Ma Durga's arrival on Earth heralds a season of festivities like no other in West Bengal and adjoining states in eastern India. Food takes precedence in homes and streets and is one of the best ways to experience this annual festival. Today we will share
Durga Puja is the largest festival in West Bengal, and one of the largest in India. But this simple sentence says nothing. As a visitor to our beautiful state, or even as a resident, unless you have been on a ‘Puja Parikrama’, or tour of Durga
Shamit Shome, a Canadian soccer player of Bangladeshi origin Like most Southeast Asian countries, Bengal is yet to display its prowess in the global football arena. That is all about to change though; it looks like soccer will get a taste of the Bengal flavour with
East Kolkata Wetlands, widely known as the "Kidney of Kolkata How about spending a serene ‘me’ time for a few hours far away from the madding crowds of Durga Pujo, staring at the tranquil waters of the pristine Nalban Lake? Well, it is getting a big-time
At the end of every autumn and the onset of the long-awaited winters, many migratory birds flock to different districts of Bengal from far-off lands. The villages of Bengal get filled with them and their calls mesmerize the people around. They attract tourists who visit
Pata Durga People nowadays have almost forgotten about the existence of ‘Pata Durga’, one of the earliest art forms that celebrated Maa Durga. Worshipping ‘patas’ with figurines of Maa Durga drawn upon those, was popular almost in every part of Bengal. The bright earthen colours of
Deulghata Durga Puja, Purulia Purulia is famous for many things such as the Chau dance, the Masks of Charida village which are used in the martial dance of Chau, its rich biodiversity, and so on. Along with all this, it is also distinguished for hosting the
For those who have tasted the round and crunchy and juicy Roshokodombo know exactly why this particular sweet of Bengal survived the test of time, even though many other sweets of the Bengal Sultanate era did not. Simple. They were heavenly in taste and looked
Legendary artist/author Benode Behari Mukherjee Legendary artist/author Benode Behari Mukherjee (7 February 1904–11 November 1980) emphasized in one of his essays, that the sense of intuition is what truly allows an artist to understand an object by contemplation instead of observation. On September 24, Kolkatans woke up
Deep Narayan Nayak, nominated for the Global Teacher Award Two Indian educators, Deep Narayan Nayak, a primary school teacher from West Bengal, and Hari Krishna Patacharu, an English teacher from Andhra Pradesh, have made it to the top 50 shortlist for the 2023 Global Teacher Prize.