Let There Be Light

Success and human interest news, stories, analytical pieces and news feature from West Bengal, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh

Shahnawaz AkhtarMay 19, 2019
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Story of a missing girl that will restore your faith in humanity

Ranchi: During elections as media houses work overtime to cover political stories, many stories of human interest fail to make…
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Sucheta ChakravartyFebruary 25, 2019
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Red Rose Movement to nip hatred begins from Kolkata

Kolkata: Taking a cue from the white rose movement, the non-violent intellectual way of opposing the Nazi regime, Apne Aap…
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Sucheta ChakravartyJanuary 29, 2019
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Literature is a powerful tool to bridge the gap created by hatred and prejudice

Kolkata: Creating convergence to neutralise fault lines present between communities on the basis of religion, caste, class and regionalism was…
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Staff ReporterJanuary 23, 2019
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How a start-up from Kolkata saved the life of a leukemia patient from Bangladesh

Kolkata: Twenty-seven-year-old Rima Begum, a resident of Chittagong, Bangladesh, was diagnosed with leukemia (blood cancer) almost a year ago. Rima…
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Shabina AkhtarJanuary 6, 2019
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Kolkata hosts its first Queer Literary Festival

Kolkata: The season to celebrate literature has set in. And Calcutta alone will be hosting not one but three literature…
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Shabina AkhtarJanuary 3, 2019
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Kolkata girl promotes dying Madhubani Art using new-age technology

Kolkata: On a lazy summer afternoon, which was meant to be spent at leisure, Wasma Mirza was left awestruck by…
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Sucheta ChakravartyNovember 5, 2018
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January Date for Kolkatans to visit Human Library

Kolkata: The readers of Kolkata can boast of a new edition to their ever-increasing list of libraries in the city.…
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Sucheta ChakravartyOctober 5, 2018
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Doesn’t Maa Durga bleed? Asks Bengal-origin artist, faces FIR, threats and gets trolled

Kolkata: Visual artist Aniket Mitra, who happens to be a gold medallist from Kolkata’s prestigious Art College, was in for…
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Nasreen KhanSeptember 3, 2018
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Many underprivileged girls like Swapna Barman striving to shine on international area from Bengal

Kolkata: Around the time when Swapna Barman, a girl from Jalpaiguri made India proud by winning Gold in Heptathlon at…
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Shabina AkhtarAugust 5, 2018
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Meet the Kolkatans who stood behind the four Muslim doctors to stall their eviction

Kolkata: Muslims facing discrimination while renting a flat in most of the Indian cities no longer takes anyone by surprise.…
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