9 May

Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore – a legend

BY SD on Sunday, May 9th 2010   under: People   Tags: , , ,    

Today (May 9, 2010)  is the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), the legendary Bengali poet, philosopher, educationist, essayist, musician, novelist and playwright. Wikipedia rightly refers to the person who alone reshaped Bengali literature and gifted with worldwide respect as a “Bengali polymath.” The word polymath means a person of wide-ranging knowledge or learning. [...]

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17 Jul

Sourav Ganguly is making news and quite regularly

BY SD on Friday, July 17th 2009   under: Sports   Tags: , , ,    

Sourav Ganguly surely has not lost his habit of making news and remaining in the public eye even after retirement from international cricket. He has his plate full and no body is doubting that! First, he showed that he is there to stay in the cricket world by signing up with ESPN for a short [...]

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27 Jun

West Bengal on tourist map!

BY SD on Saturday, June 27th 2009   under: Miscellaneous   Tags: , ,    

West Bengal despite its beaches, hill stations, religious places, handicrafts, tea gardens, historical places, wildlife destinations has not been able to be attract tourists for a number of reasons but nothing more than state government apathy. With the wind of change in the political scenario, there is a possibility that the new people in power [...]

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