James Bond: it’s the same through the ages! James Bond is a cultural package of a complex kind but with a charm that simply captivates. The playboy, the patriot, the adventurer, the world-saviour, the suave socialite at home in parties, he is also a misfit, ill at home in his own intelligence service. This complex icon lives on without aging, just as he never had a childhood like us mortals. A festival like ‘Bond with Bond’ will allow you to see the many Bonds indeed. Each great actor who succeeded in settling in Bond’s skin gave him a new dimension, and the character is indeed now... 

When will Vikramshila University ruins get due attention?   Patna: according to recent reports, the Archaeological Survey of India’s Patna circle has decided to give its long overdue attention to the conservation of the Vikramshila university ruins, located near Antichak village in the Kahalgaon sub-division of Bhagalpur district, about 150 km from Patna. Vikramshila university was set up in the 8th century by the Pala dynasty king Dharmapala and its remains have been lying in a state of neglect for decades. ASI Patna’s superintending archaeologist Sanjay K. Manjul told the... 

भागलपुर:बदलत  इब्राहिम खां मकबरा क सूरत भागलपुर । पर्यटन विभाग कए धीरे धीरे बिहारक उपेक्षित स्‍थल दिस ध्‍यान जा रहल अछि। एहि क्रम मे उपेक्षित रहल ऐतिहासिक इब्राहिम खां मकबरा क सूरत बदलबाक प्रयास शुरू कैल गेल अछि। एकरा लेल जिला... 

Bihar Tourism making preparations for tourists from Bhutan arriving this winter Patna: according to latest reports on news channels, the Bihar State Tourism Development Corporation (BSTDC) has started making preparations for the arrival of tourists from Bhutan this winter with the onset of the tourism season. Tourism Minister Sunil Kumar Pintoo stated that at this point, a six-day and seven-night tour package, including food, accommodation and sight-seeing is being offered to the Bhutanese tourists. This influx of tourists from Bhutan comes in the wake of Bihar CM’s recent visit to Thimphu. Going... 

10th June: Bihar tourism website in Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, German and… Patna: according to a recent report, the Tourism Department in Bihar will carry information on its website in a number of languages targeted at a wide range of tourists – Spanish, Japanese, Chinese and German, and more. So far the web site content has been available only in English. Bihar also attracts tourists from Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Tibet and Taiwan and these visitors’ needs will be catered to very soon. According to official sources, the IT Manager of BSTDC will launch the updated site on June 10. Bihar... 

Akshara shares her experience of Ganga arti and Ganges cruise... Citizen Journalist ‘Ganga Arti’ & Ganges Cruise at Patna By Akshara (Kuhu) Editor’s introduction: Yesterday Akshara’s family had gone to see ‘Ganga arti’ and Ganges cruise at Patna. When her father asked Akshara, a grade II student how it felt, this is what she shared.. “We left our car near the entrance and walked down a narrow road, then we walked near wheat fields and reached the ship.We boarded it on a wooden ramp..it was very nice & clean…..and Ganga river is sooo big. The... 

Come September: …and Patna will get a night life to talk about Patna: now that the days and nights have become safer in many parts of Bihar, it is perhaps time to do something about the ‘life’ at night. With a climate like Bihar’s, it is especially important that people should have more opportunities for entertainment and just plain ‘hawakhori’ as in the olden days when the urban rich went out to shoot the breeze once the summer sun set. The bihar government is now considering a number of moves to enliven the long evenings in Bihar – there are now concrete plans to develop a... 

Bihar: Small towns of memories vs small towns of today The well-known Gandhian cliché says India lives in its villages. Many of us believe the opposite, namely it is cities that are the real showpiece of a culture. If I may suggest a compromise, it is really the small towns where you see the true face of a culture. Cities are too official and too put on! Villages are too diffuse – you need to sample a number of them to get the pulse of the region. But it is towns like Chhapra, Buxar, Muzaffarpur, Bhagalpur, and Betiya where you meet true Bihar. I have very fond memories of Motihari, one... 

Blissful Bihar Ajit discovers bihar thru his lens Photo Feature by Ajit Chouhan Nalanda University Nalanda, where ruins of the great ancient university have been excavated, is situated at a distance of 90 km. in the south east of Patna by road. The ruins extend over a large area and represent only a part of the extensive establishment. There are many versions of what the term Nalanda means. One is that Nalam means Lotus and Da means to give. Both combined together, Nalanda means Giver of Lotus. Since Lotus is supposed to represent knowledge, Nalanda means Giver of Knowledge.Nalanda was the largest... 

Branding Bihar as a tourist destination Patna: with several states of India vying for global attention, Bihar is now on its way to taking some new initiatives. According to reports, Sunil Kumar Pintu, the tourism minister, the state government is in the process of formulating plans to boost its brand image through a brand ambassador.  A number of Bollywood stars have been commissioned in the past by other states and organizations to stand for various states and events. The tourism minister on a more realistic and sensible level however admitted that before such measures are taken, Bihar...