NRG SHOPPING SPREE Expats Fulfil Pending Shopping Agenda This Season Weak If a shopper is splurging this season, there’s a good chances he or she is an NRG. The weakening rupee, now valued at Rs 52.71 against dollar has left the NRGs visiting the state on their annual trip happy as they find themselves with […]
Continue readingInt’l astrologers’ meet to mull perfect conception
Planning the birth of a child by opting for a caesarean section to match a particular shubh muhurat is passé. Don’t be surprised if your spouse asks you to check the stars before planning to conceive. The latest astrological buzz is to program a child by planning conception in a particular muhurat. The idea may […]
Continue readingOld instruments, fusion to star at 32nd Saptak
The heady combination of shehnai and sitar promises to set hearts racing on the first day of Saptak 2012 the 32nd edition of longest international music festival. The fest will begin on January 1 with the first session — a double bill with Ustad Ali Abbas Khan’s Shehnai and Kartik Sheshadri’s sitar accompanied by Shubh […]
Continue readingVande Mataram stirs up United Bengal Home again
With Freedom Song, Drive To Save City’s Heritage Launched When Vande Mataram was first sung at the United Bengal Home in Dhobi ni Pol in 1906, it was meant to act as a catalyst for India’s freedom struggle. More than 100 years on, it was sung once again at the pol on Sunday to kickstart […]
Continue readingKhadia’s crumbling United Bengal Home lays foundation for citizens’ revolution
500 Residents Gather, Galvanizing Support To Save Historic Haveli Resounding tunes of Vande Mataram filled the atmosphere at a protest meet at Dhobi ni Pol on Sunday morning. More than 500 residents of Khadia area raised cries of protest to save the remains of the memoir of freedom struggle — the United Bengal Home. The […]
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