Calcutta subverted the concept of colonial modernity that was sought to be imposed by the British rulers. By using the same ...

Thespian Kamal Haasan recently commented on the origins of the Tamil and Kannada languages, sparking a significant ...

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, an educator and social reformer was a brilliant student and person with a lot of knowledge. He is best remembered for his social and educational reforms. In literature ...

One of the oldest schools in the district, it was once overseen by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar as school inspector of the area. However, the school has witnessed a steady fall in admissions to Class V ...

Published by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar in 1871, Against High-Caste Polygamy makes the case that the customary practice of hypergamous marriages – “marrying up”, or to a man of higher caste ...

popularly known as Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, whose relentless efforts paved way for instruction of the system of widow remarriage in the country. Kolkata: The Raj Bhavan in Kolkata will soon have ...

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was born as Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay in Birsingha village, Hooghly district, Bengal on September 26, 1820. He was born into a Hindu Brahmin family to parents ...

The Bengal CM presented Bose Barnaporichoy (learning alphabet), written by Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. Bose’s Bengali learning session began with Debanjali holding his hand with a chalk ...

His views on widow remarriage put him at odds with Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. He was one of the earliest advocates of a Hindu view of Indian society. Later in his life, his views began to change ...

Chandigarh, September 30 Union Territory Administrator Banwarilal Purohit today laid the foundation stone of a building block at Government Senior Secondary School, Kajheri, in the presence of MP ...