“My problem isn’t that I have a sweet tooth. It’s that I have several of them.” And as everyone knows, that’s the problem with a majority of Bengalis. Bengalis absolutely love sweets, so much so that sweetmeats like ‘sandesh’, ‘mishti doi’ etc remain an integral
The sudden growling of a hand truck in the distance when no one is about, the diesel engines of a crane starting up on their own in an apparently deserted cabin, the crane moving from side to side as though operated by an invisible hand,
Mirza Abu Talib, better known as Shaista Khan was a Subehdar and a general in the Mughal army. He was a maternal uncle to the emperor Aurangzeb and acted as a key figure during his reign. He ruled Bengal for 24 years (1664-1688) with great
TThe mines at Singbhum have been producing Copper since the last 2500 years. Hindustan Copper Limited extracts copper from these mines. But the port that once used to export copper no more exists. This was called Tampralipta, a port that primarily exported copper. One of
Author Sunil Gangopadhyay Author Sunil Gangopadhyay’s enduring popularity among his dedicated band of readers is the result of his astute understanding of a fundamental weakness in the Bengali psyche: A deep-rooted desire for tacky claim to a glorious literary past. A prolific author, he successfully delved into
The 48th International Kolkata Book Fair is set to take place from January 28 to February 9, 2025, and this year marks a historic milestone as Germany participates as the theme country for the first time in the fair's 48-year history. Germany will present its
How is a quaint shop opened in 1848, by Pyary Mohan Soor in Calcutta’s China Town, doing? By general perception, one would assume it has shut down or sold off. After all a Bengali entrepreneur hardly sustains in the industry more than two generations! Well, that
If Sudder Street has always opened up the view of budget hotels and a primary hub for foreign students who come on back-packing tours, then think twice. This was also the street where Rabindranath Tagore penned down one of his famous poems ‘Nirjharer Shopnobhongo’ (The Awakening of the Fountain). This
Did you have any clue about Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s breakfast love? Well, he loved to eat bread and pudding and was in for a proper English breakfast during his internment period that he spent at Kurseong’s Gidda Pahar (hills) in 1936. But why this
My ancestors are from Barishal, Bangladesh, and we shifted to Kolkata in the ’40s. My grandfather and grandmother started to live in Hooghly district. They had a family of four sons and three daughters. They all grew up in a South Kolkata locality. When I