There can be no comparison between a Rose and a Lily, or Jasmine and Orchids; but one should always adhere to a comparative study of their fields of choice.Through sadness and the benevolence ofhappiness. Samir Bhattacharya spelled out his well opinions to BE's correspondent Kaushik Chattapadhyay.In...
Pabitra Chattopadhyay is a prominent sitar player, music educator and composer of the contemporary generation of Indian Classical musicians. He initially learnt how to play the sitar from his father Sri Probir Chottopadhyay and Sri Swapan Kumar Das. Later he mastered the instrument under the guidanc...
Diabetes Mellitus is a complex metabolic disorder due to partial or complete deficiency of the hormone Insulin resulting in high blood sugar and the complications due to this uncontrolled hyperglycaemia. Diabetes is a serious, chronic disease that occurs either when the pancreas does not produce eno...
Depression is a common mental disorder with a set of symptoms that affect a person's thoughts, feelings, behaviour, relationships, performance at work, and in very severe cases, may also lead to thoughts of suicide and death. It is all right to feel sad or upset over some unhappy events or circumsta...
The National Parivar Mediclaim Policy from National Insurance Company Limited, is a floater health insurance, covering the members of a family under a single sum insured. The subject policy covers at least two family members. The proposer should be between 18 and 65 years.The maximum entry age of an...
If, according to the adage, "health is wealth", the key factor for achieving this, is to be happy. Now, happiness is a state of mind – the mind being an unseen force that, according to many, is a Devil. How much ever you try to control the mind, it wavers, dithers, changes, somersaults, and is har...
The Indian Society for Surgery of the Hand (ISSH), a national association of hand surgeons, conducted a ‘Basic Hand Course’ on August 25 and 26, 2018, in association with the Kolkata Arthroscopy and Sports Surgery Society (KASS) at Medica Superspecialty Hospital. Hand injuries are a big componen...
It becomes more and more difficult to specify exactly what is that ‘postmodernism’ is supposed to refer to as the term gets stretched in all directions across different debates, different disciplinary and discursive boundaries, as different factions seek to make it in their own way, using it to ...
Torchbearer of Lucknow Gharana Pandit Swaraj Bhattacharaya spoke to Kaushik Chattapadhyay on behalf of BEIn the early part of the 18th century, Siddhar Khan of Delhi was a very talented tabla player. With his imaginative faculty, he developed a systematic solo performance in tabla. Besides Delhi, po...
Pencaksilat is an indigenous martial art form that originated in Indonesia. The term pencaksilat has been popularised after the Indonesian independence. It is a regular medal sport event in the Asian Games, Asian Beach Games, South Asian Games, and Asian Youth Games and is duly recognised by t...