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Food Tourism – Bengal cooks the way! What do the exiled descendants of the Nawab Wajid Ali Shah of Awadh, the family of Tipu Sultan, the Anglo-Indians, the repressed Hindu widows of yore, the Jewish fortune hunters, the Chinese settlers, British Memsahibs and Marwari traders have in common? The answer is simple – they have …
10 Common traits of the successful How often do we come across people who rue about not being lucky enough or being talented enough to surge ahead of the competition? They (we?) are constantly cribbing about how the other guys are smarter, luckier and what not which accords them with an unfair edge, which in …
The incidence of urologic diseases is on the rise in India, some say at an alarming rate which has brought the domain in sharp focus of late. Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is an enlarged prostate, Urinary Incontinence, urinary tract infections (UTIs), kidney and ureteral stones, prostate cancer, bladder cancer, bladder prolapsed, hematuria (blood in the …
Excessive noise has already pushed us to the edge of an acoustically challenged future, waiting as we are for the final sonic boom that will push us into the endless chasm of blaring silence. It is now indisputably established that noise pollution affects both health and behavior. Unwanted sound (noise) damages the peace of mind …
As kids, and extremely outgoing, naughty kids at that, we were not unfamiliar with physical injuries. Nasty bruises, swollen limbs, bleeding wounds were all, like the trophies we won, integral parts of our lives, fundamental to growing up. The balms too were equally predictable consisting of ice packs, all purpose anti-septic lotions and a paste …
BESC, Kolkata 04/11/2016. Basav Bhasttacharya, veteran journalist (ex Business Standard and Economic Times), ace nature photographer and spin doctor (Senior Advisor, Integral PR & PRCAI chairperson East) visited the CorpComm@BESC and spent time interacting with the students. He spoke at length about the vocation, explaining the intricacies and the finer nuances to the students. He …
The Doctors, God save their ilk, are a busy lot. Between doing the rounds in the Hospitals and Nursing Homes they are attached to and conducting the private practices, they hardly have a social life worth talking about. Family and friends are often mere interludes – lucid intervals, if you may, in the endless (and …
We are a people that wrote treatises on copulation in 400 BCE. The act of depicting explicit sexuality on temple walls and equating an orgasmic purity of the mind to become one with God dates even further. Our exploding population bears testimony to our virile ways and to judge us by prudish, jaundiced eyes of …
Etymologically the term Oncology originates from the Greek word ὄνκος (ónkos), meaning “tumor”, “volume” or “mass”. Oncology is that branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer. A medical professional who practices oncology is an oncologist. While cancer is an affliction that is perhaps as old as humanity itself, the dread that is normally …
The Multi and Super Specialty hospitals are ones that are primarily and exclusively dedicated to offer specialized treatments to patients suffering from specific illnesses. The last decade or so has witnessed a paradigm shift in the Indian healthcare segment with these Multi and Super Specialty Hospitals making rapid strides in terms of both visibility as …