Gita Deyy, a veteran actress in the Bengali film industry If Chhaya Devi was known to the Bengali movie audience as the ‘Mother’ with a personality, Gita Dey was the scheming aunt or mother-in-law. Well, that’s the stereotype she was set into on the movie screen.
The one thing that cannot be bound by barriers of language, race, or borders of countries is food. And when it comes to Hilsa, the one fish placed as the “fish of kings” in the landscape of Bengal, who cares if the cherished recipe originates
Pinaki Babu along with one of his disciples, Raju, aka Debendra Mondal They were walking by the road, stopping here and there, and quietly aiming little balls that looked like chocolate bombs from afar. Although the bombs made no sound, nor do they burst out. Why
Banabitan, popularly known as Saltlake Central Park The second largest open space of Kolkata and its satellite towns just after Maidan is now all set to be an eco-education hub conducting nature tours, walks, and knowledge camps for the students and others. Well, that’s Banabitan, the
Food Street a la Bangkok to be introduced in Kolkata Words do not do justice to the glory of the street food culture of Kolkata. Famed for its large array of world-renowned sweetmeats, Kolkata is equally famous for rustling together various offerings of ready-to-eat meals, snacks,
Twelve Mile Forest, Ranibandh-Sutan When you think of Bankura, you probably have in mind a vague collage of red earth, rugged terrain, the Bankura horse, or even the ancient kingdom of Mallabhum, for the historical minded. However, what the name doesn’t usually evoke is an image
Kadali Payesh, an age-old dessert from Shibpur’s Roychowdhury Bari Bengal has a rich history that dates back thousands of years. Not just known for its diverse and vibrant culture, literature, music, dance, and cinema, but also for its traditional Bengali cuisine, with its emphasis on fish,
West Bengal Forest Department to set up a vet clinic at the Alipur Zoo premises In West Bengal, the total recorded forest land is 11,879 sq. km, of which 7,054sq. km is Reserved Forest, 3,772 sq. km is Protected Forest and 1,053 sq. km. is Unclassed
State government to set up pocket gardens of sandalwood trees across Kolkata Santalum album aka chandana in Sanskrit, is a valuable tree and has been part of Indian culture and heritage for thousands of years. It was one of the first items traded with other countries
Whenever we think of mountains, we think of Darjeeling, Kalimpong, and Dooars, their spiral roads, tea gardens, fluffy clouds, pine forests, picaresque hamlets like Takda, Tinchuley, Silarigaon, Lamahatta, Icchegaon, and what not! We, the visitors go to these places to shed our year-long stress and