Chandannagore Heritage Trails: Chandannagar Rani Ghat

Today if I shout about Chandannagore (চন্দননগর), everyone would talk about the Jagadhatri Puja (জগদ্ধাত্রী পুজো) and the light decoration, Surya Modak's Jolbhora (সূর্য মোদকের জলভরা) and the Strand. For anytime the city's Strand by the riverside is most loved location in Chandannagore or Chandannagar. 

Well that's not all of Chandannagar - during the British Raj, it was a French Colony till 1st October, 1950 and therefore became the natural sanctuary of many of the Indian revolutionists, most famous is definitely Rishi Aurobindo. Earlier locals call the town as Forashdanga (ফরাসডাঙ্গা) - the land of the French. That's similar to old Danish colony Serampore's old local name - Dinemardanga (দিনেমারডাঙ্গা) - 'দিনেমার' the word was originated from 'Danskere'.

The Strand, the main attraction of the city today, is basically almost 2 km long riverside road. It will remind Pondicherry's promenade for sure. And most prominent colonial buildings are here. 

Airtel Unlimited 5G Prepaid Plans (June 2026)

New Delhi-HQed Bharti Airtel is the second largest mobile operator in India after Reliance Jio. Though it was originated from India, it had achieved its global status with over 650 million customers in 15 countries across Asia and Africa. Airtel holds a 37.89% market share of the wireless subscriber base in India, while top telco Jio holds 39.27% market share and remaining Vi (15.56%) and BSNL (7.28%) stand distant. 

Hyderabad Cuisine - A Complete Guide

Foods in Hyderabad (Image Credit: Gemini)

Hyderabad, the capital city of Telengana, a state in South India, is also a paradise for food lovers. It was the capital of Andra Pradesh since India's independence, and remains so till 2014 when the state of Andhra Pradesh was divided into Telengana and Andhra. Till 2024 Hyderabad remains the capital of both states, and later Andhra got its own capital - Amaravati. 

This story is all about the food of Hyderabad. At present Hyderabad has became of hub of IT indutries, but Hyderabadi cuisine is a major part of its culture. In fact Hyderabad was the first Indian city listed as a creative city of gastronomy by UNESCO in 2019. In 2025 Lucknow got the recognition as second Indian city. 

Airtel Launched Priority Postpaid - India's First Network Slicing AI Network

Airtel Priority Postpaid

Globally it is believed that odds of 'G' are not successful commercially, as 1G, 3G and now 5G - as investment did not give much pleasure to the revenue book. However as 6G is not coming til 2028-2030, I guess operators are looking ways to make money out of 5G. 

Earlier I explained how Jio leveraging their deployment of 5G-Standalone (5G-SA) technology to launch its Air Fiber services and has become world's largest operator on Fixed Wireless Access (5G-FWA) in July last year. Jio expanded its FWA services with UBR (unlicensed band radio) over 5GHz band. 

Amazon Prime Plan Details (April 2026)

In India Amazon Prime was offered initially at Rs 999 for shopping & Prime Video. Later it was revised to Rs 1499 for a year (in 2021). In India, Prime Membership includes FREE same-day/1-day delivery on 40 lakh+ products, access to exclusive deals, early access to shopping events, exclusive access to our shopping event Prime Day; and unlimited access to award-winning movies & TV shows with Prime Video, unlimited access to 100+ million songs, ad-free with Amazon Music, a free rotating selection of 3,000+ books, magazines and comics with Prime Reading, access to free in-game content and benefits with Prime Gaming.

Jio, OneWeb & Starlink Granted Unified License for GMPCS

In the latest development of India's satcom market, country's Department of Telecom (DoT) has issued Unified License (UL) with authorisation for GMPCS (Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite) service for national service area to 3 companies: OneWeb India Communications Private Limited, JIO Satellite Communications Limited, and Starlink Satellite Communications Private Limited, as informed by Minister of State for Communications and Rural Development, Dr Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar in Rajya Sabha on 29th January, 2026. 

DoT is presenting examining application from Amazon Kuiper Services India Private Limited (presently Amazon LEO) while rejected application from Tata-backed Nelco Limited and Hiranandani Group-backed Yotta Network Services Private Limited whereas Connect4sure Technologies Private Limited has withdrawn its application. 

চুঁচুড়ার ঘণ্টাঘাট এবং ঘণ্টা গির্জার গল্প

আগেই বলেছি যে কলকাতা থেকে 25-50 কিলোমিটার দূরত্বে হুগলী নদীর ধার ঘেঁষে গড়ে উঠেছিল একাধিক ইউরোপীয় বাণিজ্যকেন্দ্র তথা উপনিবেশ - বারাকপুরে ব্রিটিশরা, উল্টোদিকে শ্রীরামপুরে ড্যানিশরা, তার উত্তরে চন্দননগরে ফরাসীরা, চুঁচুড়াতে ডাচ বা ওলন্দাজরা, এবং ব্যাণ্ডেলে পর্তুগীজরা। 

আজকের গল্প চুঁচুড়া ফেরিঘাটের একটু উত্তরে ঘণ্টাঘাট নিয়ে। এই ঘাটে কি ঘণ্টা ছিল? কোথায় গেল সেই ঘণ্টা?