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 marvel?

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 endured for millennia

As of February 2025, 5.56 billion people—67.9% of the global population—were internet users. Of these, 5.24 billion (or 63.9% of world's...