The first Bengali film shot in America is going to be Raj Basu’s Piyalir Password. Shooting in US locations has been completed early November, and one may perhaps look forward to a Nababarsha release. Director Raj Basu, himself a US resident, an NRB (non-resident Bengali), was an engineer and a computer professional in that order, […]
Merry Christmas
20,000 homes
The largest public housing project in Kolkata, Shukhobrishti, of mind-boggling 20,000 flats is going to have foundation stone laid today (Dec 24) in New Town at the hands of Jyoti Basu. On a day when PM Manmohan Singh inaugurates rejuvenation of SAIL’s IISCO steel plant at Burnpur at a cost of Rs. 9600 crore, the […]
School of Intellectual Property Law
The name of the institute is Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law (RGSOIPL), named after the late PM of the country. Its first academic session has commenced in July 2006. RGSOIPL is the first is the first law school in India whose students will be able to practice as Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) attorneys. […]
Happy time is here again
Leaving the autumn festivities (Durga Puja, Kali Puja, et al), the only time Kolkata dresses up is during the week from Christmas to New Year. Strange it may sound, but many people are so nostalgic about Christmas in Kolkata that they just cannot think of spending time elsewhere. As it happens during Durga Puja, so […]
All steels’ week
It’s a week of steel stealing a march in Bengal. For the industry-starved state, the year looks poised to end with good news, even though wayward opposition by vested interests against Tata’s proposed car plant at Singur still sticks in the neck. Coming to investments in steel in the state, one is a government initiative, […]
Kolkata’s new airport
Dum Dum airport, aka NSC Bose International Airport, is shortly becoming passé. Its modernization is in progress, a second runway being readied extending toward Barasat. Besides, expansion of terminal area, more number of parking bays for aircrafts, additional check-in counters with independent conveyor system, and so on are also progressing at quite a pace. But, […]
Why are girls less?
It took no less than Prof. Amartya Sen to bring home the truth, girls are conceived and born less. Prof. Sen has been the guest editor at the business daily, The Economics Times on Wednesday, Dec 20. Among the issues he tackled came the question about sex ratio, and this is what he has to […]
A great relief
Cancellation of the proposed 48-hour bandh is a great relief from abject absurdity and thoughtlessness. On TV (Star Ananda) last evening, the opposition MLA, Sadhan Pande said that the bandh was in protest against government’s complete disregard of their opinion. Facts though speak otherwise. But if for a moment Mr. Pande’s argument is agreed to, […]
When IT comes calling
India’s common man’s first encounter with anything computer was perhaps occasioned when Indian Railway introduced online booking of long-distance train tickets. Then came computerization in nationalized banks where even small account holders could get their passbooks updated by the ubiquitous machines. Initial resistance to computers – especially by left trade unions – soon melted into […]
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