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The CMDA had handed over large biodegradable bags to the volunteers. Participants: Around 100. Waste picked up: About 15kg, said a CMDA official. More than the weight, the waste was voluminous since...

Heaps of garbage have been lying along the footpath of Southern Avenue, one of Kolkata’s last remaining green spaces, for days, residents and others have said. As if the garbage is not enough, ...

Then I heard the most preposterous thing at our last Sarobar session. These fellows are planning to get themselves invited to Deshbandhu Park (right across the city) where they intend to sit in the op...

Spread the love Sir — Every year on Valentine’s Day, advertisements are replete with youthful, heteronormative and able-bodied couples showing their love for each other. Even if there is ...

However, one does not have to enrol at the academy to sign up for classes in the serene outdoors. Follow the sound of “kiai” by the Lakes this weekend if you want to channel your inner Po....

The lady with a DSLR to shoot birds capped her equipment and sat down.   The stranger who chanced by sat on the carpet and asked “Gaaitey paari?”   The result: Schedu...

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Mudar Patherya is a romantic who revels in Kolkata anecdotes, pictures, bylanes, characters and memorabilia. ...

Almost two months after dead fish were found floating in Rabindra Sarobar -- an artificial lake surrounded by a park in the southern part of the city -- the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority ...