North Kolkata Calling !!

They were friends from their very childhood. At last the time came when they should part company for more important worldly matters. After much thinking they decided to stay side by side and go on enjoying each others company. They opened their individual shops on the same street. In fact side by side. After a week they both found they were unable to attract customers. One day, one of them found that a local respectable person took his morning walk every day. He went to a nearby park and after finishing his M-walk once again passed the shop towards his homeward journey. Mr. Intelligent kept thinking. Few days later he approached the gentleman and requested him to take some rest, have a cup of tea and refresh, before proceeding towards his house. The gentleman found this to be a good idea since, in the process, he could have a bit of a chit chat with the owner of the shop and get first hand local news. Days kept passing. People around the locality got curious to find such a respectable

A truly creative person seldom bothers about money. And.. and.. This is the deficiency which cunning people usual awaits for !! That is...to prey upon this very void. They convert this deficency into money.

Was it a conspiracy or a mutiny ? The shipwreck near California on 30 th October 1826 might reveal strange facts-long forgotten. The ship was named B...la who was the loving daughter of a rich Bengalee merchant of Calcutta. The strangest part of it is that she died in Calcutta on that very cursed day !!

He was a poor boy working for a merchant. The merchant found him intellegent. One day he sent him to an auction. Finding the material already sold the boy got interested in a submerged ship. He offered Rs. 14000/- and the deal was done. Within an hour he found an interested customer and sold the ship for Rs. 1,14,000/-. The merchant was impressed and took only his share and left Rs.100,000/- for the boy. Now the boy ventured for his own business. Within short time he flourished and had 4 ships of his own. In fact, it was this very boy who latter pioneered the Indo- American Trade Relation. The American traders were so impressed that they presented him with a life sieze painting of George Washington. It is said that the American President himself stood before the artist Gilbert so that he could finish the painting. Post by :- Saibal & Mausam Deb (descendants)

He was completely a broken man. Broken and shattered to the truest sense of the word. He lost his job, he lost his savings, his wife left him and his landlady was threatening to sue him. A large numbers of cre- ditors were tearing him to pieces and he was fast loosing whatever he had- his health. All his friends, but one, would not even touch him with a long stick. But one- his lone friend- advised him to remain cheerful and calm. " How can I think myself living at the top of the world when there is no hope left-not the faintest one?" His friend advised him to do certain things for only a week and his troubles will be over- he guaranteed ! He decided to give it a last try before taking the extreme step. " Your first step will be to remain cheerful and believe Firmly that your troubles will be over by next week and you will get back whatever you have lost." " How can I do that when I don't even know when I will have my next square meal ?" " I can

Durga Puja is considered as the biggest festival in India. Not only Hindus but every community, forgetting caste, creed etc. participate and enjoy the Puja in some way or other.People not only from India but around the world take part and also become a part of this all important festival. Calcutta or Kolkata is, of course, the greatest crowd puller. Both the Traditional as well as Pandal Puja attracts large number of visiters. This year the Durga Puja will be celebrated in September.

Yes- the world will always remember Neil Armstrong as the first man to walk on moon. It was on the year 1969 and hence this will be the 40 th Year of that historical joy which the entire world witnessed.