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
The year was 2016. Young Bengali scientist Sudipto Basu was posted at Food Corporation of India (FCI) office in Odisha. There he noticed loads of empty rejected plastic bags were being disposed off from the FCI warehouse callously. But we are all aware how plastic
A time travel through Kolkata is like time travel through books – browsing, window-shopping, buying, reading, literary addas and much more. And even queues in front of famous book shops to pick up books sold at discount rates. When ‘Pandemic’ struck, India saw long queues
W“orld will come to know the essence of India through the writings of Aurobindo…” that’s what the great poet Rabindranath Tagore had said about Aurobindo Ghosh, who was indeed the prophet of Indian nationalism. He was a great synthesizer, synthesizing philosophies of both east and
About the writer: In his childhood, Prithwindra Mukherjee (born 1936, Kolkata) listened to tales of his grandfather Jatindranath Mukherjee or Bagha Jatin from ‘Bordi’, the latter’s elder sister Vinodebala Devi. In 1955, inspired by written notes left by Bordi, Mukherjee began investigating the life and