Asim Bando's KOLKATA BLOG

name of Kolkata Metro rail will be taken with London, Moscow, Berlin rail soon. The speed of the rail would be enhanced too. Kolkata Metro was started its journey from 20.10.1984 and since then it became the oldest glory of now, another feather will soon be added in the story of achievement of Metro rail - it will soon join in the 'Elite Club' of London, Moscow, Berlin Metro rail. The name of Kolkata Metro will be taken with London, Moscow, Berlin, Munich and Istanbul Metro rail - because unlike those five Metro rails, Kolkata Metro rail will get composite alluminium third line at its north-south three phases, Kolkata Metro will install alluminium third line at its 35 kms track. At first phase, the work will be done from Dum Dum to Shyambazar, at second phase, the work will be completed from Shyambazar to Central station and from Jatin Das Park to Tollygunge (Mahanayak Uttam Kumar) station, and at the third phase alluminium third line will be installed at the track fro...

Bengali film festival in London for the first time, at Harrow Arts Centre from 18-20 May 2012. Bengali film personalities like Parambrata Chattopadhyay, Rudraneel Ghosh, Paoli Dam, Swastika Mukherjee, Locket Chatterjee, Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury and Aneek Dutta will present on the stage. The title, date & time (London time) of the films are:- Balukabela.com : (world premier) Saturday 19 May at 1pm. direction: Partha Sen, *ing Bratya Basu, Parambrata, Shashwata, Locket, Rudraneel. Egaro : Friday 18 May at 7:30pm. Direction:Arun Roy Aparajita Tumi : Saturday 19 May at 4pm. Direction: Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, *ing Prosenjit, Padmapriya, Kamalini. Elar Char Adhyay : Saturday 19 May at 7pm. Direction: Bappaditya Bandyopadhyay, *ing Indraneel, Paoli Dam. Royal Bengal Rahasya : Sunday 20 May at 12pm. Direction: Sandip Roy, *ing Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Bhooter Bhobisyat : Sunday 20 May at 3pm. Direction: Aneek Dutta, *ing Parambrata, Swastika etc. Nobel Chor : Sunday 20 May at ...

Madhuri Dixit will fly to London tomorrow to unveil her wax statue on 7 March. Her sons Arin (9) and Rayan (7) alongwith husband Dr Sriram Nene will accompany her to London. Her boys are particularly excited and can't wait to see their mother's twin. Although the details of the statue are still secret, Madhuri will wear desi sari since she will be representing India. The museum already houses the lookalikes of Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. -- A. B.

This is the last book by Sister Nivedita, published only 75 copies in the year 1913 by George G. Harrap & Company of London. At that time, photolithography was just started, yet, the excellence of print of the paintings are amazing. Based on the stories of Indian Puranas, eminent painters of that time like Nandalal Basu, K Venkatappa, Khshitindra Nath Majumdar, Asit Kumar Haldar and Surendranath Kar contributed their paintings under the supervision of Abanindra Nath Tagore. Sister Nivedita, the disciple of Swami Vivekananda was interested in Indian philosophy, Vedas and Puranas which were reflected on her writings. She wrote three priceless books on Hindu Mother concept and society - 'The Web Of Indian Life', 'Kali The Mother' and 'Kali Worship'. Her last book 'Myths Of The Hindus And Buddhists' remained incomplete due to her untimely death. Later, renowned historian and philosopher Ananda K. Coomarswamy gave the book a full form and wro...

Bid of a notebook with handwritings of Rabindranath Tagore full of songs and poems found in London will go for bid on 13 December in New York. Much enthusiasm expected amongst admirer of Tagore and so the bid may go upto 1.50 lakh US Dollar.-- A. B.

Kolkata would be beautiful like London someday - whether it is a dream or will becoming true, not known. But the administrators of the city want to do something new, something nice. A ropeway will be run from Millennium Park of Kolkata to Howrah Station. Floating jetty for steamers and arrangement of water sports will also be there. There'll be 'Kolkata Eye' on Howrah side of river just as 'London Eye'. From Nimtala Ghat to 2nd Hooghly Bridge in Kolkata side and from Howrah Station to Botanical Garden - both the banks of the river will be decorated with greens. A few multi-national companies showed interests to make the 'Marina' near the 2nd Hooghly Bridge. It'll be a floating jetty on the mid-river from which tours will be conducted for Digha, Sundarban etc. The project will be commenced next year. -- A. B.

Image of goddess Durga - made of fibre glass going to London from its birthplace - Kumortuli in Kolkata. (The picture here taken from a newspaper). -- A. B.