EXPLORING KOLKATA FROM CALCUTTA
To sketch present Kolkata, we have to fix our eyes when it was formerly Calcutta, covered with chronicles of history. India, our beloved country, had been ruled for centuries by the invaders. Among them, Shaks, Hunas, Pathans, Mughals, Portuguese...
The famous Red Fort of India
Red Fort is a renowned and attractive building complex along the Yamuna River, surrounded by several constructions that reflect Persian, Timurid and Indian architectures. Popularly known as 'Lal Qila' to the world. It was assigned for construction...
মিশরের সবচেয়ে সুন্দরতম মন্দির এডফু
সেই ছোটবেলা থেকেই মিশরের সপ্তম আশ্চর্যের প্রথম আশ্চর্য পিরামিড, নীলনদ, এসবের কথা শুনে, আর তাদের কথা ভেবে বিস্মিত হতাম। তবে সেইসময় স্বপ্নেও কখোনো ভাবিনি, কোনো দিন এদের দেখতে হাজির হয়ে যাব মিশরে। ১৯৬৩ সালে নির্মিত বিখ্যাত এবং তৎকালীন সবচেয়ে...
Victoria Memorial Hall of Kolkata
Victoria Memorial Hall, the eminent building, stands with its prosperous view in Kolkata. It was 1901, after the death of Empress Victoria, when a great meeting coalesced in Kolkata. At the meeting, a resolution was passed to gather fund for...
HAZARDUARI PALACE, THE FAMED HISTORICAL MONUMENT OF BENGAL
Hazarduari Palace' is an architectural masterpiece and a vivid example of the Islamic rule of Bengal. However, this leading masonry of Bengal was set up on a gloomy backdrop. An antiquate fort named 'Nizamat Kila' or 'Kila Nizamat'(Nizamat Fort)...
দানিউব নদীর তীরে – একটি ভয়াবহ ঘটনার ইতিহাসের পাতা
বিবিসি-২ তে হাঙ্গেরির ইহুদিদের নিয়ে একটা প্রোগ্রাম দেখতে-দেখতে আমার বুডাপেস্টের দানিউব নদীর তীরে সদ্য দেখা হৃদয় ছোঁয়া লোহার জুতোর লম্বাসারিগুলোর কথা মনে পড়লো আর তার সাথে মনে পড়লো আমার ছবিগুলোর কথা । ২৩ বছর পরে আবার বুডাপেস্ট্ এর দানিউব নদীর...
A Panegyric to Ancient Indian Women on the Quest for Truth
Women suffragette and gender equality became a preeminent topic of discussion and debate in Europe in the Age of Enlightenment, in the eighteenth century. The battle for obtaining equal voting rights, with suffragettes such as Susan B. Anthony,...
Matsyanyaya and the ascendancy of the Palas
For four centuries, Palas ruled over a vast area which is now divided into Indian states of West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Assam and People's Republic of Bangladesh. It's all started after the demise of the great king Shashanka of Gauda dynasty in 625...
TRAMS THE PRIDE OF KOLKATA
Kolkata trams bear pride and history of ancient Kolkata------- truly the tenure from the reign of the English in India till today. Along with all aspects of the inhabitants of the then Kolkata, the trams were the lifeline of the commuters and many...
The Contribution of Anushilon Samiti and Hindu Mahasabha in the identity and formation of West Bengal
Napoleon Bonaparte had said, "History is a set of lies agreed upon". History taught in secondary schools in India especially in Bengal after independence, has become a carefully manufactured narrative under the watch of Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira...
