Mahasaptami: Kolkatans soak in festive spirit
Oct 01, 2014, at 04:04 pm
Kolkata, Oct 1 (IBNS): With the dawn Mahasaptami ushering in, the festive spirit, joy and enthusiasm of the Bengali community in Kolkata received an extra fillip on Wednesday as people upped their celebratory mood to a great deal.
Durga Puja: ITC Ashirvaad Atta launches "Chatpate Pandal Hopper"
Oct 01, 2014, at 12:36 am
Kolkata, Sept 30 (IBNS): To make puja pandal hopping more exciting, adventurous and rewarding ITC Ashirvaad Atta announces the flag off ceremony of "Ashirvaad Shobcheye Chotpote Poribar Contest" the one of its kind puja pandal hopping contest to test the energy, enthusiasm and eagerness of true Bengalis.
Puja: Berger Paints turned citizens of Kolkata into judges
Sep 30, 2014, at 11:47 pm
Kolkata, Sept 30 (IBNS): Berger Paints completed a unique campaign for the special occasion of Durga Puja- Priyo Pujo, where the citizens of Kolkata voted and judged their favourite Pujo in the city.
Durga Puja celebrations start with Mahashashti
Sep 30, 2014, at 05:10 pm
Kolkata, Sept 30 (IBNS): With the Maha Panchami night fading away, Hindus especially the Bengali community in Kolkata geared up to welcome Goddess Durga along with her four children (Laxmi, Saraswati, Kartik and Ganesh) amid pious rituals as the festival officially kicked off from Mahashasti on Tuesday.
Maha Panchami commences Durga Puja festivity
Sep 29, 2014, at 02:24 pm
Kolkata, Sept 29 (IBNS): Finally it's time for the Bengali community across India and specially in Kolkata to take a break from their busy lives with the dawn of Monday ushering in the annual festival of the Hindus-Durga Puja amid celebrations of Maha Panchami.
Sep 22, 2014, at 08:39 pm
In search of roots from Hungary to the plains of central Asia, and then landing in India to stay on, the astonishing journey of scholar Csoma Koros fascinates Ranjita Biswas on a visit to Budapest
Sep 19, 2014, at 08:35 pm
Jewellery has been a woman's personal grooming asset from ancient times and India is no exception. Today with imitation and costume jewellery flooding the market, women have even more options to dress up and dazzle, says Anju Munshi
Sep 15, 2014, at 08:43 pm
Aditya Vikram Sengupta was named the best director of a debut film recently for his Bengali 'silent' film Labour of Love (Asha Jaoar Majhe) in Venice Days, an independent sidebar of the Venice International Film Festival. Shoma A. Chatterji in conversation with the debutant director
Sep 04, 2014, at 07:21 pm
What price modernisation, ask people of Jaipur as the under- construction metro project threatens to damage its many heritage monuments. Rekha Pal reports
Aug 30, 2014, at 07:05 pm
The romantic islands of Hawaii is symbolised by the sensuous Hula dance. Rekha Pal delves into its history on a visit to the volcanic islands
Sylvan historian with a pencil
Aug 25, 2014, at 12:24 am
Does drawing as an art form still appeal? Has drawing as an art form that goes back to the time of the growth of human civilisation really reached the last frontier? Uttara Gangopadhyay explores
A slice of Indian life in America
Aug 11, 2014, at 08:20 pm
A newly opened exhibit in the Smithsonian museum complex in Washington, D.C. gives a glimpse of the struggles and achievements of the Indian community in America. SPAN writer Jane Varner Malhotra reports
Freud Museum: Cave of Memories
Aug 05, 2014, at 07:17 pm
Vienna's Sigmund Freud Museum highlights the prolific travels of the founding father of psychoanalysis in an exhibition to mark the 75th anniversary of Sigmund Freud's death in 1939 from relocating to Vienna as a three year old to his escape and exile in London as the Nazis advanced. Sujoy Dhar visits the museum in the Austrian capital
Here comes the coconut express
Jul 15, 2014, at 06:03 pm
The postman comes knocking with a coconut, literally, because this is the way letters are sent from this unique post office in a Hawaii island, Rekha Pal discovers
Jun 28, 2014, at 05:12 pm
Indian newspapers survive as online media takes over the U.S. where print journalism is facing crisis. Holly Brucken in USA and Deepshikha Hooda in India report
Jun 09, 2014, at 09:18 pm
Smoking kills. Despite the warnings and awareness campaigns and a special day against tobacco use, the addiction is growing in both India and USA. Judah Taylor from Kentucky and Sohini DasGupta from Kolkata report
May 29, 2014, at 10:35 pm
Walmart, the world's largest retailer, is vying for a bigger presence in India and access to its potential consumer base of more than 1.2 billion. However, political opposition is a big hurdle for the US retail behemoth though a new and strong government in New Delhi led by Narendra Modi has sweeping powers to take a call. Neal Querio from USA and Avra Biswas from India report
May 06, 2014, at 04:48 pm
Watching the celestial bodies can be fun as a group of amateur astronomers from Mumbai tell everyone. In April, the Global Astronomy Month, the group organised sidewalk astronomy sessions even for passersby. Uttara Gangopadhyay reports
Now a mobile apps for smart cooking
Apr 21, 2014, at 04:19 pm
Recipe India Apps TV on you mobile loaded with 10,000 Indian recipes will let you cook any dish you can think of. Anuradha Dutta reports on the mobile way to a culinary free zone
Scotland woos tourists with Commonwealth Countdown
Apr 19, 2014, at 06:07 pm
April 14 marked exactly 100 days to go to the XX Commonwealth Games. To celebrate the occasion, VisitScotland, the national tourism body for Scotland, has unveiled a list of the 100 Brilliant Things to do in Scotland that everyone must experience whilst in the country during this amazing year.
Apr 14, 2014, at 05:49 pm
Plastic is one of the toughest materials to get rid of and trash around cities is a common sight. What if this waste be turned into a resource and help the environ? Michael Gallant reports on such an attempt
American Center screens The Revolutionary Optimists
Apr 12, 2014, at 10:46 pm
Kolkata, Apr 12 (IBNS): The American Center Kolkata along with Prayasam, a nonprofit organization working with children for their rights and empowerment, recently screened the documentary 'The Revolutionary Optimists', to mark the World Health Day, here.
Shrimp Trawling: Clear and Present Danger
Apr 11, 2014, at 04:08 pm
Turtles are falling victims to shrimp trawling in Tamil Nadu in the absence of use of turtle excluder devices. TWF correspondents Deepshikha Hooda and Sunil Chandramouli report from ground zero
Apr 02, 2014, at 12:14 am
Taken for granted since time immemorial, few noticed the rapid decline in the number of vultures in India until disaster struck. Some frantic research and concerted efforts over the past few years have just begun to stabilise the numbers. Uttara Gangopadhyay reports