Characters Kanai Dutt: Indian‚ 42 years old; translator; knows 6 languages; at around 10 was sent to Lusibari to be “rusticated” when speaking back to the teacher; unmarried; lives in New Deli; runs a bureau of translators; Piyali Roy: Indian by descent; does not speak Bengali; from Seattle but born in Kolkata‚ left when 1 year old; cetologist; has an uncle in Kolkata (big man in government); late 20s; her mother suffered from cervical cancer; Nilima Bose: Mashima - “aunt”; 76 years old; Kanai’s
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Damodar Valley Project (ITVP): Damodar Valley Project is a joint venture of Jharkhand and West Bengal. The project sets an example towards managing our water resources on scientific lines. Before completion of this project‚ flood in Damodar River caused damage to thousands of people and loss of property worth crores of rupees every year. So it was called the ’Sorrow of Bihar (now Jharkhand) and West Bengal’. After the completion of this project the river has become a ’boon to’ these states. Damodar
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the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent with at least 50% marks and 2 years Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known); or ii) Higher Secondary pass under the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent with at least 45% marks and 2 years Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known)‚ in accordance with the NCTE (Recognition Norms & Procedure)‚ Regulations‚ 2002; or iii) Higher Secondary pass under the West Bengal
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distinguished in various fields‚ such as the noted sculptor Sankha Chaudhury and the founder-editor of the Economic and Political Weekly of India‚ Sachin Chaudhury. Her first schooling was in Dhaka‚ but after the partition of India she moved to West Bengal in India. She joined the Rabindranath Tagore-founded Vishvabharati University in Santiniketan and completed a B.A. (Hons) in English‚ and then finished an M.A. in English at Calcutta University as well. She later married renowned playwright Bijon
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INQUILAB Prof.S.Jayaraman Inquilab means revolution. ‘Inquilab’ is one of the much - acclaimed plays of Asif Currimbhoy. This play is about the Naxalbari Movement that started in a small village in West Bengal in 1967. This uprising‚ by the peasants‚ tried to usher in a revolutionary new social order through violence and hence the title ‘ Inquilab.’ Asif Currimbhoy‚ an Indian playwright writing in English‚ had exposure in experimental American theatre. He brought some of their techniques like
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Even Mark Twain is believed to have spent some time in Kurseong in 1885. Fazul Haque‚ the Prime Minister of undivided Bengal also stayed here. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was interned by the colonial Government for a couple of months in a house at Giddhapahar near Kurseong town in 1936. [pic] View of Kurseong town Where is Kurseong? Kurseong is in Darjeeling district of West Bengal in India. On the way of Darjeeling from Siliguri lies Kurseong. About Kurseong Though Kurseong lags behind in the
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Aurobindo Ghosh was born in Calcutta‚ India. His father‚ Dr. Krishna Dhan Ghose‚ was District Surgeon of Rangapur‚ Bengal. His mother‚ Swarnalata Devi‚ was the daughter of Brahmo religious and social reformer‚ Rajnarayan Basu. Aravinda means "lotus" in Sanskrit. Aurobindo spelled his name Aravinda while in England‚ as Aravind or Arvind while in Baroda‚ and as Aurobindo when he moved to Bengal. The surname Ghose is pronounced‚ and usually written in English‚ as "Ghosh"‚ and Aurobindo’s name often appears
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the nation’s attitude towards corruption. There is no more ‘respect’ for the ‘sanctity’ of the office of the prime minister‚ as has been proven by the attempts to gherao his residence as if he were no different from the manager of a factory in West Bengal in the Left agitations in the 1970s. As far as media is concerned‚ there is no holy cow any more. News media‚ in all forms‚ does not hesitate to name wrongdoers and alleged wrongdoers‚ starting with the lowliest of government servants and rising
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and some even trying to cover up the mess. Sudipto Sen‚ the promoter of the chit fund funded by the Saradha Group‚ was arrested from Sonmarg in Jammu and Kashmir with two of his associates‚ police said. "Based on information provided by the West Bengal Police‚ three people were detained by us from the Sonamarg tourist resort in Ganderbal district today (Tuesday)‚" a senior Jammu and Kashmir Police officer told IANS. Today‚ things got messier with reports of a Saradha Group agent trying to
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tells him to go and look at mirror and find what he had already given him. Different events from his life starting from childhood days to meeting with the mystic saint Ramakrishna at Dakshineswar‚ Vivekananda’s travel to Northern India‚ travel to the West (America‚ Europe)‚ meeting with Sister Nivedita‚ and his works in India have been captured‚ thereby building his journey from being Narendranath to Vivekananda in bits and pieces.[2] ------------------------------------------------- Cast[edit source | editbeta]
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