National Library is going digital. Just so it becomes easier for book lovers and researchers to access some of the rare books online like never before. The library has just completed cataloging about 2 lakh books, some published as early as 1607. The procedure before they are available to readers is to standardize the cataloging […]
Fishy tale and Hilsa
Dead fish off Australian coast – not a pretty sight! [Image source]It’s that time of the year when the leases of ponds are renewed, and if there is going to be a change, the old leaseholder tries to drain out all the fishes before transferring the lease. The new leaseholder releases fresh rounds of baby […]
Subrata switches to EB
East Bengal fans have reasons to feel happy. Yesterday, Subrata Bhattacharya, the mercurial yesteryear Mohun Bagan stopper and a successful coach, has agreed to train EB players in the coming season. With him at the helm, the drought of trophies at East Bengal may perhaps end at last. [Image source on left] Subrata has been […]
Waking up late
Endless wait – familiar scene! [Image source]Ask them why so late. The nonchalant answer will be, it’s under planning. No matter you and me have to fret and fume as to why the hell should you be suffering for no fault of yours. Well, it’s about the way they plan the flow of traffic on […]
Mangoes arrive
A delighted US Ambassador – Why not! [Image source]It’s that time of the year when you hear that full-throated cries, “..sagar, himsagaa..r, himsagar liye jaan”, whenever you near any Kolkata market. Saliva forms in the mouth, which you draw sharply in even as you peer determinedly at the king of the fruits that virtually all […]
Late coming, fast moving
It took Big Mac pretty long time to gauge the food-loving mood of the city. It hemmed and hawed over the city plan, headed presumably by someone who has precious little knowledge about how life is seen in the city. It launched outlets in every big city in the country, 102 by the latest count, […]
Law by your side
Tales are many that when from a long queue of eager aspirants the god has to decide whom to permit entry to the heaven, he becomes extremely choosy and rarely admits those who practiced law in the earth. Looking at 2 recent incidents in the city, one feels perhaps the god really has sufficient reasons […]
Makeover for CSTC
Volvo to Puri. What about city service? [Image source] In Feb last year, when CSTC introduced Volvo’s super-luxury intercity express to Puri via Bhubaneswar, it marked a watershed beginning for the 1948-established company. It was hailed by many people because it was thought that now the conditions of buses would improve. A year down the […]
The way they work
The bridge, the river below, uncared for! [Image source] Here is a sharp contrast between how the government works and how a private company goes about its work. Scenario 1 Close to a decade, after powers-that-be were made to discover the priceless virtue of having a river flowing by the city, talks have been going […]
American School
The Singapore American School [Image source] Kolkata is soon going to have its first American School to commence from August. New Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai already have American Schools, which is understandable because these cities, especially New Delhi, the capital, and Mumbai, the commercial capital, have large number of expatriates. One may reason that Indian […]
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