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PORTUGAL

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  -the land of Francesinha and Pastel de Nata Lisbon’s Santa Apolonia Train Station is the city’s oldest station. Located in the historic district of Alfama, this simple and stately façade stands close to the bank of the beautiful and serene river Tejo. The station is conveniently connected by public transport from Marques de Pombal, at the heart of Lisbon. From here the high-speed deluxe trains, adorned with bright colored curtains and carpets inside, take two and a half hours to Porto. Porto’s Campanha station. Porto alias Oporto. Sweet sounding names for a sweet city. Famous for sweet wine exclusively from the grapes of Duoro Valley. Grapes nurtured from the time of Jesus. Like Lisbon, Porto also seems to have been crafted out from the hilly terrains all around. Most of the old parts of both the Portuguese cities have a maze of steep and narrow cobbled streets, narrow roads, and connecting walkways of extremely steep gradients. Like in Lisbon, which is also

A Bengali Short Story by Dr. Amitava Datta

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    " āĻ­াāϞোāĻŦাāϏা āĻ•াāϰে āĻ•ā§Ÿ"  āĻ…āĻŽিāϤাāĻ­ āĻĻāϤ্āϤ '  āĻ­াāϞোāĻŦাāϏা āĻ•ি  ?   āφāĻŽি āĻāĻ–āύো āĻŦুāĻি āύা , '  āĻŦāϞāϞো āφāĻŽাāϰ āϏ্āϤ্āϰী। āϤাāĻ“ āφāĻŦাāϰ āĻŦāϞāϞো āĻŦি⧟েāϰ āĻĒ্āϰা⧟ āĻĒāύেāϰো āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻĒāϰ ,  āĻāĻ• āĻŦিāĻ•েāϞে ,   āφāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āĻŦāύ্āϧু āĻŦাāύ্āϧāĻŦীāĻĻেāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āĻ—āϞ্āĻĒ āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻ•āϰāϤে। āĻ…āύ্āϝ āϏāĻŦাāχ āĻŽিāϞে āĻ“āĻ•ে āĻŦোāĻাāĻŦাāϰ āϚেāώ্āϟা āĻ•āϰāϞো āϝে āĻ­াāϞোāĻŦাāϏা āĻ•ি ,  āϤা āύা āĻŦোāĻāĻŦাāϰ āĻ•ি āφāĻ›ে ,  āϤাāĻ“ āĻŦি⧟েāϰ āĻāϤ āĻĻিāύ āĻĒāϰে ! āĻ āϤ āĻ–ুāĻŦ āϏāĻšāϜ āĻŦ্āϝাāĻĒাāϰ । āĻ“āϰা āĻāĻ“ āĻŦāϞāϞো āϝে ,  āϏāĻŦাāχ āϤো āϜাāύে āĻāĻŦং āĻĒāϰিāώ্āĻ•াāϰ āĻ­াāĻŦে āĻĻেāĻ–āϤে āĻĒা⧟ āϝে ,   āφāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰে āĻ­াāϞāĻŦাāϏাāχ āĻšāϚ্āĻ›ে āϜীāĻŦāύে āϚāϞাāϰ āĻŽূāϞ āĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰ। āφāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āĻŦি⧟ে āĻšā§ŸেāĻ›িāϞ ,   āφāϜāĻ•েāϰ āĻ­াāĻŦাāĻĻāϰ্āĻļে āĻ–ুāĻŦāχ āĻ…āĻĻ্āĻ­ুāϤ āĻ­াāĻŦে।    āĻŦি⧟েāϰ āφāĻ—ে āφāĻŽāϰা āĻ•েāĻ“ āĻāĻ•ে āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻ•ে āĻĻেāĻ–িāύি।    āĻŽোāĻŦাāχāϞ āĻĢোāύ āϤāĻ–āύ āĻ›িāϞ āύা  ,  āϤাāχ āĻ•āĻĨাāĻ“ āĻŦāϞা āĻšā§Ÿāύি।    āφāĻŽি āϤ āφāĻŦাāϰ āϚিāĻ ি āĻ“ āϞিāĻ–āϤে āĻĒাāϰি āύা। āĻŽা - āĻŦাāĻŦাāϰা āφāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āĻ›āĻŦি āĻĻেāĻ–াāϞেāύ ,   āφāϰ āϤাāχ āĻĻেāĻ–েāχ āφāĻŽāϰা āĻŦুāĻāϤে āĻĒাāϰāϞাāĻŽ āϝে ,   āφāϰে ! āĻāχ āϤ āϏেāχ ,   āϝাāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āϏাāϰা āϜীāĻŦāύ āφāĻŽāϰা āĻ…āĻĒেāĻ•্āώা āĻ•āϰে āφāĻ›ি । āĻŦি⧟েāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻŦুāĻāϞাāĻŽ āϝে āφāĻŽāϰা āĻāĻ•ে         āĻ…āύ্āϝেāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ    āĻ…āύেāĻ• āφāĻ—ে āĻĨেāĻ•েāχ āĻĒ্āϰāϏ্āϤুāϤ āĻšā§Ÿে āφāĻ›ি। āϤাāχ ,   āϐ  ' āĻ­াāϞোāĻŦাāϏা āĻ•ি   ? '    āĻ•āĻĨাāϟা āφāĻŽাāϰ āĻ•াāύে āĻ–āϟাং āĻ•āϰে āϞাāĻ—āϞ। āĻ“ āĻāχ āĻ•āĻĨাāϟা āĻ•েāύ āĻŦāϞāϞো ?   āϤা āĻšāϞে āĻ•ি āφāĻŽাāϰ āĻ­াāϞোāĻŦাāϏা⧟ āĻ•োāύ āĻ–াāĻŽāϤি āφāĻ›ে   ? 

The Forgotten Light Sources

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Prof Warren Julian's views on the forgotten light sources Daylight used to serve as the primary source of light throughout human history. Unfortunately, with the advent of electric light in the last century, the consideration of daylight while setting up or designing new buildings has been pushed into a remote corner. So remote, that its a forgotten light source now as per Prof. Warren Julian, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Architecture, University of Sydney.  Last year when I went To Barcelona I was amazed by the architecture of  La Sagrada Basilica. The work conceptualized and started by the most celebrated architect Gaudi in the late nineteenth century has daylight elements for every nook and space inside. Prof Warren Julian's excellent and lucid rendition on the concept of daylight presented in the ISLE webinar is here. My sincere thanks to Prof Warren Julian for sharing his PowerPoint presentations.