The day doesn’t seem to start without that warm cuppa of tea every morning for any Bengali. Having the tea gardens of Dooars and Darjeeling so close by, no wonder tea is a must-have beverage of Bengal. But the usual tea varieties are undergoing a
The Great Bengal Quiz that started in November last year across seven different locales of the state ended with a Grand Finale in January this year. The State Tourism Department in association with Kolkata Quiz Festival, organized the Great Bengal Quiz to bring in greater
Ever wondered how the journey of Apu- the central protagonist of Satyajit Ray’s Apu Trilogy, the character brought to life by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay’s Pather Panchali came to an end? Since childhood, we have perennially been in love with ‘Apu’ and the movies that were milestones
‘Ashwiner sharodo praatey…Beje utheche aloko monjir’ Remember that deep baritone voice that have woken up Bengalis since ages during Mahalaya? Birendra Krishna Bhadra is synonymous to Mahalaya for decades. His rendition of Mahisasura Mardini has been one memory that has been simply untarnished down generations.
Atreyi is an ancient river which has its origin in Siliguri, near Baikuntha Forest and flows through the Dinajpur District. This river even finds mention in Mahabharata. If Teesta river is famous for Berolish fish, Atreyi deserves a special mention when it comes to Raikher
SPCKraft recently organised Vaama, a one-day “Women in Arts” Festival. SPCKraft, an inter-disciplinary art collective founded and led by performing artist Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee and director Urvashi Basu, who is also a well-known interior designer of Kolkata, used the platform as a prelude to International
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJpsUbCLrfc It was a proud moment for Bengal, specially for the State Tourism Department to have received the recognition for Sunderbans as the ‘Most Iconic Landscape.’ India Today Tourism Survey and Award ceremony held on 25th February, 2019 at Taj Mahal Hotel, New Delhi announced this
Times have changed but to our dismay many age-old rituals that reflect social patriarchy have remained unchanged. During the Vedic period, girls were married off even before they reached puberty. This was the time when a ritual like ‘Kanyadaan’ was introduced where a female child
Arpita Chanda is a food enthusiast who explores the lanes and by-lanes of Bengal tracing the history of food shops and sweets. On this particular food trail Arpita was led by another food enthusiast Devashis Kuthari of Good Vegetarian Food group “Luchi Kochuri motichur shobhitong Jilipi sandesh
Even though Santa Claus lives in the North Pole, he undoubtedly loves Kolkata a lot and makes it a point to descend on the City of Joy every Christmas, hitting the streets in a new avatar. Kolkata hosts one of the largest Christmas carnivals of