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The Mahua tree extract is used in Hazaribagh for many purposes.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23245) 31 Dec 21

The Mahua tree extract or secretion is used by the local villagers for many purposes. Oscar winning director Satyajit Ray showed the efficacy of the Mahua tree extract in film Aranyer Dinratri. The local villagers use the...

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Oscar winning director Satyajit Ray wrote Detective story on the backdrop of Rajrappa temple.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23245) 27 Dec 21

Oscar winning director Satyajit Ray wrote Detective story titled Chinnomastar Abhishap on the backdrop of Rajrappa temple. The fiction detective feluda created by Satyajit Ray solved a murder mystery in Hazaribag. The Rajrappa...

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The House of writer Bibhutibhusan Banerjee in Ghatsila is preserved.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23245) 5 Jan 21

Gourikunj in Ghatsila is a brilliant landmark in Ghatsila. Many travellers visit the house of eminent writer Bibhutibhushan Banerjee which is preserved as a museum. His story Pather Panchali was used by Oscar winning Director...

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Soumitra Chatterjee's demise ended a golden age of Bengali Cinema.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23245) 15 Nov 20

Soumitra Chatterjee acted in 14 films of Oscar Winning Director Satyajit Ray. He died yesterday at the age of 85 years. Many of his films like Apur Sangsar, Sonar Kella, Ghare Bhaire are internationally awarded films. He played a...

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From the roof of Golden Fortress in Jaisalmer, the entire golden city is visible.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23245) 4 Aug 20

Oscar winning director Satyajit Ray made film with the subject Sonar Kella. In Bengali Sonar Kella meant golden fortress. The Golden Fortress at Jaisalmer in Rajasthan is called by that name because the fortress is build with...

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Satyajit Ray showed Rabindranath Tagore's stories Teen Kanya very well.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23245) 5 May 20

Satyajit Ray was an Oscar Winning Director. He picked 3 short stories of Nobel Lauriete Rabindranath Tagore and a film. He named it Teen Kanya meaning three girls. The stories were named Post Master, Manihara and Samapti. It was a...

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Satyajit Ray's film Nayak showcased the struggle of a matinee idol.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23245) 5 May 20

Oscar winning director Satyajit Ray was famous for making realistic films. His film Nayak in 1966 with bengali superstar Uttam Kumar showcased the struggle of a matinee idol. Although it was based on the life of superstar Uttam...

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The cannon on the rooftop of golden fortress Jaisalmer is amazing.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23245) 19 Jan 20

There is a small cannon placed on the rooftop of golden fortress Jailsalmer. Oscar winning director Satyajit Ray made famous film Sonar Kella based on golden fortress in Jaisalmer. The fortress is made with sandstone and marble of...

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The watch towers of Golden Fortress in Jaisalmer look beautiful.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23245) 15 Jan 19

Oscar winning director Satyajit Ray made film "Sonar Kella" based on the Golden Fortress in Jaisalmer in Rajasthan. The watch towers of Golden Fortress looks beautiful. There is a city inside the Fort. It is located on desert...

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The insectivorous orchids are kept in cages and enclosures.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23245) 30 Oct 17

In the Kalimpong Orchid Garden, there is are dangerous insectivorous orchids as well. Those insectivorous plants like Venus fly trap, Nepenthes Khaziana are kept in closed enclosures, cages, because they can harm small birds,...

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Which detective story writer is popular Agatha Christie or Arthur Conan Doyle?

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23245) 26 May 16

There are many detective story writers in the world who are very popular. Many laymen also studied Agatha Christie's "And then there were none", "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd", Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Boscombe Valley Tragedy", "A...

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Has there been better writers on tigers than Jim Corbett?

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23245) 23 May 16

In 1944, great hunter Jim Corbett wrote maneaters of kumayun. In 1948 he wrote a great book on tigers called The Maneaters of Rudraprayag. In 1953 he wrote The Jungle Lore. He also wrote the Temple Tigers. Those who had read the...

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Who is a greater actor Om Puri or Naseeruddin Shah?

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23245) 20 May 16

Actors Om Puri and Naseeruddin Shah had been two stalwart actors who helped the parallel films of 1980s. Om Puri acted in landmark roles in Govind Nihalini's films Aakrosh, Ardhya Satya, Tamas, to name a few. He also worked in...

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India has won an "Oscar" once......!

shilpaum @shilpaum (1751) • India 7 Mar 07

I've read in many discussions that India has never received any oscar award...its true if a single film is condidered. But,"Satyajit Ray" has won an Oscar for lifetime achievement in films. In 1992, Satyajit Ray was honoured with...

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Satyajit Ray - One of the greatest Genius in the Entire Human History...

aparajitoc @aparajitoc (365) 31 Dec 06

"Not to have seen the cinema of Ray means existing in the world without seeing the Sun or the Moon" - Akira Kurosawa Satyajit Ray was (still he is) one of the greatest film directors of all time. He also was a novelist, a...

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