If pandal hopping is a favourite sport during Durga Puja, so are the River Cruises to watch puja celebrations in style. Pushing through a mass of sweating, ascorbic, tired people, geared by fervour and exhausted passion, to have a glimpse of the idol for a
World’s largest e-commerce giant Amazon on Thursday launched its fifth and largest fulfilment centre in West Bengal at Kolkata which will double its storage capacity in the state ahead of the crucial festival sales which will start from September 29. With this infrastructure, the Amazon.in
Bengalis may claim to be the Proust, Foucault, or Wilde of their generations, the more intellectually inclined culture, but come Durga Puja, one of the most important aspects is not visiting pandals or shopping with family and friends -- it's pampering our weak tummies that
She has played women’s cricket at the state level and today she is a green activist, collecting tonnes of flowers dumped by hundreds of Community Pujo organisers single- handed. Bhaswati Bose of Gariahat has taken up a green endeavour this year. She is going to
Well, this is no fight over fishes. But battle of spices! With the pattering raindrops, Hilsa catch in Bengal goes up. The ilshey guri, makes way for better hilsa spawning and netting. Many of us must have tried Bekti paturi at home. But the forgotten
Dutta House of Baguiati has set this Durga Pujo with a difference. Believers in the teachings of Swami Vivekananda, the Dutta household celebrates Durga Puja every year in their own home, and also perform the auspicious Kumari Puja. Kumari Puja is the worship of Maa
Mark the date. 12th January 2020. Your little champs will not run on a school sports field, but on a trail run, popularised across the world that enhances the fitness of children and also brings them closer to nature. Since last few years JBG Trail
It seems like Kolkata celebrates some festival every two days. After all, her people luxuriate in "bhuri bhojon", and a holiday every other day seems like the perfect opportunity to nurture our well-oiled tummies! But the mother-of-all festivities is Durga Puja, the largest street festival of
Santa Claus is coming to town! Much before 25th December for he loves Kolkata as the City of Joy probably knows how to celebrate the spirit like no other city does. Kolkata hosts one of the largest Christmas carnivals of India every winter, celebrated with
Every year as winter dawns upon the City of Joy, Kolkata decks up in a variety of hues, from flower shows to Christmas on Park Street, from oven baked fresh cakes selling at every street shop to crowds at the zoo and parks. But winter