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The forgotten Belgian Jesuit priest who shaped India's national science movement

October 25, 2025 12:44 pm

Eugène Lafont arrived in Calcutta in 1865 as a Catholic missionary with a deep commitment to scientific education, and his vision aligned more closely with Indian aspirations for intellectual independence than with British colonial designs.

Rajkamal Choudhary in the 1960s — the poet, novelist, and iconoclast who refused to be contained by movements or moralities.

The Dead Fish: Rajkamal Choudhary and the rot beneath modern life

October 30, 2025 9:31 pm

Rediscovering Rajkamal Choudhary, the poet who diagnosed India’s moral and modern decay long before it became our everyday condition.

Kolkata schools to remain shut on Sept 24, 25 due to heavy rains

September 24, 2025 9:15 am

School Holidays on September 24 and 25: Kolkata schools to remain closed on September 24 and 25 due to heavy rains, as announced by Education Minister Bratya Basu. The decision aims to ensure student safety amid waterlogged roads and prevent accidents. Teachers will work from home.

The last Jews of Calcutta: A community on the brink of disappearance

July 15, 2025 2:15 pm

By the 1940s, there were over 4,000 Jews in the city. Several Jewish institutions had also been established, including three synagogues, the Jewish Girls’ School, and the Jewish Ezra hospital. But colonialism and circumstances reduced Calcutta’s Jewry to a mere handful.

Kolkata law college, where student was raped, reopens amid heavy security

July 07, 2025 1:13 pm

Senior officers of the Kolkata Police were overseeing security at the campus as private guards thoroughly checked the ID cards of students going in.

‘No coercive steps till next hearing’: Calcutta HC on rape case against Padma Shri awardee Kartik Maharaj

July 04, 2025 5:28 pm

Maharaj is accused of rape, multiple incidents of sexual assault, and forcing the alleged victim to have an abortion

Nostalgia on a plate: Calcutta's must-try dishes, iconic spots and hidden gems

June 27, 2025 12:28 pm

From legendary biryani joints and country clubs to Chinatown staples and chic but old-world bakeries, a nostalgic food trail through the city that stays the same.

How Calcutta became the centre of colonial medical studies

September 18, 2024 11:44 am

The rape and murder of a doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital has brought public and media attention to previously overlooked medical institutions in the West Bengal capital.

Remembering the ‘Great Calcutta Killings’: When Jinnah’s ‘direct action’ caused a bloodbath

August 16, 2024 8:20 pm

Between August 16 to August 19, 1946, Calcutta witnessed one of the worst episodes of Hindu-Muslim communal violence, which left between 5,000 to 10,000 dead, and some 15,000 wounded.

gherao, Calcutta University, Interim Vice-Chancellor, Shanta Dutta,

TMC students' wing gheraos Calcutta University V-C

August 03, 2024 9:52 pm

They alleged that the interim VC, Shanta Dutta, was holding meetings despite her term of six months having expired. Dutta was appointed by Governor C V Ananda Bose.

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New art exhibition explores Bengal in 1790s with rare etchings

July 29, 2021 7:11 pm

The first edition, containing 250 hand-coloured etchings, was published in Calcutta (Kolkata) between 1796 and 1799 by the European artist Baltazard Solvyns, which was was followed by a second, enlarged edition in Paris between 1808 and 1812

Rare photos of Calcutta in the 1940s: A foodie's diary

April 12, 2016 7:56 pm

Calcutta’s preeminence as the Mecca of Indian street food has a lot to do with it being the former capital of the Raj, and the cosmopolitanism it foisted upon the city. The visual documentation of those eventful times by Glenn S Hensley, photography technician with the US Army Airforce, in the summer of 1944, bears testimony to that.