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Music

The Forgotten Shankar: Sitar Maestro Who Jammed With Hendrix, Pioneered Fusion Music

Food

After Pandemic Took Their Income, Brother-Sister Duo Sell ‘Phuchkas’ to Earns Lakhs

Adopt a Tree

Environment

How to Become an ‘Official’ Plant Parent? Kolkata Youth Inspires People to Adopt Plants

Art

Not Allowed to Enter Workshop as Woman, Kumartuli’s Mala Pal Now Sculpts Success

Entrepreneurs

Kolkata’s Iconic Parsi Joint ‘Mancherji’s’ Was Born in This Bengali Woman’s Kitchen

‘My Alopecia Is Not a Joke’: Bengaluru-based Paromita Shares What Living With This Condition is Like

India

‘My Alopecia Is Not a Joke’: Woman Shares What Living With This Condition is Like

Disability

‘No Doctor Could Diagnose My Disorder; Was 9 When I Started Pain Killers’

Kathi rolls

Entrepreneurs

‘Didn’t Find Kolkata Rolls In Bengaluru, So We Made Our Own’: Story of Chakum Chukum

Electric Vehicles

You Can Now ‘Switch’ Any Bicycle With E-Bikes That Have a Battery Range of 70 km

IIT-KGP scientists develop device to screen oral cancer

Cancer

IIT-KGP Scientists Develop Low-Cost Device That Screens Oral Cancer in 10 Mins

Icons of India

Fountain Pen ‘Magician’ Who Once Fixed Satyajit Ray’s Pens Has Been at it for 40 Years

Food

Inside Kolkata’s Iconic Pice Hotels That Still Serve Food For Just Rs 3!

History

India’s 1st Swadeshi Electric Bulb Company Was Philips’ Top Competitor in The 1930s

Grow Papaya at Home

How To

How To Grow Papaya at Home With Store-Bought Fruit in 7 Easy Steps

Food

Biryani Map of India: Taste the History & Find Your Favourite Among 28 Versions

Food

Fighting The British To Creating an Iconic Sherbet: 103-YO Eatery Is Kolkata’s Legend

Sulekha Ink

Great Indian Manufacturing

Blessed by Gandhi, Named by Tagore: The Story of Swadeshi Ink from Kolkata

Inspirational

Losing IIT Seat & Ability to Walk, MP Man Rebuilds Life via 6-Month Course

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History

In the 1970s, India’s First Rock Band Was Born In The Backyard of A Kolkata Home

Disability

Rejected From 6 Jobs, How I Started My Own Firm While Living With Cerebral Palsy

Food

This 100-Year-Old Shop Is The Last Kolkata Cafe To Still Brew Tea In Samovars

GIM Business

Great Indian Manufacturing

How One Student’s Search For Affordable Pens Gave India Its Cheapest Gel Pen At Rs 5

Kolkata

Blue Mangoes? Kolkata Surgeon Grows Them in Pots With Oranges, Jackfruit & Litchis

Nani's Special

Entrepreneurs

65-YO Granny Starts Homemade Sweets & Savoury Biz, Earns Revenue Up To Rs 4 Lakh

Lede

‘Awesome’ Startup Sells Chillies, Thukpa; Earns Rs 20 Lakh Revenue in 10 Months

bicycle journey

Adventure

My Grandfather’s Diary, And His Bicycle Trip in The 1930s From Kolkata to Kashmir!

Art

In 1975, This Talking Doll Bagged a Doordarshan Show & Impressed Satyajit Ray!

Kolkata

At Just 15, Kolkata Boy Upcycles Textile Factory Waste into Clothes for 2500 Kids

Heartwarming

I Was a Sex Worker & Here’s How I Found the Unconditional Love of a Lifetime

Entrepreneurs

Bengal Saree Artisan Goes From Making Rs 2.5 Per Day to Running a Rs 50 Cr Venture

Food

Kolkata Woman Builds Multi-Million Dollar Firm Selling Kati Rolls in New York, London

Innovation

24-YO Exports Hand Painted Earthen Utensils, Giving Livelihoods To 10,000 Artisans

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