Category: EconomyPart of speech: nounDifficulty: Intermediate

শিল্প

/shilpa/Roman

English meaning: Industry

Definition

Economic activity concerned with manufacture of goods. Kolkata (Calcutta) was India's commercial capital under British rule and is still a major industrial centre, known for jute mills, engineering, chemicals, and emerging IT sector.

Example

কলকাতা একসময় ভারতের বাণিজ্যিক রাজধানী ছিল।

In English: Kolkata was once the commercial capital of India.

Literary Heritage

ক্ষুধার রাজ্যে পৃথিবী গদ্যময়।

/Kshudar rajye prithibi gadyamay./

In the kingdom of hunger, the world turns prosaic.

Sukanta Bhattacharya · Revolutionary Poet · 1926–1947

Abol Tabol (Rannar Prem)

Rannar Prem, Sukanta Bhattacharya, 1944

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