North Kolkata Calling !!

Like every year this year too Program on Classical Music & Dance is held at Chatu Babu Bari's Jalsaghar.This program is held here since Durgapuja is held in the main building -our Thakurbari.                   Saibal & Tapasi Deb.    Sarod: Sunando Mukherjee      Tabla: Pratik Mukherje     Dance: Vidushi Smt Durga Arya.       (Birju Maharaj Ji's eminent disciple)          Anurekha Ghosh, Smt. Durga Arya, Rishita Moitra, Ankita Das.                        Anurekha Ghosh           Srinath Basu & Anasuya Basu                      (Stutinatok)    A file picture of Ramprappana         Bhattacharya (Sitar) & Arindam Chakrabarty (Tabla) at Jalsaghar.             .      

Known to be the most famous painting in the world -it has   frequently raised questions.  Now scientists have discovered another feature of Leonardo da Vinci's work. The Artist seemed to be in an experimental mood while painting this famous work of his. This time the oil paint he used to prepare the base layer was of a difference nature. Technically each of his paintings were different -said Victor Gonzalez the leading chemist at CNRS, France. They used X-rays to find out that the Artist used Plumbonacrite, a lead oxide byproduct, in to thicken the primary layer.

A local funeral home in Reading, Pennsylvania has been the home of a thief, who died in 1895. The undertaker accidentally mummified him and thus he had been lying for 128 years. He was famously known as ' Stoneman Willie'. The people of the town finally thought that enough was enough. On this Saturday they finally buried him.                                

Ever heard of faeces being used for jewelleries ? A woman from lowa wanted to do exactly that. She collected it from Kenya and took it along in her luggage to US. US federal customs, however, spoiled her plan. The lady told the official that she had already used moose poop for jewelleries in the past. Giraffe poop is allowed to US after proper permits and inspections. The official explained that such things might bring disease to persons wearing such jewelleries. Hence the matter should have been declared before !

People are fed up with bedbugs in France. Viral posts purported to show them in cinemas, seats of trains etc. They are discussed in the TV talk shows,streets and everywhere . Households in Newyork, Paris and other important cities too are infested with bedbugs.This is probably due to the boom in international travel of the people. President Macron Goverment in  various meetings tried to reassure  the people that the City of Light will not be turned into a City of Bites .               

Wonder why obscene pictures often appears in various sites. How to stop these.

We are all aware that Skydiving requires tremendous stamina, skill, endurance etc. Hence young men & women, possessing such stamina, are expected to participate in such daredevil sports-if it could be called a sport at all. What will be our reactions if we find elderly men & women competing in such events. An old man named Dorothy Hoffner from Chicago, aged 104 years did exactly that though it was a tandem dive.  He jumped off and landed 13,500ft later at Northern Illinois airport. What an achievement at such a ripe age. A big salute to the hero.

We have often dialed a wrong number, said 'sorry', and put our phone down. Everyone of us have faced such a situation. But did we ever hear about someone killing somebody for simply dialing a wrong number by mistake! A 26 year old young man from Bihar's Bhojpur inadvertently dialed the number of his neighbour. Bhulchul, the neighbour, had a heated argument with Rakesh who dialed his number. Around 9pm he came to his house and started beating Rakesh mercilessly.The unfortunate man died on the spot. LOW PATIENCE is leading us where? Towards which end ?

Recently watched a movie where Ajay Devgan is seen with a cigarette in his lip. It shows a pilot's tension while his passengers are in trouble. Ajoy played the the role of  a pilot who had a lot of experience, flying for many many hours.  However, as it happens, the Aeroplane that he was flying was in danger , as the weather was against. He is often seen, out of tension, holding a cigarette in his lips. When asked he says that he has not Lighted it. Finally when he overcomes the danger, he lights his cigarette, though not in the Plane ! Did he release his tension by smoking a cigarette, afterall !