BY RUCHIRA GHOSH This is the saga of a courageous, undaunted, free-spirited British lady, who spent a major part of her life in an alien land, wholeheartedly devoting herself to the service of humanity. To date, she is venerated and fondly remembered for the yeomen’s service she rendered to the masses (read women) in her adopted country. On a cold November evening in 1895, Miss … Continue reading A Champion Of Downtrodden Women
BY RUCHIRA GHOSH Anglo-Bengali camaraderie may be traced back to 1690 when Job Charnock, a senior official of the erstwhile East India Company, shifted his operations to Sutanati, an obscure village inhabited by local merchants who had dealings with the company. Gradually he got the area merged with two other villages, Gobindopur and Kalighat, thus laying (although this is highly disputed) the foundation of the sprawling … Continue reading Brit Influences Linger on in Bengali Psyche
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