Ghibli’s magic isn’t a template
In a significant move to raise awareness about sleep disorders, CK Birla Hospitals, CMRI Kolkata, organised an interactive session on the theme ‘Sleep Well, Live Well!’ and launched a Sleep Apnea Support Group.
With World Health Day (7 April) around the corner, experts are raising concerns about an increased public health crisis that is often overlooked: sleep deprivation.
In an interview with The Statesman, Neerja Birla, the Founder and Chairperson of Aditya Birla Education Trust and Mpower and a mental health advocate, takes part in a discourse revolving around the concerning trend of rising mental health cases.
Another guilt-inducing day is looming large. Tomorrow is World Health Day and those of us who take our health for granted ought to take a little time and give a thought to the torture we subject ourselves to.
Jasmit Singh Arora is almost like John Appleseed, who turned the United States of America into an apple orchard. He aims to donate one lakh mango trees to the farmers all over West Bengal, but he aims to reach the one crore target in the coming years.
Persian Nights by Alaka Rajan Skinner is a graphic memoir that weaves the magic of storytelling with the historical and political contexts of a young Indian girl growing up in Tehran in tumultuous times and the geopolitical ramifications.
Literary translation is a fusion of the craft of translation with creative artistry, or the creative crafting of words in the target language, so that the purpose and aesthetic style of the source text are recreated and transferred with felicity into the target text.
Sparkle, a new book of translations of Tagore’s tiny poems makes for a fascinating read
To the readers, I say, no you do not need to practise detachment. Do attach yourself to the transient. But let it be that transience which is timeless.
