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UNKNOWN HERITAGE OF CHINSURAH – VANDE MATARAM BHAWAN

Posted on December 28, 2014 by tni

Kaushik Ghosh No Indian would be found who wouldn’t get goose pimples as a response after listening Indian national song ‘Vande Mataram’. Rabindra Nath Tagore sung this song for the first time in a political context in 1896 in the Calcutta session of ‘Indian National Congress’. Thousands of freedom fighters sacrificed their lives by chanting this song. Later this song was translated into English by Shri Aurobindo. It is a hymn to the Mother Land….

SILIGURI CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS WITH POMP AND FUN

Posted on December 27, 2014 by tni

By R. Subrata (TNI Siliguri) ~ Edited By Pradiptamay Saha (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Siliguri, 27th Dec, 2014: Markets and streets of Siliguri were flooded with merry faces on the Christmas Eve. In the city, like all other festivals, Siligurians celebrated Christmas in a grand way. Lots of organization and clubs organised Christmas Eve on the 25th December in Siliguri in which many professionals dance groups and artists participated from different location like Delhi, Mumbai…

CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS AT CENTURY OLD BANDEL CHURCH, CHINSURAH

Posted on December 25, 2014 by tni

By Kaushik Ghosh (TNI Chinsurah) ~ Edited By D. Prasun (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Chinsurah, 25th December, 2014: The Portuguese word for Mast is “Bandel” based on which this sleepy town is known for. The Bandel Church stands as a memorial of the Portuguese settlement in Bengal. Built around 1599, it is dedicated to Nossa Senhora di Rozario, Our Lady of the Rosary. It is one of the most prominent historical churches found in West…

DOWN SYNDROME – A MUSICAL FEVER

Posted on December 24, 2014 by tni

Varsha Byahut Down Syndrome, the musical rock band which made its debut six years ago has successfully garnered a large fan following among youths of the city. It was in 2008 when the fortunes of two people ‘Rohan and Samrat’ clinched together in a fair where the melodious humming by Samrat could not remain unheard, with Rohan offering to work with him on a musical project. The beads of this musical band who cast their…

SILIGURI COLLEGE WINS MOCK PARLIAMENTARY COMPETITION

Posted on December 22, 2014 by tni

By Mousona Paul (TNI Jalpaiguri) ~ Edited By R. Subrata (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Jalpaiguri, 22nd Dececember, 2014: An inter-school and college level quiz and mock parliament competition have was held on 20.12.2014 at the Art Gallery Complex of Jalpaiguri. On this occasion, students from different parts of North Bengal such as Malda, Uttar Dinajpur, Dakkhin Dinajpur, Coochbehar came to the city to explore the opportunity. The North Bengal Development Minister Mr. Goutam Deb has inaugurated…

MOVIE REVIEW: ABIR CLEARS THE BOARDS IN BADSHAHI ANGTI

Posted on December 20, 2014 by tni

Film: Badshahi Angti Director: Sandip Ray Cast: Abir Chatterjee, Sourav Das, Paran Bandopadhyay, Bharat Kaul, Dipankar De and others. Rating: Popularity of Feluda has time and again being tested, obviously by the flag bearing works that are being carried out by the decedents of the famous Upendra Kishore Ray family. The brain-weaponry again is the soul of the film as is always for the whole Feluda series. The film is an autonomic – allusion glitter…

UDAYAN SPORTS LIBRARY, A GEM OF SILIGURI’S SPORTS CIRCUIT

Posted on December 17, 2014 by tni

Kushal Dasgupta (TNI) On 5th January, 2014, Udayan Memorial Sports Library, completed its golden jubilee. A sports quiz event was organized to celebrate the day and sports lover of Siliguri participated in the event with full enthusiasm. Udayan Memorial Sports Library, located at college street of Siliguri is the second sports library of India, which was founded by late Panu Dutta Majumder in 1964. From its inception, it has been unique in terms of their variety…

MOVIE REVIEW: BADLAPUR BOYS

Posted on December 12, 2014 by tni

Film: Badlapur Boys Director: Shailesh Varma Cast: Nishan Nanaiah, Annu Kapoor, Saranya Mohan, Kishori Shahane Rating: ‘Badlapur Boys’ has its essence intact but the story is enormously slack. The film doesn’t hesitate in depicting the losers in the most unattractive light. ‘Badlapur Boys’ is set in a UP village, and gives us a bunch of ‘anaadi’ but enthusiastic boys who are willing to give up their lives for ‘kabaddi’. When the villagers’ appeal for a…

MOVIE REVIEW ~ BHOPAL: A PRAYER FOR RAIN

Posted on December 6, 2014 by tni

Bhopal: A Prayer For Rain Director: Ravi Kumar Cast: Mischa Barton, Martin Sheen, Warren Anderson, Rajpal Yadav Rating: This month, it will be precisely 30 years as the Bhopal gas tragedy, the world’s biggest industrial tragedy. In September, Warren Anderson died, without ever having faced test in India for his position in the terrible disaster. Anderson was the then-CEO of Union Carbide, the American pesticide plant from which 40 tonnes of poisonous methyl isocyanate (MIC)…

DURGAPUJA ROUNDUP (AMBIKA KALNA) 2014

Posted on October 12, 2014 by tni

Photos: Piyali Chandra Khan (Ambika Kalna, Burdwan)

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