Tag: Shantiniketan
Set up system for solid waste disposal, drainage in Shantiniketan: NGT
The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) is the nodal agency for the project.
The interesting case of missing Tagore memorabilia at Darjeeling museum
What allegedly missing were replicas, and they have been found, says official; no one knows where are original ones are
Feminist concerns
The Rasaja Foundation was set up in memory of eminent artist-writer-teacher Jaya Appasamy, who passed away in 1989. The idea behind Rasaja is to develop a new strategy, with the firm belief that the Foundation must provide a historically significant edifice to support the conservation of a rich cultural heritage of the world as a …
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Planning new varsity on lines of Visva Bharati: Mamata
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said the state government is planning to set up a new varsity near the centrally-funded Visva Bharati University (VBU) in Shantiniketan. "We are planning to set up a new national standard university named 'Biswa-Bangla Biswabidyalaya' within three minute's distance from the VBU in Shantiniketan," Banerjee said at …
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A cultural treasure trove
Shantiniketan was the name of the guest house built by Debendranath Tagore on 20 bighas of land (roughly 4 acres) in the 'Bhubandangar math' (grounds of Bhubandang). Just as fame cannot be bound by any constraints, the name of the guest house diffused far and wide and that place itself adapted to the name. Shantiniketan …
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