Small pleasures of 'burra din': Christmas has changed but Kolkata stays the same
Sreemoy Talukdar • 9 years agoMore robust and in your face, the nature of Christmas and New Year's eve celebration has changed in Kolkata but the ancient city has assimilated the changing milieu
Park street gangrape: All three convicts get 10 years' rigorous imprisonment
Fp Archives • 9 years agoAll the three men convicted in the gangrape of Suzette Jordan on Park Street in Kolkata were sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment on Friday by a court in the city.
A tale of two verdicts: Amid the frenzy over Salman's acquittal, India forgot about Suzette Jordan
Sreemoy Talukdar • 9 years agoThe verdict which brought so much joy to her family — parents, a sister and two teenage daughters — and justice for Suzette Jordan which was denied to her in life, holds little meaning for us.
Kolkata court convicts three accused in the Park Street gangrape case
Fp Archives • 9 years agoThree accused in the infamous Park Street gangrape case were convicted on Thursday by a court in Kolkata.
"I am not the Park Street rape victim. I am Suzette Jordan": Twitter mourns her untimely death
Fp Staff • 10 years ago"I am not the Park Street rape victim. I am Suzette Jordan": Social media mourns Suzette's untimely death
If empowered, she could have died happy: Suzette Jordan's friend speaks about her struggle
Harishiyer • 10 years agoSuzette Jordan died of meningitis. We all know that once depression bites you, you become a reservoir of diseases. In the end, she listened to me. I used to tell her "it is okay to go weak sometimes. It is okay to give up fighting and love yourself just as yourself. It is okay to just "Be"". She allowed herself to be. She stopped breathing. Her heart stopped beating. She passed away.
Kolkata's Flurys to come to Navi Mumbai, go national soon
Fp Staff • 11 years agoFlurys, the legendary tearoom and Swiss confectionery on Kolkata's Park Street, is riding high on the the booming mall culture and will soon open outlets in Navi Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai and Delhi-NCR
Blame piracy, streaming: It's the end of your favourite Music World store
Fp Staff • 12 years agoKolkata's landmark music store on Park Street is shutting down next month as the onslaught of digital downloads and streaming has made India's number one music and video retail chain Music World unviable for the Sanjiv Goenka group.
Kunal Ghosh sent to police custody till Jan 6
Fp Archives • 11 years agoSuspended Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh, who was arrested on November 23 in connection with the Saradha Group ponzi scam, was today sent to police custody till Januaray 6.
The Kolkata rape case: She was just asking for it!
Chaudhry • 13 years agoA woman was raped in Kolkata by five men in a car. The operative and most important word here is 'raped' – a minor fact that seems to have slipped the attention of not only the Kolkatha police but certain segments of the public.