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NCERT cuts prices of textbooks for Classes 9-12 by 20 pc

In a move to aid the students of the country, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), on Monday, announced a 20 per cent cut in its textbook prices for classes 9 to 12 with effect from the upcoming academic year.

Songs of Tagore

Songs of Tagore is divided into two parts. Part One comprises the introduction by Ananda Lal and the translation of Satyajit’s Ray’s essay “Thoughts on Rabindrasangit”. Part Two consists of the Notes on Music Score by Lal and the translations of “The Songs of Rakta-karabi (Red Oleander),” “The Songs of Tapati” and “The Songs of Arup Ratan (Formless Jewel)”.

Raining elsewhere

Jayanta Mahapatra's poems give us a whole semiotics of life’s bare face with the outside world, making them candid yet indirect reflections of the hard times we live in.