usings of Bri

Nestled 30 km from Kolkata in Andul, Howrah, Andul Rajbari (Anandadham) rises as a majestic 1834 palace built by Raja Rajnarayan Roy Bahadur. Towering Doric columns, lakhori brickwork, arched verandas, and Indo-European fusion once hosted grand soirées & Durga Puja revelry. Now, peeling plaster exposes forgotten bricks, weeds invade cracked frames, & the naach mahal's collapsed roof frames open sky. A heritage gem that crumbles amid neglect—will Bengal save this architectural

This embroidery is a tribute to Omid, the last known Siberian crane of the western migratory flyway, & to an ancient journey that once linked the Arctic tundra of Russia with the wetlands of the Caspian Sea. Omid’s solitary migration embodied the memory of a vanished flyway erased by habitat loss, climate change, and human pressure. His disappearance after 2023 marks not only the possible loss of a single bird, but the silent collapse of an entire migration system that had en

The water lily harvest takes place in the labyrinth of water and land of the Mekong Delta and is one of the many wonders of Vietnam. This...

The Cherry Blossom (Sakura) in Japan has been celebrated for many centuries and it holds prominent importance in the Japanese culture....

"We've been asked to write a journal paper almost every month!" declared an academician friend of mine in frustration just a few days...

According to climate scientists, the global maximum average temperature rise should not be allowed to increase beyond 1.5°C to avoid...

Click here, to go directly to the 'Kuler Chatni' (Jujube Chutney) recipe.. As the winter wind fades to usher in the spring, one can find...

For book lovers like me, who are too lazy to pressurize their brains in remembering the page number they were last reading and also hates...

Continuing from Part 1. NOTE: As I talk about the various lost and fading professions in this series, I would also like to emphasise the...

NOTE: Dear Readers, I will be posting this topic in two to three parts depending on the length of the topic as the writing progresses. As...

FAST FACTS: What made Guano so important as to almost start a World War? All of us are very well aware of the importance of fertilizers...