Charles Sanford Babbit is a self-centered Los Angeles-based automobile dealer. As a young teenager, he once took out his father's 1949 Buick convertible without his permission and was jailed for two days, since his father reported it stolen. While he is in the middle of importing four Lamborghinis to Los
Month: September 2017
MEMORIAL MONUMENTS OF COLONIAL CALCUTTA – Bengali War MEMORIAL
Due to reasons best known to them, initially the British rulers in colonial India were reluctant to recruit the Bengalis in the army. But finally, on the 7th August, 1916, when the colonial government announced recruitment for a Bengali Double Company, the people of Bengal responded enthusiastically. Many notable leaders
PASSIONATE PAINTINGS – Orpheus and Eurydice
THE HERITAGE BUILDINGS OF COLONIAL CALCUTTA – Headquarter of Eastern Railway
Prince Dwarkanath Tagore was a corporate minded entrepreneur. He had a vision with innovative ideas. He was a rich businessman in the 40s of the 19th. Century, owned diversified business, along with quite a number of collieries in Raniganj and Rajmahal area. With the aim of transporting coal from his
90s Memory We Grew Up With: 10 Serials Which The 90s Indian Kid Will Definitely Relate To
MOVIE MANIA – The Gold Rush
The Gold Rush (1925) is considered by many as one of Chaplin’s most perfectly accomplished films. It was re-released in 1942 and received Academy Award nominations for Best Music and Best Sound Recording. It is, in fact, one of Chaplin's most celebrated works, and he himself admitted several times that it was
MEMORIAL MONUMENTS OF COLONIAL CALCUTTA – Rohilla War Memorial
The Rohillas were originated from the Pashtu roots of the mountainous regions of Afghanistan and comprised of many warmonger tribes and sub-tribes of Pathans. Thousands of them were inducted in the Mughal army by Emperor Aurangzeb to fight and subdue the Rajputs. Slowly and steadily they took control of a
DEADLY DAMES – Vera Renczi
The story of Vera Renczi, a stunningly beautiful Romanian woman, always dressed in black, was first published in the USA in May 1925. After that, the story surfaced repeatedly, without any documentary support about the specific dates of her birth, marriage, arrest or death. She reportedly confessed about poisoning 35
HERITAGE BUILDINGS OF COLONIAL CALCUTTA – Central Telegraph Office
The telegraph and the telephone services were introduced in India in 1882, and today, the Central Telegraph Office in Calcutta occupies two magnificent heritage buildings in the southern side of Dalhousie Square. One of the buildings is older and the other is considerably new. Before 1757, the site of the
