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Rathajatra at Bankura |
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Rathajatra is a very popular event in Bankura town. Thousands of people gathered from neighbouring villages and from the town, specially children and young boys & girls along with a few elders to be present in the spiritual event. Mainly two Raths (symbolic chariot of god Jagannath-Balaram-Subhadra) are the main attraction of the event. The first is called Baro-Rath which starts from Nutanganj Barorathtala at about 7PM. This after running through Rabindrasarani Durgamela and Rastala returned to its starting place at mid-night. Another is Choto-Rath
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Remembering Michael Jackson |
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 Legendary mega popstar M ichael Jackson has passed away at 2.26PM local time on 26 th June 2009 at the UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles. But have you ever heard of Michael Jackson’s “Earth Song”? We keep mentioning it here on the site, but chances are there are a few of you that have no idea what we’re talking about. That’s because the single was never released in the United States. In a time when talk of environmental issues is the norm, Jackson was well ahead of the game with this release in 1996. Topics covered include drought, over-fishing, deforestation, pollution and war. The beautiful video — in which the King of Pop is shot in various scenes from around the world — probably carried a massive carbon footprint; but back then climate
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