Lo-Cal

Two days after International Women?s Day, let?s pay a small tribute to the heroines of our city, immortalised in the song The Ladies of Calcutta. Aparna Sen, Usha Uthup, Mamata Banerjee, Mamata Shankar, Usha Ganguly? best wishes for Women?s Day, a little late.

Topi-Cal

1. Which historical event forms the background of Mahasweta Devi?s Aranyer Adhikaar, which won the Sahitya Akademi Award?

2. Who played the role of Debasree Roy?s mother in the film, 36 Chowringhee Lane?

3. Which famous Calcuttan?s dance troupe initially had the name Stradivarius?

Histori-Cal

4. Who was awarded the perpetual talukdari of Sutanuti by Hastings in 1778?

5. Which zamindar of Midnapore revolted against the Nawabs of Bengal in 1695?

6. Who founded the Hindu Mela in Calcutta in 1867?

Symboli-Cal In 1910, an organisation named The Socialist International met at Copenhagen, Denmark, and established a Women?s Day with an international character, to honour the movement for women?s rights and to help achieve universal suffrage for women. The following year, International Women?s Day was marked for the first time on March 19 in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland.

1. The Birsa Munda rebellion; 2. Ruma Guha Thakurta; 3. Mamata Shankar; 4. Maharaja Nabakrishna Deb; 5. Shobha Singh; 6. Satyendranath Tagore