As the century old first Indian pharmaceutical company Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Ltd (BCPL), had successfully come out of nearly seven decades of loss, its Managing Director and Director Finance Pilla Marri Chandraiah spoke to Kingshuk Banerjee about how he brought the radical change in t...
Adolescents in India constitute more than one-fifth of the total population. They are a highly wired generation who cannot imagine their lives without Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter. Statistical use of social media in IndiaThe use of social media by teenagers occ...
Wildlife protection has often been seen as the domain of men. This is changing; there are many noted women in the field of wildlife conservation.India is the home to the Asiatic lion. The Gir National Park in Gujarat is the natural habitat of these rare animals. The population of the lions had reduc...
West Bengal is known for its festivities. The popular Bengali coinage, ‘Baro mashe tero parbon’ literally translates to 13 festivals in 12 months, which is applicable to the state. The biggest festival in the state is the Durga Puja and with around 28,000 Durga Puja pandals across the state, the...
Bengal Chemicals has started dreaming big. Riding on its recent successful turnaround after nearly seven decades of loss, the century old pharmaceutical company is aiming for Mini Ratna status in the next 5 years. In order to achieve that milestone, the energetic Managing Director and Director...
Woman is the superior creation of God. It is stated in the Taittiriiyopanishad, “Matru Devo Bhava (मातृदेवो भव) –See God in mother; revere your mother as God.”Motherhood is the highest stage of womanhood. Along with the Vedas, mother’s power –strength has been highly gl...
Swami Vivekananda represented India and Hinduism at the Parliament of the World’s Religions (1893) 125 years ago. This was the first World’s Parliament of Religions and was held from September 11 to 27, 1893, at the Art Institute of Chicago as part of the World's Columbian Exposition.The Parliam...
Every few years a company's marketing strategy becomes a hit and a new “superfood” is born. Currently, it is Macha tea which solves all problems including weight, diabetes, and rheumatism. It comes on the heels of quinoa, chia seeds, Leh berries, Brazil nuts, blueberries, turmeric, spirulina, go...
The outgoing chief justice of the Supreme Court, in spite of the allegations made by his own colleagues that he was partial, showed exemplary courage by coming up with judgments of major issues that were pending for long. In the last six months of his tenure, he was part of landmark judgments on UDA...
"Indian culture is the basic source of Indianness. Indian culture has been developed from the fundamentals of the eternal –Sanatana Dharma. Firm belief in the reality of universal unity, commitment to do (always) anew, adaptation, cooperation and coordination in mutual practices –behaviours, kee...