Women are more athletic than men
Weekend Plus Desk :Challenging the popular notion that men are more fit for exercise of all sorts, a new study has shown that women have...
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Cherapunji: What it’s like to be in one of the wettest spots
Pooja Pillai :Last week, on the road from Shillong to Guwahati, our voluble driver touched on many topics: the best way to eat the massive...
Quick recipes for the burger-lover in you
Weekend Plus Desk :If you are a burger lover or want to fix a burger quickly for uninvited guests, here are a few recipes which...
History of architecture questioning the premise of reading a building
Weekend Plus Desk :Architecture can be seen as a medium to understand society, within the realities of everyday. The International Conference on the History of...
Life in a Fairytale: Telc, a small town in Czech Republic will make you go weak in your knees
Joanna Lobo :It is possible to fall in love at first sight. I did, 6,000 kms away from home. It was in a southern Moravian...
Food: Making a millet pancake
Weekend Plus Desk :Millet pancake is a healthy breakfast option and it tastes delicious too. If you’re looking to whip up a quick meal in...
‘Children’s books are an influential medium’
Ishita Sengupta :Nandana Dev Sen, while describing – and, in some ways, defending her eclectic of body of work – asserts that she resists being...
POEM: Who is she?
Sirajul Karim : While I m in deep sleep I feel in my heart she is weeping. While I am awaken in the morning I...
Writer, journalist Mohammad Yakub Ali Chowdhury
Khondkar Sirajul Haque :Mohammad Yakub Ali Chowdhury (1888-1940) writer and journalist, was born on 18 Kartik 1395 BS (November 1888) in the village of Maguradanga...
Novelist Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Saumitra Sekhar :Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (1894-1950), novelist, was born on 12 September 1894 at his maternal uncle’s house at Ghoshpada-Muraripur village, near Kanchrapara in the 24-Parganas,...
Litterateur, social reformer Begum Rokeya
Shahida Akhter :Begum Rokeya (1880-1932) was a litterateur, educationist, and social reformer. She played a pioneering role in awakening Muslim women. Named Roquiah Khatun, she...
Exercise, not just diet, can change gut bacteria
Weekend Plus Desk :If you thought only diet can change the composition of microbes in the gut, think again! Researchers have found evidence that exercise...