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HARAPRASAD SHASTRI : A FORGOTTEN SCHOLAR- HISTORIAN

ALTHOUGH A PLAQUE HAS BEEN SET UP BY ” BANGIYA SHAHITYA PARISHAD ” INFRONT OF HIS PATERNAL HOME, NO ONE HAS HEARD OF NOTED SCHOLAR, HISTORIAN , INDOLOGIST, ARCHAEOLOGIST HARAPRASAD SHASTRI IN HIS BIRTHPLACE NAIHATI , A SUBURB OF KOLKATA. EVEN A BRONZE…

THE BIRTHPLACE OF PLAYWRIGHT DINABANDHU MITRA IN DISTRESS

ALTHOUGH DINABANDHU MITRA WAS AWARDED WITH ROY-BAHADUR TITLE BY ENGLISH BUT HIS DRAMA “NILDARPAN” ON INDIGO CULTIVATION OF BENGAL HAD SERVED AS INSPIRATION BEHIND FREEDOM MOVEMENTS. NILDARPAN WHICH WAS WRITTEN IN 1860 WAS PERHAPS THE FIRST EVER INDIAN…

Saudi Justice For Orphaned Girls

Saudi Wahhabi religious police who strictly and mercilessly enforce tyranny and religious fanaticism and extremism.

The American press feigns outrage over human rights abuses in Iran and Syria, and that’s all well and food, but are oblivious to…

The real hero – William H. McRaven

Which one is mightier? Pen or Sword?

Both are sharp if it falls in the right hand. Somebody’s pen is penetrating, others’ swords are sizzling.

But there are some people they handle both the stuff with immense accuracy. It seems to be a fairy…

THE CREATOR OF VANDEMATARAM AND HIS MEMORIES

THE PRESERVATION STORY BEHIND EVERY PLACE WHICH HAS A GLORIOUS PAST OR HERITAGE IS NOT ALWAYS DEMORALISING. IN KANTHALPARA OF NAIHATI, A SUBURB OF KOLKATA THERE IS PATERNAL HOUSE OF BANKIM CHANDRA CHATTERJEE WHO WROTE VANDEMATARAM ( THE LYRICS WERE…

THE VANISHING GLORY OF BHATPARA

BHATPARA , A SUBURB OF KOLKATA WAS ONCE ABODE OF SANAKRIT AND NAYAY SHASTRA LEARNING. NOW THE GLORY OF THIS PLACE WAS OVER DUE TO MODERN JOB-ORIENTED ENGLISH BASED EDUCATION SYSTEM.BUT ITS DESERTED TOALS, SANSKRIT COLLEGE AND DILAPIDATED TERRACOTTA…

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