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Diary of an IAS Officer: “85%, Sir”

10-Aug-2020 | CK Koshy

A girl stands in front of her house devastated by the earthquake in Bhuj (Reuters) Editors Note:Mr CK Koshy(author of the article) was the additional chief secretary of Gujarat state when the Bhuj earthquake happened. He was one of the architects of the massive rescue and relief effort undertaken for the victims of one of

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‘পাহাড়ের পথে’

03-Aug-2020 | Atreyee Dey

  জানি গুয়াহাটি – শিলং অনেক পরিচিত জায়গা, সবার সবটাই ঘোরা, কিন্তু তাও দিলাম যদি কারোর অজানা থেকে থাকে। আমি ট্যুর গ্রুপের মাধ্যমে অনেক জায়গার হদিস পাই যার কিছুটা আমি আর বাকি দিদি আর জামাইবাবু মিলে একত্রিত করি। আশা করি আমার এই লেখা সবার ভালো লাগবে। ২৬সে অক্টোবর ২০১৮ সকাল থেকেই তোড়জোড় শুরু হয়ে গেলো

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Diary of an IAS Officer : From Fine Wine to Potable Water

20-Jul-2020 | CK Koshy

Editor’s Note: Ferrying around 3.7 lakh litres of potable water over 200 km, India’s first water train whistled into Rajkot railway station on May 2, 1986. A city was saved from evacuation due to paucity of drinking water. Mr CK Koshy, IAS (author of this article), was then the Relief Commissioner of Gujarat State and

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ছোট্ট পায়ে অল্প দূরে

20-Jul-2020 | Doel Pakhi - Aparajita

টেরাকোটার কাজের মন্দির। প্রবাসী অর্থাৎ পরবাসে যাঁরা থাকেন বাংলাভাষী যেহেতু তাই ধরেই নেওয়া যায় কোন না কোন সূত্রে তাঁদের যোগ পশ্চিমবঙ্গের সাথে আছে। বছর দুবছরে কাজের ফাঁকে ঘরের টানে হয়তবা দিনকয়েক এর ছুটি নিয়ে নিজবাসে আসেন। তখন রোজের পরিসরের বাইরে, এদিক ওদিক ঘুরতে যেতে মন চায়।দিনে গিয়ে দিনেই ফেরার হদিশ পেলে নিশ্চয় মন্দ হয় না,

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The Photograph

26-Jun-2020 | Shilpi Seth

Photo Credit: Akash Chhabra [ Instagram ] Returning from the maacher bajar, Alok could spot my clueless face from a distance. He could understand that I didn’t belong here, from my backpack and camera. In his broken English, he asked “Madam, lost? Need help?” and rather insisted on giving me a ride through the market,

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From Probashi Community

Dear Dr Raghuram Rajan

May 1st, 2015 by Editorial Team

A Ten Year Old Girl Writes a Letter to the RBI Governor and gets back a reply

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I Do Yours

April 30th, 2015 by Barry O'Brien

Editor’s Note: It is indeed a privilege for us that one of India’s most celebrated quiz master agreed to be published in probashionline.com. We found him to be a very magnanimous human being. On a quiz show however  he is a tough quiz master. I DO YOURS by Barry O’Brien Don’t eat what I eat

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Rao Tula Ram: Subhash Chandra Bose from Haryana

April 29th, 2015 by Sudipto Sengupta

There is uncanny similarity between Rao Tula Ram, the hero of Haryana and Subhash Chandra Bose, read on and be amazed

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Barun Biswas: A Martyr India Knew Too Late

April 25th, 2015 by Sudipto Sengupta

This is the story of Barun Biswas , a school teacher, who single handedly taught a whole town to oppose gang rapists in Sutia, West Bengal when no one else dared. He was killed but his spirit still lives in the silent prayers of all the girls whom he could get justice for.

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The Calcutta Double Decker

April 25th, 2015 by Prof Aloke Kumar

Editor’s Note: Prof Aloke Kumar is someone whom I hold in awe. I have been enjoying his excellent writings on Facebook posts. And each of his posts left an indelible mark on me. There were times I wondered if God could have given me half his writing skills. His accomplishments are too many for me

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Short Story : Waiting for You

April 23rd, 2015 by Sonali Mukherji

  Mita’s life had always been tedious and bland. Her days were occupied with household chores and her work. The youngest child of the family, she lived with her parents and two brothers. Like every girl, she too had dreamt for a beautiful life with her husband. But her dreams seemed to have been in

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Interview :Lt. Mamata B Mehta of the INA- One of Netaji’s Jhansi Ki Rani

April 21st, 2015 by Sudipto Sengupta

  Editors Note: It is not every day that you meet a freedom fighter. It is rare to meet someone who took up arms ready to fight till death to oust an imperial rule. And rarer still is to meet someone who is so humble as to take no credit for her extraordinary exploits and

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Battle of Plassey: God Fought for Great Britain

April 19th, 2015 by Editorial Team

Battle of Plassey paved the way for British entry into India. Indian side just ran out of luck. Almost everything went wrong on that fateful day of 23 June 1757 for Siraj- ud- Daulah.

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Pulling off the Impossible: Making of Pather Panchali

April 16th, 2015 by Editorial Team

The story of making of Pather Panchali, one of world’s cinema’s masterpieces is itself a story which can well become a film script. A part time director, using his personal finances, with a cast of amateur actors and a crew who were first timers, pulled off a miracle. If perseverance is stubbornness with a purpose, making of Pather Panchali is an apt example.

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Reason Across the Enemy Line: Vikarna, the Unheralded Hero of Mahabharata

April 14th, 2015 by Editorial Team

  It is seldom that one hears a voice of reason from enemy lines. One such rare personality was Vikarna, the younger brother of Duryodhana, and one of the best warriors amongst the Kauravas. What makes Vikarna unique is that when luminaries like Bhisma, Dhronacharya, Vidur, Kripacharya, Dhritirashtra, Yudhistir remained passive spectators to Draupadi being

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আত্মজীবনী এবং বসন্ত কাল

April 7th, 2015 by Ayan Basu

আত্মজীবনী এবং বসন্ত কাল এবার বুকে আগুন রেখে দিলাম, এখন থেকে জীবন সুরু হোক. তোমার দু হাত আমার হাতে নিলাম, তোমার দু চোখ আলোর নদী হোক. সাগর সিঁচে ঝিনুক মেলে জানি, ঝিনুক ভেঙ্গে মুক্ত কজন পায়? আমি মুক্ত মালাও ছিড়তে রাজি আছি. যদি দখিন হাওয়াই তোমায় ছোয়া যাএ .

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Extraordinary Professor: JJ Thomson and his Nobel Prize Factory

April 6th, 2015 by Sudipto Sengupta

Editor’s Note: Between 1884 and 1919 an earnest looking Professor along with a bunch of talented research students in a rather underfunded Cavendish laboratory in Cambridge split the atom and started a new branch of science known as particle  Physics. The Professor was JJ Thomson, the discoverer or electron for which he got the Nobel Prize

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