Pinnacle
Here’s a tribute to a war hero, who laid down his life in Kashmir, gallantly. A poignant verse in Different Truths. The valley of orchids now plays the...
Buro Shibtola: Oracles and Miracles Prove the Prowess of Shiva till date!
Tales of oracles and miracles have survived for about two hundred years surrounding a Shiva temple, known as Buro Shib, beside the Ganga, near the port of Budge Budge,...
Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: The Elephant and the Crocodile – XVIII
Strange are the ways of the Divine. The elephant and the crocodile fought each other till Narayana slew the crocodile and saved the elephant. Both these creatures were cursed...
Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: The Story of Ajamila – XII
Nilanjana recounts the tale of Ajamila, who was born in a virtuous family and had a good upbringing. But he was distracted and fell into evil company. Later on, he...
The Overcrowded Public Transport System of Vibrant Kolkata
A typical Bengali will describe the passengers as bats clinging on to the doors and windows of buses and trains. The passengers seem like bees bent on protecting their honey combs....
A Story of Empowerment: Koushik Propelled the Engine of Social Change in Bangladesh
Michelle tells us how she met Md. Koushik Ahmed. He was a shopkeeper at a mall. He did the things that other single men of his age did after...
Child Labourers: Educating and Emancipating Through Community Participation
The miserable plight of the child labourers in Gazipur, Bangladesh, called for immediate action. Michelle and her partner launched the programme, ‘We Learn’, to rescue and rehabilitate street children. She reveals...
Towards Dawn: Combating Contemporary Forms of Slavery in Brick Kilns
Lenin takes us through the sordid and macabre accounts of contemporary slavery in brick kilns, based on actual accounts of the hapless victims. Driven by hunger and starvation, many children die...
Eighteen Dead, 50 Injured in a Flyover Collapse in North Kolkata
A portion of an under construction Vivekananda Flyover, near Ganesh Talkies, in Girish Park locality in Kolkata collapsed this afternoon. Eighteen people are dead, 50 people are injured, many more...