Chatterjee in the near future.
Calcutta has had a glorious legacy in language and linguistics. Hope the children are inspired to delve deep into words and we get a second Suniti Kumar Chatterjee in the near future.