Remembering and honoring Vidyasagar Haimanti Banerjee The 19th century was a very important one among so many before that because it gifted the world with innumerable great personalities from Bharat, particularly from Bengal. To take a few names: Bharat Pathik, a great social reformer; Raja Ram Mohan Roy, a giant spiritual leader; Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa and his disciple Vivekananda; Rishi Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, a genius and a pioneering scientist; Jagadish Chandra Basu, Kobiguru Rabindranath Thakur, Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy, CV Raman, Srinivasa Ramanujam and so many others in and outside of Bengal who will be remembered as stalwarts in ...
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Time is ripe again for the ‘homecoming’ of the Indian Diaspora: and also for celebrating their achievements. Twenty-five million plus people of Indian origin, whether or not born in India and living outside of India in over 100 countries, are drawn towards their motherland that is variously referred to as Bharat, Hindustan or simply India – a land of dreams. Yes, India is far from perfect. The mother, once richest in the world, is unable to fulfill the basic needs of its people such as food, education and healthcare today. But a mother is always a mother. Today, India stands ...
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Bihar is close to my heart. Whenever I think about its legacy I get emotional not only because I was born in undivided Bihar, but of its glorious history and great contribution to Indian and world civilization at large. In 2000, when Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar the feeling of oneness among Biharis was hurt and a lot of commotion took place in the region. Still, Bihar is the largest state as far as population is concerned, though 12th in size. The name Bihar was derived from the Sanskrit and Pali word vihara, which means ‘abode’ and also centre ...
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Time is ripe again for the ‘homecoming’ of the Indian Diaspora: and also for celebrating their achievements. Twenty ive million plus people of Indian origin, whether or not born in India and living outside of India in over 100 countries, are drawn towards their motherland that is variously referred to as Bharat, Hindustan or simply India – a land of dreams. Yes, India is far from perfect. The mother, once richest in the world, is unable to fulill the basic needs of its people such as food, education and healthcare today. But a mother is always a mother. Today, India ...
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Fifteenth August, 1947. A new India was born. After a long and arduous struggle, the nation became independent from British rule. Today, on the 65th anniversary of India’s independence, we must contemplate as we celebrate so as to remember the struggle and tyranny that the Indians had to face before freedom was finally achieved. For the sake of their countrymen, many freedom fighters sacrificed their lives. The journey towards freedom had its share of bloodshed. Moreover, the division of India caused by religious violence affected millions of lives, caused countless deaths, rendered thousands homeless and left many others to battle ...
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Another Pravashi Bharatiya Divas is upon us – a happy homecoming for NRIs and PIOs in a freewheeling platform to share their experiences and thoughts and get rewarded for significant contributions in their respective fields of expertise. PBD owes its origin to Indian government, who wanted to strengthen ties with the Indian diaspora to mark the return of Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa to India, still under an oppressive British Raj, in 1915. ...
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Nobel laureate and doyen of Bengali literature Rabindranath Tagore wrote ‘Amar Sonar bangla, aami tomay bhalobashi’ (Oh! my golden Bengal, I love you) almost a century ago. As we celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of the litterateur per excellence, we’re confronted with a pertinent question: has Gurudev’s dream of a golden Bengal is in Utopia? He did not live to see a free India, but he had great hopes and expectations from the people Bengal, who could contribute handsomely to a resurgent India. Has Bengal fulfilled his wish? A trip down memory lane illustrates a job well begun is only ...
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Perhaps, it has been consigned to oblivion that Indian merchants roamed the world, and were, inarguably, the best for many centuries. Prior to the advent of the East India Company, India had the best ships in the world. But, as history reveals much of the entrepreneurial activities were first stolen, and later destroyed by the British. After Independence there was tardy progress, thanks to the government policies to empower this key sector. ...
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