Bengal is a place which witnessed resurgence of learning, arts and creativity. Women also rose to fame in various spheres. Begum Rokkeya, Pritilata Waddedar, Bina Das, Matangini HAzra, Kadambini Ganguly, Rani Rashmoni. The list is quite endless of the women who were at the forefront. There was another breed of women who came from entitled […]
17th Apr 2022- The Bengal Story
Bengali entrepreneurs, their history goes back to Dwarkanath Tagore who acquired the Raniganj collieries in 1836 from an English agency house, Alexander & Co. This was followed with ventures for operating tugboats, steamboat services connecting Kolkata and Allahabad, and a steam-powered floating ferry across the Hooghly, mainly to use the coal that was mined. Dwarkanath […]
08th Apr 2022- The Bengal Story
The diversity of India’s corporate history, is peppered with names such as The Assam Company, Andrew Yule, Williamson Magor, Harrisons Malayalam, Bengal Chemicals, and His Master’s Voice. These were based in Calcutta, the biggest were managing agencies, holding companies that ran dozens of businesses. Andrew Yule, founded in 1863, managed 37 companies, including tea gardens, […]
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2022 April Indus Valley World School – The Dalhousie Precinct 1st 2022 May Birla High School – Park Street and Free School Street Precinct 1st 2022 June Akshar School The Tollygunge Precinct 1st 2022 July Loreto Day School Bow Bazar Kumartulli 1st
30th Mar 2022- Editor, The CHC Journal
Labour of Love! – The CHC School Journal A dream to want kids to learn not rote learn. A leap of faith in my small way. Having been an educator, teaching Communicative English at Opus, a Test Prep for Law and Design entrances, I noticed with dismay the mechanical learning process of the classroom. The […]
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