Category: Personal

  • Exams Ahead

    The exams are knocking on the door. 2nd semester starting from 21st 24th May and 1st Prof. MBBS exams from 28h June. Time for some serious studies. Wish me good luck!

  • How To Configure Internet Explorer for Bengali

    From Tools menu, select Internet Options. From Internet Options window, click on Fonts (on General Tab). Click on the drop down list for Language Script. Select Bengali from this drop down list. Select Siyam Rupali for Web Page Font (ofcourse, you can choose any other Bangla font). Then click OK.

  • How To Configure Mozilla Firefox for Bengali

    From Tools menu, select Options. From this Options window, click on Contents. Click on Advanced button in Fonts & Colors section. Click on the drop down list for option Fonts For. Select Bengali from this list. Complete all the option fields as in the following image (you may choose your any favourite Bangla font) and…

  • Siyam Rupali: Best Bangla Font

    The Siyam Rupali font developed under the Avro Free Bangla Font Project is the best Bengali font I have seen. There is really a dearth of good Bangla font. The ‘matras’ of Bengali letters make the fonts look very small thus compromising readability. Siyam Rupali font, a modified version of Rupali Bangla font with hinting…

  • Avro Keyboard 4 Released

    OmicronLab has just released version 4 of Avro – the best Bangla writing software on Windows platform. Upgrade to this new version to enjoy a host of new features. Avro is now completely skinnable and you can design your own skin. Also, you can create your own keyboard layout. Compatibility: + Windows Vista (32 Bit)…

  • Homecoming

    I am back home. Finally! A break from the boring lectures, creepy professors and not to say the terrible food! This brief week-long Dol (or Holi) holiday comes as a blessing. A little late, and I would have lost all taste sensibilities.

  • In the Broadband Super Highway

    Happy new year folks! BSNL has kept their promise. I am getting more than 1700 kbps of speed. Here is a screenshot of uTorrent. Incredible. I am just witnessing an overnight revolution in Indian broadband!

  • My College NBMC

    Here we get a breathtaking view of the mountains and on a clear day, the Kanchenjungha can be seen.

  • After MBBS, PHC Calling

    The government has made it mandatory for all medical students to serve in the rural areas for one year after internship in an attempt to ensure a steady flow of physicians to the remote villages where doctors are usually hesitant to go. This means that after the five-and-a-half years of MBBS (4.5 years study +…

  • North Bengal Medical College and Hospital – Transport Guide

    When I first came to my college at the time of admission, I had no idea where it is located. So I am giving a location guide of the campus. North Bengal Medical College is located in Sushrutanagar, to the west of Siliguri, connected to the town by the 3rd Mahananda bridge. Sushrutanagar, otherwise referred…