The street where I first found a Santa Claus that sings and a cuddly Teddy Bear that talks! And that too on the makeshift shops that line every morning on Lindsay Street with their colourful fanfare from anything and everything, from leather bags and jackets
Saheli Mitra speaks to Michael Shane Calvert, chief co-ordinator of Kolkata Christmas Festival and MLA representing the Anglo India community of Bengal • Since when have you been with the Kolkata Christmas Festival and in what capacity? I have been with it since the inception in 2011.
The street where many well-known musicians including Usha Uthup started their musical journey, the street where Jewish businessmen started their food outlets, the street where the British danced to Christmas songs in pre-independent Calcutta. Park Street even today retains its old-world charm and every Christmas
• After how many years will you be performing in Kolkata? Every year since 2011, I am coming to Kolkata. I had a big show last year in Jadavpur University. But this time the show is different and very exciting, as I shall be performing with
‘Bengali Aunty/Metronome’ famed Sawan Dutta speaks to Saheli Mitra on how she has created a sensation in the online music world with her exceptionally hilarious music videos that carry important messages • You have been using songs that you write and sing yourself to spread important
The queue infront of Peter Cat never ends. Even on weekdays, food lovers do not mind waiting for hours on Park Street and Middleton Row, just to have a taste of that legendary Chelo Kebab, a speciality that has been handed down generations, tickling taste
Elodie Guignard lives and works in Paris, who is also passionate about the city of Kolkata, that she often visits or even works with children in Jhargram, teaching them the art of photography. She speaks to GB from Paris on how her photographs on humans
Since long Bengalis have been busy talking to each other in English to prove their intellectual superiority rather than in Bengali, a language that has produced some of the best literary works of the world. Now with the Central Government continuously trying to push Hindi
TILL WE MEET AGAIN SHIBAJI BOSE Shrishti Publishers Rs 199 Till We Meet Again is a kaleidoscope, that delves into the depths of colourful lives, dissecting inner thoughts and bringing out the true hues of a middle-class Kolkata neighbourhood. As you read the book and get lost into islands
Dr Madhumala Chattopadhyay was the first woman anthropologist who became the ‘milae’ (friend) of the Sentinelese tribe of Andamans, who are otherwise known to be extremely hostile. For years, she pursued her study on them and other such tribes of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands,