Mahi Naskar and Chayan Mondal would have probably landed up as school drop outs or labourers on farmlands, had not Godkhali’s Kishalay Foundation Centre come to their rescue. The foundation started their first scholarship named Apurba Ray Scholarship sponsored by Sujoy Roy from Bangalore for
“Baba uff ki gorom!” and “Ajkal thanda ekdom poreina” are the best phrases to describe Kolkata’s mood all year round. Kolkata can be easily identified by the smell of rolls being fried, the serpentine queues in front of any phuchkar dokan or simply beshi kheye
Kolkata is a place where there are so many choices of street food. It is a heavenly place for foodies like me. So, let’s go food hopping! To find delicious ‘Street Foods and Junk Foods.’ Kolkata streets offer us various types of street foods like Puchkas,
The sight of pretty ‘Shiuli’ flowers strewn on the ground, a delightful nip in the air in the early morning, long stretches of colourful lighting adrning the streets, all bring on a sense of wonder, elation and anticipation --- yes, Durga Puja in Kolkata means
Indian Museum is one of the most famous historical places in the city of Kolkata. It is also the oldest museum in India. I’ve visited the museum three times. On my first visit, I could not understand much of what I saw. I was five
With its opulent heritage and colourful history, the only way to truly describe Kolkata is that, along with India as a whole, it is a place of contrasts. This city is influential yet harrowing, vivacious yet anarchic and riveting but also unfathomable. An excellent example of
Kolkata has always been the melting pot of modernism and tradition. Thus, we have the fast moving metro and have the hand pulled rickshaw, there are swanky malls as well as the British built Hogg Market, teeming with people. Any trip to this heritage market,
There are many ghats in Kolkata along the bank of river Ganges. One of them is Maayer Ghat at Baghbazar. I went to Maayer Ghat many times. This ghat was named after holy mother Sarada Devi. Ma Sarada used to come here to take bath
Often media reports make for a beeline, on how police from Bengal landed up in Noida or Faridabad, rescuing trafficked children from some village of North Bengal or Murshidabad. Only recently, police teams from West Bengal made trips to Delhi and adjoining areas to recover
• Why did you choose to be an architectural conservationist? I wasn’t aware of this interest during my under-graduation at CEPT Ahmedabad. While courses in architectural history and field programs to sites of historic significance were part of the curriculum, the focus was on creating something