Asim Bando's KOLKATA BLOG

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Hedua Park of North Kolkata is the venue of Acharya Satyendra Nath Basu Memorial Science & Technology Fair. The fair will organise by Paschim Banga Bigyan Mancha for 5 days ( 30 January-3 February). Scientist Bikash Sinha will inaugurate the fair. Moreover, Shibaji Raha, the director of Basu Bigyan Mandir, Bimal Kumar Roy, the director of Indian Statistical Institute, and many other dignitaries will present on the occasion. Bhaba Atomic Research Centre would take part for the first time. Moreover, Saha Institute Of Nuclear Physics, Archeological Survey Of India, Ordnance Factory etc organisations will participate in the fair -- A. B.

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3, Gour Mohan Mukherjee Street - the address of Swami Vivekananda's ancestral house in north Kolkata undertaken by Ramkrishna Mission. It is on a narrow street of Vivekananda Road and the old name of the street is Simla Street. A museum on Swamiji is also there, conducted by Ramkrishna Mission. -- A. B.

These beautifully decorated horse-trodden carts still wait on the roadside outside Victoria Memorial for prospective passengers to board for a fun ride. It is the heritage of Kolkata, a custom too. -- A. B.

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