Bishnupur : the place of temples

Bishnupur is a town in Bankura district in West Bengal. This place is famous for its terracota temples. Train and bus journeys are very easy and comfortable from Kolkata.The nearest airport is Kolkata. Famous temples situated here are Shyamrai Temple, Nandalal Temple, Radhamadhab Temple, Kalachand Temple, Radhagovinda Temple and Sarbamangala Temple.
Rasmancha is the Oldest brick structure situated in Bishnupur. Its Built in 1587 by Bir Hambir is a pyramidal structure in the middle of the town.

Dalmadal Caman is also a main attraction of this place.

Bishnupuri Silk and Baluchari Silk sarees are world famous.

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Netaji Subhas - a great patriot

The name of Netaji Subhaschandra Bose will always be remembered by the Indians with great love and respect. He is considered to be one of the greatest patriots of all times.
Subhaschandra was born in Cuttack in the state of Orissa on 23rd January in 1897. His father Janakinath Bose was a lawyer. Subhaschandra was a good student. He was a born leader. His love for his motherland was manifest even when he was a student.
After graduation, Subhaschandra went to England to sit for the I.A.S. examination . He passed the examination but refused to serve the British who were rulling India. He returned to India and joined the freedom movement under the leadership and guidance of Deshabandhu Chittaranjan Das. Very soon he became one of the most popular leaders of the country. The British rulers were afraid of him. they placed him behind bars several times, and tried in many ways to subdue him. The fiery spirit of Subhaschandra won him many followers in the Indian National Congress. Subhaschandra was elected President of the Congress despite opposition from such great leaders as Mahatma Gandhi.
When he left the INC to form his own party, the Forward Bloc, the world was on the brink of a great war. The Second world War broke out in 1939, ans Subhaschandra was interned in his own house in Kolkata. He left India i disguise soon after, and went from Germany to Japan. In Japan he took charge of the Indian National Army- the Azad Hind Fouj- and came to be known as Netaji.
Netaji led the Azad Hind Fouj in a battle with the British forces and succeeded in capturing Kohima, a town in the state of Manipur in India. Unfortunately for Netaji, the war was drawing to a clsoe, and the Japanese were retreating. One day, in 1945, Netaji took off in an aeroplane for an unknown destination. The aeroplane crashed and it was reported that Netaji had been killed in the crash.
Many people do not believe the story of Netaji's death. There is a mystery surrounding the story. Netaji will live forever in the memory of every Indian. The history of India's struggle for freedom will keep on record the great exploits of Netaji Subhaschandra Bose.

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Kasha Dim Or Egg Curry

Ingredients ::

Eggs : 4 pieces
Onion : 1(chopped)
Onion paste : 4 tbsp
Ginger paste : 1 tbsp
Garlic paste : 1 tbsp
Tomato puree : 1 tbsp
Cumin seeds : 1 tsp
Bay leaf : 2
Cumin seeds powder : 1 tsp
Coriander powder : 1 tsp
Turmeric powder : 1 tsp
Red chili powder : 1 tsp
Green chili : 2
Garam masala powder : 1 tsp
Mustard oil
Salt
Sugar

Method ::

Boil the eggs in a pressure cooker. Marinate all the spices(except chopped onion, cumin seeds, green chili and bay leaf) with the boiled eggs for atleast half an hour. Heat oil in a frying pan and temper it with cumin seeds, bay leaf, chopped onion and green chili and cook till the onion turns into golden, afterthat mix the eggs along with the spices. Cook it for 3 minutes, add water and again cook till the gravy becomes thick. Serve it with rice or roti.

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Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore, a great Indian poet, is my favourite poet. Rabindranath wrote his poems, songs, short stories and other articles in Bengali. I consider myself very fortunate because I can read and write Bengali and so I can read Rabindranath's works in the original.
Rabindranath Tagore was the first Indian to receive the Nobel Prize. He won it for his wonderful collection of devotional sons-"Geetanjali". It was in 1912 that he was awarded the coveted prize. Rabindranath was born in the illustrious Tagore family of Jorasanko in Kolkata in the year 1861. His date of birth, according to the Bengali calender, was 25th Vaisakha(9th May). Rabindranath's father was Maharishi Devendranath Tagore, a deeply religious man who was a leader of the Brahmo Samaj.
Rabindranath wrote many beautiful poems and songs. He was a gifted musician, and composed the music for most of his songs himself. The songs of Tagore, popularly called "Rabindra Sangeet", are very popular with music lovers. Rabindranath wrote short wherein he depicted the social condition of his time. His short stories are still popular.
Rabindranath established, the Santiniketan near Kolkata, a school wherein he experimented with his own ideas in education. It has now become a university- the Viswa Bharati-acknoledged by people all over the world to be a great seat of learning.
Rabindranath died in 1941, but he is still remembered, loved and respected by all for his poems, songs and short stories. he is the national poet of two nations India and Bangladesh. In India, "Jana Gana Mana", a song composed by him, is the national song. The works of Rabindranath have been translated into many languages. We Indians are very much proud of him.

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Mukutmanipur

Mukutmanipur is a small town in Bankura in West bengal. It is adjacent to the dam on Kangsabati River. It is a famous picnic spot in West Bengal. Many trains are available from Kolkata. Nearest railway station is Bankura. Regular buses and hired cars are available from Bankura to Mukutmanipur - distance 55 Km. Anyone should not miss the boating in the lake. Visiting places in Mukutmanipur are kansaabati Dam, The island in the middle of the lake and the Ambika Nagar - a Jain prilgrimage.

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Lava And Loleygaon

Lava is a small hamlet situated 34 kms east of the Kalimpong. Loleygaon is a village located at a distance of 12 km from Lava. It is in the Darjeeling District of West Bengal. Kafer, at a distance 1 km from Loleygaon, offers a heavenly view of the Kanchenjunga. An unforgettable sunrise can also be viewed from Jhandi Dara. The place is famous for the Neora Valley National Park and its beautiful view of the Jelep La and Rechi La passes. Lava is also famous for its leaches. Wild animals such as the Himalayan Black Bear and barking deer are found in profusion in these parts.

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Amartya Sen

When the figure of literacy is going down and down, when causes of indiscipline and lawlessness are on the increase day after day, when industrial units are closing their doors one after another, the news that Prof. Amartya Sen has won the Nobel Prize in Economics for the year 1998 comes as a shot in the arms of bengal. Every bengali anywhere in the world feels proud on account of his great achievement. Prof. Sen's honour is really a moral-booster for us all, Rabindranath Tagore was the first bengali and the first Indian and the first Asian to win the Nobel prize in Literature in 1913, and Amartya Sen again in 1998 is the first Nobel laureate in Economics.
Amartya Sen was born in November 3, 1933. His father was Ashutosh Sen, an expert in agriculture. His mother, Amita Debi, was a noble lady. He is the grandson of kshiti Mohan Sen, a Sanskrit teacher of Viswabharati. It was Rabindranath who gave him his name. He had his early education at Santiniketan. Then he moved to Presidency College, Kolkata. Finally he became a student of the Cambridge University. He is at present the Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, a rare honour for anyone. He taught in Jadavpur University (1956-58), Delhi University (1963-71), London School of Economics(1971-77), and Oxford University(1977-80). He has also taught at Harvard as a professor of Economics and Philosophy. He is a great teacher and is very popular with his students. He is really a polite and humble gentleman. Unlike other Indians abroad, he has not severed his connection with his motherland. Nor has he ever applied for any foreign citizenship. Every year he visits Santiniketan during the winter. At that time he does not feel ashamed to put on a dhoti or to ride an old bicycle or to gossip at an ordinary tea-shop.
He has already written eighteen books and earned international recognition as an author. Among his notable books we may mention, Choice of Techniques(1960), Growth Economics(1970), On Economic Inequality(1973), Poverty and famines(1981), Choice, Welfare and Measurement(1982), On Ethics and Economics(1987), The Political Economy of Hunger(1990-91), Economic Development and social Opportunity(1995).
He is joyous because the Nobel Committee has particularly recognised and mentioned his contributions in Welfare Economics which he loves so much. He is not ready to recognise the economic development of India which is the fourth state in the world to go nuclear because its performance in health, education, land-reforms and certain basic requirements is extremely unsatisfactory. Now it to be seen how the indian Govt. makes the best use of his wonderful feats in the field of Welfare Economics. We wish Amartya Sen a long, prosperous, happy and healthy life.

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