The month of October carries an aura of piety and celebration, cutting across all socio-economical and religious barriers. This is the auspicious month for Durga Puja, the autumnal festival (Sharodiya utsab), celebrated in different parts of the country, but most notably in the eastern region,
Shriman Prithviraj (1973) Cast: Ayan Bandyopadhyay, Mahua Roychoudhury, Sandhya Roy, Utpal Dutt, Biswajit Chatterjee, Satya Bandyopadhyay, Rabi Ghosh, Chinmoy Roy, Santosh Dutta, Padma Devi Director: Tarun Majumdar Sweet, laugh out loud funny, wholesome, yet meaningful. In a nutshell, that sums up one of Bengali cinema’s most beloved classics.
Balmy winter mornings in Kolkata are not just about the smog enveloping the city’s lungs around Maidan, but also about exciting walking tours, considering the mild cool winters that set in around Kolkata. And then the fiery Christmas laced with the nostalgia of a British
In its edition dated October 10, 1825, the English-language daily Bengal Hurkaru published a gushing eulogy to the Durga Puja at the residence of ‘Baboo Pron Kissen Holdor’ in Chinsurah. The residence, which apparently resembled a European mansion, had a huge salon on the ground
Chaitali is a published writer, translator, journalist and language teacher based in Netherlands Fall is almost on its way and nature in the European cities is especially charmingly stunning during the autumn. This is the magical time when the trees are transformed into a blaze of
Durga Puja is not just a celebration – It is worshipping nature “Tadeiba cha Badhishyami, Durga Makhyam Mahasuram Durga Debiti Bikhyatam, Tasmei Nama Bhabishyati.” Durga Puja is not just about celebrating triumph of good over evil. But it is also about celebrating and welcoming Nature. Goddess Durga’s yellow
…Kato biplobi bondhur rokte ranga/ Bondi shalar oi shekol bhanga/ Tara ki phiribe aaj su-probhate/ Jato torun arun gyachhe ostacholay/ Muktiro mondiro sopano tolay/ Kato pran holo bolidan/ Lekha ache ashrujoley… (The shackles in the prison cells are stained and broken with the blood of
Tucked in the forested tribal terrain of Purulia is a 350-year-old Durga Puja where the Sonar Durga or the idol made of gold is kept in a bank vault and taken out with strict security only during the days of the puja. Imagine Ma Durga
Did you ever have Sali Marghi -- tender chicken wrapped in fiery masala and topped off with shredded fried potato? Sali Marghi is an age-old recipe that has been a traditional one in Parsi households. Or, perhaps, Patra Ni Machcchi? Does this sound familiar? The
After birth of our daughter we stood at the back of the house My score of 45 out of 100 in my first Cell Biology exam had come as a big blow. Sitting in our room behind closed doors, Ranjan and I soothed our feelings by