July 5, 2007
Career needs of GeNext
The “first-ever” career lounge in the city — a hang-out, counselling centre and training institute rolled into one — will open in Chowringhee on Thursday.
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The next 48 hours will decide whether Tuesday’s torrent was a crescendo or just a curtain-raiser.
A monster is hovering in the Bay of Bengal, unable to make up its mind whether to hit Calcutta or move elsewhere.
More on Monster monsoon - Pray for wind: Calcutta faces threat of bigger torrent in 48 hours
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Even a kid would have wondered at the simple calculation: a year with 642 days!
More on Job given for 642 days a year - Facts of labour in NREGA records
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July 2, 2007
Matters of taste: Indians wake up to smoked food
I don’t smoke, yet I love it. Just not tobacco and inhaled. What I love is the faintly acrid, aromatic woody tang of smoked salmon, smoked sausage, smoked cheese or Lapsang Souching, the Chinese tea that is smoked over pinewood. Smoking foods has to be done carefully since if it is too intense, it can be astringent and drown out other tastes. Ideally it should be a counterpoint, not blending in completely into the dish, but offering an equal contrast so your palate can go from the first shock of the smoke to the taste of the dish itself and then back to the smoky taste and back again.
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July 1, 2007
Daughter killed in dowry fear
Stray dogs revealed the bitterest truth what people in Chandankiyari would have never known: murder of a girl by her father. Nirmal Mahto, who allegedly killed his 17-year-old daughter Jalshpi Kumaria fearing a hefty dowry demand, is absconding with his family.
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June 30, 2007
Boy in tug-of-custody tears
Four months shy of his fourth birthday, Somsubhra Roy found himself at the centre of a heart-rending tug of love in a packed courtroom of Calcutta High Court. The boy’s tears were of no avail as the law took its course on Friday afternoon and he was handed over to his father following a protracted custody battle.
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June 29, 2007
India's Chinese community
THE Chinese community in India is largely centred in Kolkata (formerly known as Calcutta) and has been a part of the city for two centuries.
Most of them are from the Hakka community and they specialise in shoe-making and leather-tanning.
The other members are of Cantonese stock and are mostly carpenters.
Kolkata's Chinatown is in an area called Tangra, which was once dominated by leather tanneries and is now known for its Chinese restaurants.
The community is also known for its dentists and hairdressing salons, which are patronised by Kolkata's rich and famous, says a report by news agency Inter Press Service.
It is reported that there are now 5,000 Indian Chinese living in Kolkata, where once there were 30,000.
Most of the residents have migrated to countries like the UK, US, Canada and Australia.
There was also a Chinatown in the city of Mumbai, but the population has decreased due to migration.
According to Mumbai-based tabloid Mid-Day, there are about 400 members of the Indian Chinese community still living in the city.
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June 28, 2007
Smiling all the way to the Bank
Preity Zinta’s dimpled smile is undoubtedly one of her best assets. And Dr Sunil Bhoolabhai, smile-care expert on the Femina Miss India panel, keeps it looking good. Most top Bollywood stars, including Karisma Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan, Madhuri Dixit and Kareena Kapoor, have had their smiles improved.
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