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Rudranath: The Majestic Kedar of Uttarakhand

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The great Kurukshetra War was over, and the five Pandava brothers were delighted to own the Kuru Kingdom. They tried hard to negotiate with their cousins to get back what was rightfully theirs. But their claim was instantly denied by the Kaurava brothers. The result was a deadly war that killed thousands of men belonging to the Kuru royal family. The Pandavas, with Krishna on their side, became the winners. However, they could not forget the amount of violence they had to commit during the war. A deep sense of regret clouded their mind. They heard that Lord Shiva could only forgive the sin of killing relatives. Hence, the five brothers travelled to the Himalayas to approach Shiva who meditated in the mountains. But the Lord, using his magical power, escaped their eyes. It became a hide-and-seek game in the valleys and forests. The brothers, tired after a long chase, sat for rest in an open grassy land. Suddenly, disguised as a buffalo, the Lord started grazing near them. Bhima, the sec...

āĻ—্āϰāύ্āĻĨ āϏāĻŽাāϞোāϚāύা: āϚিāϰāϏāĻ–া — āύāĻŦāĻ•ুāĻŽাāϰ āĻŦāϏু

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āĻāĻ• āĻĒ্āϰি⧟ āĻŦāύ্āϧুāϰ āĻ…āύুāϰোāϧে āĻļেāώ āĻ•āϰāϞাāĻŽ ā§¯ā§Žā§¨ āĻĒাāϤাāϰ āĻĻীāϰ্āϘ āωāĻĒāύ্āϝাāϏ “ āϚিāϰāϏāĻ–া ” । āĻ āĻāĻ• āĻ…āĻĻ্āĻ­ুāϤ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰেāϰ āχāϤিāĻŦৃāϤ্āϤ। āĻŦāϞা āϝা⧟ āĻāĻ• āĻĻীāϰ্āϘ āĻĒাāϰিāĻŦাāϰিāĻ• āχāϤিāĻšাāϏ āϝা āĻŦাāϏ্āϤāĻŦেāϰ āĻ…āύুāϏাāϰী। āĻĒ⧜āϤে āĻĒ⧜āϤে āĻŽāύে āĻšā§ŸেāĻ›ে , āĻ­েāĻ™ে āĻĒ⧜া āĻāĻ• āϏংāϏাāϰে āĻāĻŽāύāϟাāχ āϤো āĻšā§Ÿ āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦা āĻšāϤে āĻĒাāϰে। āωāĻĒāύ্āϝাāϏেāϰ āĻļুāϰুāϰ āĻ…ংāĻļে āĻ•েāύ্āĻĻ্āϰāĻŦিāύ্āĻĻু āĻĨেāĻ•েāĻ›েāύ āĻ…āĻĒāϰ্āĻŖা , āĻŦিāĻ–্āϝাāϤ āϞেāĻ–āĻ• āĻŦিāĻ­াāϏ āϚৌāϧুāϰীāϰ āϏ্āϤ্āϰী। āĻāĻ•āĻŦāϏ্āϤ্āϰে āϘāϰ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻŦেāϰি⧟ে āĻŦাāωāύ্āĻĄুāϞে āϞেāĻ–āĻ•েāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āφāϤāĻĒুāϰেāϰ āĻāĻ• āĻ–ুāĻĒāϰি āϚাāϞা⧟ āϘāϰ āĻŦেঁāϧেāĻ›িāϞো āϏে। āĻ•āϤ āϏ্āĻŦāĻĒ্āύ āϤāĻ–āύ āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻĻু - āϜো⧜া āϚোāĻ–ে। āϏেāχ āϏ্āĻŦāĻĒ্āύেāϰ āĻ­াāϞোāĻŦাāϏা⧟ āϜāύ্āĻŽা⧟ āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āϚাāϰ āϏāύ্āϤাāύ āĻŦুāύু , āĻুāύু , āĻŦুāϜু āφāϰ āϟুāϞি। āϚāϰāĻŽ āĻĻাāϰিāĻĻ্āϰেāϰ āĻ›া⧟া⧟ āĻĒ্āϰāϤ্āϝāύ্āϤ āĻ—্āϰাāĻŽেāϰ āĻ•োāϞে āĻāĻ•āϟু āĻāĻ•āϟু āĻ•āϰে āĻŦ⧜ āĻšā§Ÿে āĻ“āĻ ে āϤাāϰা। āφāϰ্āĻĨিāĻ• āĻ…āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাāϰ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύ āĻšā§Ÿ āϧীāϰে āϧীāϰে। āĻŦিāĻ­াāϏ āϞেāĻ–āĻ• āĻšিāϏাāĻŦে āϧীāϰে āϧীāϰে āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāώ্āĻ া āĻĒাāύ , āφāύāύ্āĻĻ āĻ—োāώ্āĻ ীāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϝুāĻ•্āϤ āĻšāύ , āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰে āφāϏে āφāϰ্āĻĨিāĻ• āϏāϚ্āĻ›āϞāϤা। āĻāĻŽāύāϟা āϚāϞāϞেāχ āĻšā§ŸāϤো āĻ িāĻ• āĻšāϤো। āϏংāĻ—্āϰাāĻŽ āφāϰ āϏাāĻĢāϞ্āϝেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰেāϰāĻŖা⧟ āĻāĻ—ি⧟ে āϝেāϤ āĻ…āĻĒāϰ্āĻŖা - āĻŦিāĻ­াāϏেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰেāĻŽেāϰ āĻ—āϞ্āĻĒ। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϤা āĻšā§Ÿāύি।  āĻŦিāĻ­াāϏেāϰ āϜীāĻŦāύে āĻā§œেāϰ āĻŽāϤো āĻ…āĻ•āϏ্āĻŽাā§Ž āĻāϏে āĻĻাঁ⧜া⧟ āχāϤু , āĻ…āĻĒāϰ্āĻŖাāϰ āϏāĻŦ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻ›োāϟ āĻŦোāύ। āĻāχ āĻ…āύৈāϤিāĻ• āĻĒ্āϰেāĻŽেāϰ āĻĒাāϞে āĻšাāĻ“ā§Ÿা āϜোāĻ—া⧟ āĻ…āĻĒāϰ্āĻŖাāϰ āĻŽা āφāϰ āĻĻাāĻĻাāϰা। āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻ•িāĻ›ু āϏ্āĻŦাāϰ্āĻĨāϏāĻŽ্āĻŦāύ্āϧāĻ“...

How Presidency Matters to Me

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In the beginning of this millennium, I entered an institution that carried a legacy of close to two centuries and it stimulated my intellectual development. Presidency College, Kolkata, originally founded in 1817 as a college for Hindu students, represented a range of emotions in my mind's hueless palette. I was both conscious and eager to absorb the colours that this college was to offer to me. The iron gate opened in a mellowing autumn light and I saw myself climbing up the stairs of the neo-classical Baker Building that housed a physics laboratory where the great statistician Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis began his pioneering work. My destination, the Department of Zoology, was on the third floor flanking the Department of Physiology. The first impression was undoubtedly memorable as I found myself entangled in the renaissance history of Bengal.  There were two lecture theatres in the department of which one was located in the older part of the building, and the other in the new ...

āĻ—্āϰāύ্āĻĨāϏāĻŽাāϞোāϚāύা: āϰāĻŦীāύ্āĻĻ্āϰ āύৃāϤ্āϝ-āĻļিāϞ্āĻĒ — āĻ•াāĻŦেāϰী āϚāϟ্āϟোāĻĒাāϧ্āϝা⧟

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  ⧧⧝⧧⧝ āϏাāϞেāϰ āĻļেāώে āϰāĻŦীāύ্āĻĻ্āϰāύাāĻĨ āϝাāύ āϏিāϞেāϟ āϏāĻĢāϰে। āϏেāĻ–াāύে āĻāĻ• āĻŽāĻŖিāĻĒুāϰী āϰাāϏāύৃāϤ্āϝেāϰ āĻ…āύুāώ্āĻ াāύ āĻĻেāĻ–ে āĻŽুāĻ—্āϧ āĻšāύ āĻ•āĻŦি। āĻĢেāϰাāϰ āĻĒāĻĨে āϤ্āϰিāĻĒুāϰা⧟ āĻāϏে āĻŽāĻšাāϰাāϜ āĻŦীāϰেāύ্āĻĻ্āϰ āĻ•িāĻļোāϰ āĻŽাāĻŖিāĻ•্āϝāĻ•ে āĻ…āύুāϰোāϧ āĻ•āϰেāύ āϤিāύি āϝেāύ āĻļাāύ্āϤিāύিāĻ•েāϤāύেāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻŽāĻŖিāĻĒুāϰী āύৃāϤ্āϝ āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻ•āĻ•ে āĻĒাāĻ াāύ। āĻ•āĻĨাāĻŽāϤো āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻĻিāύেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝেāχ āφāĻļ্āϰāĻŽ āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞ⧟ে āĻĒৌঁāĻ›াāύ āϰাāϜāĻ•ুāĻŽাāϰ āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিāĻŽāύ্āϤ āϏিং। āĻ•āĻŦিāϰ āφāĻ—্āϰāĻšে, āφāϰ āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিāĻŽāύ্āϤেāϰ āĻĒāϰিāϚাāϞāύা⧟ āφāĻļ্āϰāĻŽেāϰ āĻ›াāϤিāĻŽāϤāϞা⧟ āĻļুāϰু āĻšā§Ÿ āύৃāϤ্āϝāĻļিāĻ•্āώাāϰ āĻĒাāĻ । āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻļিāĻ•্āώাāϰ্āĻĨী āĻšā§Ÿ āĻ›াāϤ্āϰেāϰা, āϤাāϰāĻĒāϰে āφāĻ—্āϰāĻšেāϰ āĻŦāĻļে āϏেāχ āĻ•্āϞাāϏে āϝোāĻ— āĻĻে⧟ āĻ›াāϤ্āϰীāϰাāĻ“। āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻŽāĻŖিāĻĒুāϰী āύৃāϤ্āϝāĻ­āĻ™্āĻ—ি āĻ†ā§ŸāϤ্āϤ āĻšāĻŦাāϰ āĻĒāϰে āĻ•āĻŦি āύিāϰ্āĻĻেāĻļ āĻĻেāύ āϏেāχ āĻ­āĻ™্āĻ—িāĻ—ুāϞি āϤাঁāϰ āĻ—াāύেāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āĻŽিāϞি⧟ে āύৃāϤ্āϝ āϰāϚāύা āĻ•āϰাāϰ। āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏাāĻšী āĻ›াāϤ্āϰāĻ›াāϤ্āϰীāϰা āĻāχ āύāϤুāύ āϏৃāώ্āϟি āĻ•āϰ্āĻŽে āύেāĻŽে āĻĒ⧜ে। āĻ•āĻŦিāϰ āϏāϰ্āĻŦāĻ•াāϜেāϰ āϏāĻšা⧟āĻ• āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻŽা āĻĻেāĻŦী āĻĻা⧟িāϤ্āϤ্āĻŦ āύেāύ āĻāχ āύাāϚেāϰ āĻ•্āϞাāϏāĻ—ুāϞি āĻĒāϰিāϚাāϞāύা āĻ•āϰাāϰ। āϏূāϚāύা āĻšā§Ÿ āĻāĻ• āĻ…āύāύ্āϝ āϏাংāϏ্āĻ•ৃāϤিāĻ• āχāϤিāĻšাāϏেāϰ। āĻ­াāϰāϤেāϰ āĻ•োāύো āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞ⧟ে āϏāϰ্āĻŦāĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻ…āύ্āϝ āĻĒāĻ āύāĻĒাāĻ āύেāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āĻļুāϰু āĻšā§Ÿ āύৃāϤ্āϝāĻļিāĻ•্āώা। āĻ›াāϤ্āϰীāĻĻেāϰ āϝোāĻ—āĻĻাāύ āϏেāχ āĻļিāĻ•্āώাāĻ•ে āύāĻŦāϤāϰ āĻŽাāϤ্āϰা āĻĻে⧟। āĻļাāύ্āϤিāĻĻেāĻŦ āϘোāώ āĻāχ āύāϤুāύ āϧাāϰাāϟিāĻ•ে āĻŦāϞেāύ, āĻļাāύ্āϤিāύিāĻ•েāϤāύেāϰ āύৃāϤ্āϝ āφāύ্āĻĻোāϞāύ। āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽāĻĻিāĻ•ে āĻŽāĻŖিāĻĒুāϰী āύৃāϤ্āϝেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰাāϧাāύ্āϝ āĻĨাāĻ•āϞেāĻ“ āϧীāϰে āϧীāϰে āϏেāχ ...

āĻ•āϞāĻ•াāϤা⧟ "āϰāĻŦীāύ্āĻĻ্āϰ-āύৃāϤ্āϝāĻļিāϞ্āĻĒ" āĻ—্āϰāύ্āĻĨেāϰ āφāύুāώ্āĻ াāύিāĻ• āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•াāĻļ

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āĻ—āϤ ā§Šā§§āĻļে āĻĄিāϏেāĻŽ্āĻŦāϰ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē āĻŦিāĻĄ়āϞা āĻāĻ•াāĻĄেāĻŽী āĻ…āĻĢ্ āφāϰ্āϟ āĻāύ্āĻĄ āĻ•াāϞāϚাāϰে āφāύুāώ্āĻ াāύিāĻ• āĻ­াāĻŦে āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•াāĻļিāϤ āĻšāϞো āĻĄঃ āĻ•াāĻŦেāϰী āϚāϟ্āϟোāĻĒাāϧ্āϝা⧟েāϰ āĻ—āĻŦেāώāĻŖা āĻ—্āϰāύ্āĻĨ āϰāĻŦীāύ্āĻĻ্āϰ-āύৃāϤ্āϝāĻļিāϞ্āĻĒ। āĻļ্āϰীāĻŽāϤী āĻ•াāĻŦেāϰী āϚāϟ্āϟোāĻĒাāϧ্āϝা⧟ āϏ্āĻŦāύাāĻŽāϧāύ্āϝ āĻŽāĻŖিāĻĒুāϰী āύৃāϤ্āϝāĻļিāϞ্āĻĒী āĻāĻŦং āύৃāϤ্āϝ āĻŦিāώ⧟েāϰ āĻ—āĻŦেāώিāĻ•া। āφāĻŦাāϞ্āϝ āĻļাāύ্āϤিāύিāĻ•েāϤāύ āφāĻļ্āϰāĻŽে āĻĒ⧜াāĻļোāύা āĻāĻŦং āϏংāĻ—ীāϤāĻ­āĻŦāύে āύৃāϤ্āϝāĻ—ুāϰুāĻĻেāϰ āĻ•াāĻ›ে āĻļিāĻ•্āώা āϤাঁāĻ•ে āϰāĻŦীāύ্āĻĻ্āϰāύাāĻĨেāϰ āϏৃāώ্āϟ āύৃāϤ্āϝāĻ•āϞা āĻŦিāώ⧟ে āφāĻ—্āϰāĻšী āĻ•āϰে āϤোāϞে। āϏেāχ āφāĻ—্āϰāĻšেāϰ āĻĢāϞāĻļ্āϰুāϤি āĻāχ āĻ—্āϰāύ্āĻĨ। āϰāĻŦীāύ্āĻĻ্āϰ āĻŦিāĻļেāώāϜ্āĻž āĻĒāϰāϞোāĻ•āĻ—āϤ āĻ…āϧ্āϝাāĻĒāĻ• āϏোāĻŽেāύ্āĻĻ্āϰāύাāĻĨ āĻŦāύ্āĻĻ্āϝোāĻĒাāϧ্āϝা⧟েāϰ āĻ…āύুāĻĒ্āϰেāϰāĻŖা⧟ āϤিāύি āϤāĻĨ্āϝাāύুāϏāύ্āϧাāύেāϰ āĻ•াāϜāϟি āĻļুāϰু āĻ•āϰেāύ। āĻ—āĻŦেāώāĻŖাāϰ āĻĒ্āϰ⧟োāϜāύে āĻĻেāĻ–া āĻ•āϰেāύ āĻļাāύ্āϤিāύিāĻ•েāϤāύে āύৃāϤ্āϝেāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϝুāĻ•্āϤ āĻĨাāĻ•া āĻ•ৃāϤāĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝ āĻŽাāύুāώāĻĻেāϰ। āϰāĻŦীāύ্āĻĻ্āϰāύাāĻĨ āύৃāϤ্āϝāĻ•ে āĻĻেāĻ–েāĻ›িāϞেāύ āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦāϏৃāώ্āϟিāϰ āφāϧাāϰে, āĻĒāϰāĻŽাāĻŖু āĻĨেāĻ•ে āϚāύ্āĻĻ্āϰ āϏূāϰ্āϝেāϰ āĻ—āϤিāϤে। āĻ­াāϰāϤāĻŦāϰ্āώে āϰুāĻĻ্āϧāĻ•āĻ•্āώেāϰ āĻŦিāϞাāϏ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āύৃāϤ্āϝāĻ•ে āϤিāύি āϤুāϞে āĻāύেāĻ›িāϞেāύ āφāϞোāϰ āϏাāĻŽāύে। āϤাঁāϰ āφāĻļ্āϰāĻŽ āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞ⧟ে āĻ†ā§ŸোāϜāύ āĻ•āϰেāĻ›িāϞেāύ āĻāĻ• āύāϤুāύ āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāĻļিāĻ•্āώাāϰ। āύাāύাāύ āύিāύ্āĻĻা āĻ…āĻĒāĻŦাāĻĻেāĻ“ āĻŦāύ্āϧ āĻ•āϰেāύāύি āĻ›াāϤ্āϰীāĻĻেāϰ āύৃāϤ্āϝেāϰ āĻĒাāĻ । āĻĒāϰāĻŦāϰ্āϤী āĻ•াāϞে āϤাঁāϰāχ āĻĒ্āϰāϤ্āϝāĻ•্āώ āĻĒ্āϰāĻ­াāĻŦে āĻ­াāϰāϤী⧟ āĻ•āϞাāĻļিāϞ্āĻĒেāϰ āĻāχ āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āϧাāϰাāϟিāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϏাāϰ āϘāϟে āĻĻেāĻļে āĻŦিāĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āϏāϰ্āĻŦāϤ্āϰ।   āĻāĻĻিāύেāϰ āĻ…āύুāώ্āĻ ...