Bhoot Jolokia - World’s Hottest Chili Pepper

March 25, 2010 on 10:37 pm | In Nuggets | No Comments
GAUHATI, India (AP) - The Indian military has a new weapon against terrorism: the world’s hottest chili.

After conducting tests, the military has decided to use the thumb-sized “bhut jolokia,” or “ghost chili,” to make tear gas-like hand grenades to immobilize suspects, defense officials said Tuesday.

The bhut jolokia was accepted by Guinness World Records in 2007 as the world’s spiciest chili. It is grown and eaten in India’s northeast for its taste, as a cure for stomach troubles and a way to fight the crippling summer heat.

It has more than 1,000,000 Scoville units, the scientific measurement of a chili’s spiciness. Classic Tabasco sauce ranges from 2,500 to 5,000 Scoville units, while jalapeno peppers measure anywhere from 2,500 to 8,000.

“The chili grenade has been found fit for use after trials in Indian defense laboratories, a fact confirmed by scientists at the Defense Research and Development Organization,” Col. R. Kalia, a defense spokesman in the northeastern state of Assam, told The Associated Press.

“This is definitely going to be an effective nontoxic weapon because its pungent smell can choke terrorists and force them out of their hide-outs,” R. B. Srivastava, the director of the Life Sciences Department at the New Delhi headquarters of the DRDO said.

Srivastava, who led a defense research laboratory in Assam, said trials are also on to produce bhut jolokia-based aerosol sprays to be used by women against attackers and for the police to control and disperse mobs

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Ekti Ganye Thaki

February 23, 2010 on 11:38 am | In Nuggets | No Comments

ECTA has launched the pre-production work on their new play “Ekti Ganye Thaki” (We Live in a Village). The name of the play has been borrowed from one of Rabindranath Tagore’s famous poems, “Ek Ganye”. Currently the team is going through workshop sessions and theater games before delving into the rehearsal process that will start from March. The play will be staged during the months of June and July 2010.

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Tahar Naamti Ranjana

February 23, 2010 on 11:25 am | In Nuggets | 1 Comment

Bidhyak Bhattacharya’s classic play “Tahar Namti Ranjana” was made into a famous radio play by the legendary duo Sambhu Mitra and Tripti Mitra. Now Listen to this wonderful drama online at the following link:

http://www.raaga.com/channels/bengali/moviedetail.asp?mid=B0000126

It is available in 3 parts.

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Online English to Bengali Dictionary

February 3, 2010 on 4:52 pm | In Nuggets | No Comments

Are you looking for the right Bengali meaning for a English word? Do you often hunt for Bengali words and their spellings when you know the exact English equivalents. Look no further. Try out http://doroja.com.  The developers of this site has taken an ingenious approach. They have scanned an entire English to Bengali dictionary, broken it up into pieces (for each word) and created a searchable database which links up the words you type in with the appropriate snippet. Thanks to  Raishul Islam Russell for developing this useful site. Give it a try when you can.

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2010 Urhalpool Awards

January 27, 2010 on 7:54 pm | In Nuggets | No Comments

Please join Urhalpool Magazine’s 2nd Annual Award Ceremony on Wednesday. January 27th @6:30PM in Collaboration with: Rabindranath Tagore center, ICCR & American Center, Kolkata

Shakti Chattopadhyay Lifetime Bengali Literary Achievement Award (Rs25,000):   Sunil Gangopadhyay
Nirmal Chandra Gangopadhyay Bengali Literary Award for an Young writer (Rs15,000):    Mandakranta Sen
Dr. Sishir Kumar Das Award for research in Bengali Literature: (Rs,20,000):  Dr. Sibaji Bandyopadhyay
Pushpa Little Magazine Award: (Rs10,000):    Bibhab

Urhalpool(www.urhalpool.com) January Issue, focusing on Mexican poets/writers has been released.

Bengali section: Poems-Sankha Ghosh, Sunil Gangopadhyay & many others/  Golpo- Yashodhara Roychoudhury, Mexican writer Liliana Blum, Ivy Chatterjee, Tridib Chatterjee and others
Special Article on Translation by Goutam Datta
English Section: 2010 Kolkata Book Fair visiting poets Anne Waldman & Meena Alexander’s essays,  Many Mexican writers & poets. Special article by Father of Contemporary American Poetry Jerome Rothenberg: POETS & TRICKSTERS: INNOVATION & DISRUPTION IN RITUAL & MYTH
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Urhalpool October Issue is Online

October 28, 2009 on 11:42 pm | In Nuggets | No Comments

The October issue of the bilingual (Bengali/English) webzine Urhalpool is now online. The latest issue includes stories by Mandakranta Sen, Samaresh Majumdar, Nabanita Deb Sen, Alolika Mukherjee, Abul Bashar and others.  Serials by Sunil Ganguly and Taslima Nasreen are still ongoing. Special attraction would be the interview of Baichung Bhutia and  a memoir by Srikanta Acharya. I am sure you’ll enjoy this issue like the previous ones.

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Digg! Please Digg!

October 1, 2009 on 10:26 am | In Nuggets | No Comments

If you like any article, please Digg it by clicking the Digg button on the top right corner. Digg, kind of, gives a popularity rating to an article and helps bring in more readers. You may also share the article to your friends on Facebook, email, Reddit or a bunch or other social bookmarking sites by clicking one of the buttons below the article.

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Dadasaheb Phalke Award for Manna Dey

September 30, 2009 on 3:34 pm | In Nuggets | No Comments

Manna DeyNinety-year-old playback legend Manna Dey - who belted out evergreen songs like “Ae mere pyaare watan” and “Zindagi kaisi hai paheli” - is being honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke award, the highest honour in Indian cinema, his family said Wednesday.

Born as Prabodh Chandra Dey May 1, 1919 to Purna Chandra and Mahamaya Dey, the singer was a name to reckon with in the Hindi film industry from the 1950s to the 1970s. He has recorded more than 3,500 songs over the course of his career.

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Like a Great Deal?

September 24, 2009 on 6:57 pm | In Nuggets | No Comments

Do you like a great deal? Check out the Deals page on this site.  This page receives feeds from hot-deals.org and slickdeals.net. So check it out.

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Indian Food and Weight Watchers

September 8, 2009 on 11:26 pm | In Nuggets | No Comments

For folks who follow the Weight Watchers diet system of points, the following table illustrates some of the popular Indian food items found in restaurants. However, note that this is not what we eat at home on a daily basis.  Now how do we calculate points for Maachher Jhol, Begun Bhaja, Mung-dal, Posto-bata?

Wise Choices POINTS Value
Raita, 1/2 cup 1
Chapati bread, 1 piece 2
Puri bread, 1 piece 2
Nan bread, 7 x 8-inch piece 4
Tandoori chicken without skin, 1 piece 4
Chicken tikka, 4 oz 5
Bean and lentil stew, 1 cup (dal maharani) 6
Not-So-Wise Choices POINTS Value
Samosa (fried vegetable or meat patties) 3
Lamb korma (spicy curry), 1 cup 15
Chicken curry, 1 cup 10
Vegetable fritters, 1 cup 10
Lamb biryani, 1 cup 14
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