under Jaideep Mazumdar

Seven thousand fanatical Christians have boycotted the census because they believe the unique identification project is Satan’s plan to rule the world.

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27 Aug 2010 | BY Jaideep Mazumdar

A circus in Burdwan is desperate to keep a female elephant from hearing its wild former lover’s calls. 

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26 Aug 2010 | BY Jaideep Mazumdar

Mother Teresa’s yet to get sainthood, but the first cathedral dedicated to her has opened its doors at Baruipur, 30 km south of Kolkata.

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26 Aug 2010 | BY Jaideep Mazumdar

CPM leader Sitaram Yechury wasn’t being glib when he dubbed the Trinamool Congress (TMC) as the Trinamool Maoist Congress.

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17 Aug 2010 | BY Jaideep Mazumdar

Hotels, tour operators outside the city capitalise on strikes by offering discounts and packages.

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12 Aug 2010 | BY Jaideep Mazumdar

A catalogue of books or an art catalogue? It’s all the same when it comes to the one created by Seagull Books.

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8 Aug 2010 | BY Jaideep Mazumdar

An entire village erased by the British in 1857: it was only hearsay until one man’s curiosity helped piece together a startling fragment of history.

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7 Aug 2010 | BY Jaideep Mazumdar

When you have around 145,000 street vendors serving over 230 varieties of dishes to nearly 10 million customers daily, it is a phenomenon by itself.

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30 Jul 2010 | BY Jaideep Mazumdar

At Burdwan, beggars make so much money that they are lending it out at low interest rates.

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29 Jul 2010 | BY Jaideep Mazumdar

Her prescription for a perfect start to a day — chant ‘Maa, Mati, Manush’ six times after getting out of bed every morning.

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19 Jul 2010 | BY Jaideep Mazumdar
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