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Shubho Noboborsho - Bengali New Year
India Soumyadip ChoudhuryApril 15, 2019 0

Pohela Boishakh: A brief history of the Bengali calendar

A brief history of the Bengali Calendar and why India and Bangladesh celebrate the Bengali New Year on different days.Continue Reading →

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Shammi Kapoor’s unrealised desire

One of Shammi Kapoor’s unfulfilled desires was to be a horse-riding tea garden manager in Assam. [tbpspa]

Soumyadip Choudhury 0February 11, 2014
Assembly House, Shillong (1948)
India

Vintage photographs of Shillong from 1948 (also Vallabhbhai Patel calling people of Assam lazy)

64 years later, Shillong is virtually unrecognisable. I could only recognise the Governor House on Bivar Road, then known as…

Soumyadip Choudhury 1June 13, 2012
Rongali Bohag Bihu unofficial Google doodle
Internet Soumyadip ChoudhuryApril 13, 2012 0

Rongali Bihu unofficial Google doodle

For some it is the beginning of the new year, for others it marks the end of the harvest season. The reasons may differ but there are celebrations across India…Continue Reading →

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Bhupen Hazarika (1926-2011). North-East India loses a star

The legendary Bhupen Hazarika died of multiple organ failure in a Bombay hospital today. He was one of the few…

Soumyadip Choudhury 0November 5, 2011
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