Chess is called the game of the brains and tactics. It is slow, but steady, and opens up young minds to those ‘little grey cells’ that Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot always spoke of. Bengal has always seen chess as a very popular indoor game and
Anyone who has read the book Manojder Advut Bari by veteran author Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay knows what a gem of a comedy literature it is! It not just throws you into a crazy world of a young boy Manoj and his family, but it also follows
One of the finest blend of European and Indian architecture is Cossimbazar Rajbari in Murshidabad and the Roys, whose forefathers erected this stately structure, have restored it recently to its past glory. Way back, when Murshidabad was the capital of the Nawabs of Bengal, Cossimbazar
Well, in Kolkata everything is possible. As they say, this is a city that never stops, and never ceases to throw up surprises. If in one part of the city, a bridge collapses, in another part passion runs high over a chess board below a
For all Xavierians, food was never scarce during their college days. Not just because this iconic college is on the hip and happening Park Street of Kolkata, surrounded by equally historic food joints, some of which are running from the British era, but because the
Far from the madding crowd, in a quiet corner of Beltala, Bhownipore, stands a stately red mansion surrounded by an equally manicured and well-maintained garden with a lush lawn. One look at the house and you are reminiscent of buildings shown in Uttam Kumar starrer
‘Tram,’ doesn’t the very word evoke nostalgia? A mode of transport that we probably still get to see on a few streets of Kolkata and some that we see in London. Very few Indian cities still hold on to trams. But aren’t they environment friendly
During the holy month of Ramadan, Kolkata has a new look, just like it has during Durga Puja. Specially Central Kolkata turns a new hub of Mughlai food. Even street-side stalls start selling meat full of well blended spice and flavor orchestrated to be an
Have you tasted those yummilicious mangoes this season? If not, you would be surely doing soon. Incidentally, Bengal is the seat of the greatest varieties of mangoes of the world. The Mango (Mangifera Indica) is the most important tropical fruit produced in West Bengal. Bengal