Chitpur Road Last week, we had said we would be starting this, the eighth edition of our walk around our city, from Chitpur Road. In between, we have done a separate article on Chitpur Road itself, reputed to be Kolkata’s oldest thoroughfare. The British spelled it
Siddeshwari Kali Mandir Four days from today, on August 24, we will have completed 331 years since Job Charnock landed at Sutanuti Ghat, kicking off the chain of events that led to the ‘birth’ of Calcutta. Much has been written and said about where the name
A new app cab service, RYDE has been launched in Kolkata. Passengers will not have to pay any extra fare for this new app cab service for special days, rainy days, night trips etc., like other app cabs charge. Services will be available 24X7 and
Masks seem to be ruling the roost these days, across the globe. Everyone is masked, and the masks come up in various shapes and sizes. So, if humans can come in masks, then why not the Gods and Goddesses? But Goddess Durga needs to do
There is some ingrained chemistry between Bengalis and ‘Mishti’ (sweets) that “age cannot wither nor custom stale…” (with due apology to The Bard). ‘Mishti’ is an inseparable part of Bengali life – as dessert after meals, as a vital auspicious item during religious and social
Tagore’s Rahmat is no more, nor is his little Minnie. But Rahim Khan and his friends still stay in the dark alleys of Central Calcutta. To them ‘Kolkata is their mulk, even though Afghanistan will always remain their ‘watan.’ And as Kabul falls to the
A few weeks ago, we had told you about the ghosts of Garden Reach, one among Kolkata’s many historically haunted locations. When it comes to heritage and hauntings, however, few locations could be more appropriate than the unimaginatively named Writers’ Building, for centuries the symbol
West Bengal will now have access to superior quality GI prawns which will be available in Haldia and West Midnapore districts, helping to take Bengal’s pisciculture to new heights. CIFA-GI Scampi is a genetically improved and fast-growing strain of giant freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii, developed
Located on the banks of the Ichamati River in Basirhat subdivision of North 24 Parganas district, Taki is a city rich in historical and natural reserves and makes for a great weekend getaway from the mundane day to day life. Often referred to as ‘the
The concluding part of an exclusive two-part account on iconic Bengali revolutionary Bagha Jatin, or Jatindranath Mukhopadhyay, written for Get Bengal by his Paris-based grandson. Since 1908, repressive laws banning all associations had left Jatin with a massive task. First, to provide proper legal defense to