What is however less known and appreciated – I read there – is that fish brings peace in mind. And pray how that is possible? Researchers have observed that the scene of fish swimming in water has a tranquilizing effect on those who are close by.
Buy gold, get illish free
It’s now that commerce peaks. It’s now that thousands of artisans, craftspeople, small merchants, and the like expect to make some money trading their wares, their skill, and above all their hard labor they had put up for this once-a-year grand festival.
A journey through Greenland
Very few things perhaps please you more than the beauty of nature. Sitting at my works, hunching on my laptop I’m at once transported to the vast whitish expanse of Greenland as I see the video below. We cannot be to all the places we dream to go but a video like this one can […]
Google brand is worth $100 billion
How much of Google involves me in my daily chores? An overwhelmingly lot, I’ve to say. Let me count some. This blog is run by Blogger, a Google property. So is Chrome, the browser I use to write this article, and Gmail, my emailing lifeline, not to mention my dependence on AdSense, AdWords, Google Analytics, […]
Killer Lightning
A story in today’s Telegraph informs that a single bolt of lightning killed 9 people in a village in Burdwan, 135km from Kolkata. They were part of a gathering that in fact assembled to mourn the death of a person. As a cruel twist of fate, the son and daughter-in-law of the man in whose […]
August 1, 2009 – A red-letter day & how!
Imagine what the city’s top news item today would be. No prize for guessing right though because the brouhaha over vehicle pollution has been all over us for quite some time. What makes the occasion memorable is that this is the first time in the state in a long, long time that the rule of […]
Broadband speed to nearly double in Kolkata
The time is upon us when many people cannot imagine life without the Internet. I’m not talking about the gen-next who are anyway hooked onto their online lives come sun or rain. But a majority of the older populace have embraced the net because of one big motivation, which is the ability to earn money. […]
74,000 and perhaps still growing!
This one statistic has a strong potential. It conveys the impression that India is a highly literate country. The truth is however vastly different. What’s the stat anyway…! Well here it is. Mohan Jatua, the MoS for I&B, informs, “More than 74,000 newspapers are registered with the Registrar of Newspapers for India (RNI).” But wait, […]
Goodbye to double deckers
Since when the double-decker buses plied in the city? The Statesman informs us that the British brought them to Kolkata way back in 1926. 83 years have passed since. Many Kolkattans will have nostalgic memories about riding in these buses. And now the double-deckers can be seen on city roads for 2 more days in […]
Bollywood is king, Nollywood is queen
It’s hardly a surprise that Bollywood makes more than what Hollywood makes in a year. But if the ‘more’ is nearly double, then one needs to sit up and take note. I said ‘nearly’, because according to the figures by Times Insight Group, India with prime producing centers at Mumbai, Chennai, and Hyderabad made 1132 […]
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