Tagore’s interaction with the Japanese started much before his tours to the country as Japanese artists and intellectuals were regular guests at Jorasanko as well as Santiniketan
Mukherjee is a former chief justice of Karnataka High Court and was appointed as the interim VC on Wednesday by Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose, who is its chancellor. The debate on his appointment has reached beyond the university campus.
The Raj Bhavan in West Bengal seems to be heading for yet another confrontation with the state secretariat, with the Governor's House on Wednesday evening announcing the formation of a 'Peace & Harmony' committee to be headed by former .