Society / Education
Jagadananda Roy: The Forgotten Science Guru of Santiniketan
The man who united the forces of science and literature through his brilliant stories
Kolkata’s ‘Boi Para’ looks to online sales on road to recovery
Reeling from the twin blows of Covid and Amphan, the Bengali publishing industry is on an uphill journey
“A good librarian has a task cut out for him”
Tagore explored the theme of libraries to a great extent
Rabindranath Tagore’s love for a Library of Books
Tagore would have probably embraced modern developments of e-books and e-journals
The Nobel Prize news that came via Telegram
The gramophone record has had a deep connect with Rabindranath Tagore
God Particle Boson excited Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore describes Boson particle through Nataraj Nritya
Kolkata Police now takes Tejaswini online
Kolkata Police’s highly popular self-defence workshop for women goes virtual in pandemic times
The Police Pathshala in Santiniketan
Officer-in Charge of Santiniketan Police Station as Police Didimoni
The Doon was founded by Satish Ranjan Das
The premiere educational institution of the country was founded by a Bengali
Kolkata’s Hindu School is a shrine of modern education since 19th century...
An epitome of Bengal Renaissance
By TTW
First Muslim feminist Begam Roquiah’s Sakhawat Memorial stands for women ...
Educator who dared women to dream
K.C. Nag – the favourite Mathematics teacher who helped tide over Maths p...
Keshab Chandra Nag, author and educator
Pyari Charan Sircar wrote First English Book of Reading for native Indian c...
Pyari Charan Sircar and how he pioneered education
St. John Diocesan lost ‘college status’ for its student, freedom fighte...
She tried to assassinate the Governor General
IIT couple of Siliguri starts ‘Library on Wheels’ for children who have...
From competitive exams to regular lessons
Mathematician from 14th century Bengal, who was no less than human computer...
Subhankar Das and his made easy Subhankari formula
Don Bosco Liluah – set up in 1937 under the ideology of a Saint from Ital...
Saint John Bosco’s contribution to upliftment of needy children
Bongaon’s Kumudini High School celebrates centenary uniquely by bringing ...
School set up during Swadeshi era
World’s first women’s liberation journal by Dwarkanath Ganguly, who fou...
He who wanted all Indian women to be literate
Misha Ghosal, messiah of Alipurduar’s Toto tribal girls, gets National Aw...
Bengal is proud of her and her work in trying to uplift the girls
By Saheli Mitra
Kolkata’s Hare School, the oldest Western-styled school of Asia still sta...
Why did David Hare build this school?
Kolkata’s Raunak and Neha topped India’s Civil Service Exam this year!
Students from Bengal shine in civil services exam
West Bengal launches tele-education helpline for school students
The helpline is primarily intended for those students who are unable to avail online classes and learning
Librarian Tushar Mandal of Malda serves book-lovers through innovative PDF ...
New route to book reading
Visva Bharati University gets 2nd campus at Tagore’s Nainital retreat
The house where he took daughter Renuka before her death
PK De Sarkar, the Bengali who taught India how to master the language of En...
His grammar books are still the highest sellers
Amartya Sen to be awarded the 2020 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade
His work on issues around global justice recognised
Girindrasekhar Basu, first Psychoanalyst of South Asia, who challenged Freu...
He was the first PhD in Psychology from India
Community Radio Station changing Santhali lives In Jangalmahal
Nityananda Janavani using radio waves for empowering villagers
By Indrajit Sen
Work from Tree! Bankura’s teacher shows the way to rural India
Innovative way of taking online classes during Lockdown
Bengal – Land of Free Thinkers, where Derozio formed Young Bengal
Remembering Henry Vivian Derozio on his birth anniversary
How students of Kolkata are coping with the Corona Lockdown
Antara Dasgupta, class XII student of Akshar
‘Those shouting loudest about ‘Women’s Lib’ are ones who don’t fo...
Leela Majumdar who broke all barriers of patriarchy!
By Shuvra Dey
Documentary tracing Presidency University’s rich in-house museum
Did you know music classes were also held at Presidency?
Salute to Headmaster Kazi Masoom Akhtar for standing up against fundamental...
Masoom Akhtar wins Padmashree Award in education
JU’s Debarshi Chanda among top 10 in this year’s CAT merit list; Secure...
What are his future plans?
English students to take lessons on Saptapadi and Sholay!
Calcutta University English syllabus to be revamped
How a child in Singapore misses Kolkata Christmas!
Kolkata’s Christmas fervour is found nowhere else
From Silver bells to Santa Claus, Christmas is here!
A Vignette of Christmas Celebration in Kolkata
By Aveek Basu
Celebrating Christmas at Sunderbans!
How about celebrating Christmas in the land of the Royal Bengal Tiger?
Amar Kolkata is all about adda and fun
Student Ivaana C.Mitra of La Martiniere for Girls on Kolkata’s adda culture
Lost in a world of books on College Street
Presidency student Anitesh Chakraborty relives his college days on College Street
Asutosh College Canteen: Hub of music and politics
This canteen also hosts cultural events by students
By Arnabi Basu
Peep into St Xavier’s College Canteen
If you are nostalgic, travel with GB to eateries popular with Xaverians