Elizabeth Clarke, managing director of Windamere Hotel, Darjeeling, speaks to Saheli Mitra about the exclusive property and how heritage tourism can be made popular in Bengal Elizabeth Clarke • Windamere Hotel has a heritage tag. Can you share its brief history? Windamere Hotel started out as ‘Ada Villa’
As India reels under hooliganism over the release of the movie Padmavat, Bengal has again proved it was far ahead of the rest of India. When 21st century India is impacted by release of a movie, whose protagonist is a queen, a fictional character rather
Nirmalya Mukherjee, economic and corporate advisor at The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and a photographer by passion, shares with GB readers some candid moments at Dover Lane Music Conference that ended this week. It all started on a sudden impulse in the year 1952
“When a poor person dies of hunger, it has not happened because God did not take care of him or her. It has happened because neither you nor I wanted to give that person what he or she needed” --- Mother Teresa. No wonder, Arpan Roy
The depths of India’s relations with the Netherlands often remain unnoticed in modern times by people of both countries. From the sixteenth century to the earlier part of the nineteenth, however, there had been much exchange that had far-reaching impact on shaping the economies and
Bali-Amlameti Island is one of the remotest islands of Sundarbans near Gosaba. It was a great experience to visit this island on being invited by Prasenjit Mandal, who runs a NGO named Sundarban Foundation there.This foundation works for the livelihood of Tiger widows and preventive
Jhilam Nandi is a business development and marketing professional, who has a passion for travelling, photography and blogging If someone likes solitude and want to feel closeness of nature, Kolkham is the ideal destination, especially for an avid traveller with an adventurous mind. Nestled in the
Kolkata had been the capital of the erstwhile British Raj and still boasts of a rich cultural history. The city’s long-lost history doesn’t just lie in the buildings of tourist interest, but in its abandoned buildings, old winding streets, laid back nooks and corners. But
Renowned folk art author, archaeologist and historian, Tarapada Santra had a favourite take on the history of Rarh Bengal. He believed names of many villages end with ‘Ara’ meaning a dwelling place or area. Accordingly, those who settled in Howrah, probably belonged to the Hari
As he had promised in his correspondence with Emilie, wife of Netaji Subhash Bose, Sarat Bose resolved to go to Europe with wife Bivabati as soon as possible to meet Emilie and daughter Anita. Later, that year in the autumn of 1948, Sarat and Biva