Kumartuli or Kumortuli is located in the northern part of the city of Kolkata . The locality is a traditional habitat of the potters for nearly three hundred years. The potters or the artisans or the artists settled here during the restructuring of the Kolkata colonial region by the British East India Company . Earning a livelihood by making earthen pots and utensils first they gradually shifted to the making of the idols of Gods and Goddesses for various festivals round the year. With increasing demand and quality of their creations over time the artisans became famous and Kumartuli came to be known as the hub of idol makers supplying thousands of idols, particularly of Goddess Durga , to whole of the state of West Bengal and to NRIs of around 90 countries across the globe. At least three months before Durga Puja , the biggest festival of West Bengal and one of the biggest across Eastern India, more than five hundred workshops come alive with hyper activity day and night. Fir...
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has given its approval for officially using the word ‘ batter ’ to describe a ‘ batsman ’ or ‘ batswoman ’ in all forms of cricket and commentaries or writings with effect from the ICC Men’s Cricket T20 World Cup-2021 . The ICC has said that the word ‘batter’ has in fact been used since the last about four years, mostly in commentaries and also by some cricketers themselves, and this shift of usage is noted by the supreme cricket body. The Council further said that the word is ‘ gender neutral ’ and it makes cricket a more inclusive game. A large majority of the people concerned with the most popular game of the world have welcomed this change with some describing it as a ‘common-sense change’. They further argue that nobody describes a ‘ bowler ’ as ‘bowlsman’ or ‘bowlswoman’ or a ‘fielder’ as ‘ fieldsman ’ or ‘ fieldswoman ’. However, the word ‘fieldsman’ has been in usage since the old times and even sometimes now. This writer is not aware if...