The stake was staggeringly high. Do we need industry or not? Should industry come up on farmland? Should there be a chemical hub in Haldia? On the face of it these questions have easy answers. We need industry for economic progress and to provide jobs to thousands of unemployed. Industry cannot be avoided on farmlands […]
The death trap of wells
In arid areas of north India people dig wells in search of groundwater at a depth ranging from 100 to 200 feet. Sufficient caution to guard the wells on the surface seems to lack because of which there are often the cases when unsuspecting children fall into them while playing. Early this month a 6-year […]
Sotheby’s auction for KMOMA
A few hours back at Sotheby’s in New York about 100 Indian artworks have been put on auction in aid of KMOMA, the upcoming art museum in Kolkata. KMOMA, or Kolkata Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, the first of its kind in eastern India is planned at Rajarhat for which the WB government has already […]
Shvoong debarred in China
Shvoong is a content site run by Israeli webpreneurs from Tel Aviv. It is unique in that it collects summarized essays on virtually any topic under the sun. The focus though is in the areas of literature and scientific research. Content submitters can earn money calculated based on number of visitors to their essays. In […]
Clay Durga idol for LDDC
Last year history of sorts was created when craftsmen from Krishnanagore led by Nemai Chandra Pal had sculpted Durga idol for London Durga Puja Dusserah Committee (LDDC) at the British Museum in London. The nearly 2-month effort was a part of ‘Voice of Bengal‘ exhibition organized by British Museum’s Asia department. People thronged the place […]
No anonymity for Chinese blogger
If you’re in China and happen to post comments on a blog, be prepared to disclose your identity, which must be your real name as it appears in your whatever identity card you’re carrying. This has become mandatory for some 100,000 websites registered in Xiamen, a Chinese getaway for the wealthy. The reason? Recently, Xiamen’s […]
Toil of helpless
In November last year, a devastating fire broke out in a 4-storey building in Topsia in the east of the city that housed an illegal factory making leather items for export. The fire claimed about 10 lives, and the main reason for death of so many people was the fact that the owner of the […]
Ramakrishna Mission at Khar Road
Never been to this RKM, but like all RKMs this one at Khar Road, Mumbai doesn’t seem to be any exception. A large praying hall, a quiet among the din, a place that initiates introspection, that’s what every Ramakrishna Mission is. Writer of the following story doesn’t mediate when he visits the Mission. He doesn’t […]
Scaling THE peak
Journey to the TOP! [Image source]Today is the day in 1984 when Bachendri Pal became the first Indian woman to scale Mount Everest. It was little after noon that she reached the top where she then spent about 43 minutes (source: wikipedia). Bachendri now works for Tata Group where she helps management teams of Tata […]
Learning In Australia? A Tough Call.
Protesting exploitation!! [Image source]Sometime back I attended a Canadian education seminar at the city’s Grand Hotel for my son. The institutes that came didn’t seem to be front-ranked in their country. Yet there was considerable rush of wannabe students who wish to pursue further studies there. Like me there was another person at the seminar […]
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