In an exclusive interview to GB, Kolkata’s artist Sudip Chatterjee speaks on why and how his paintings were featured on German stamps! • How did you come to know your paintings have been taken up by the German government on their stamps? A few weeks ago, I
GB exclusive interview with Shameek Chakravarty, one of the founder members of Farmizen that helps consumers grow their own vegetables on mini farms. Shameek tells Saheli Mitra they would soon be in Kolkata! • How did the idea of ‘growing your own vegetables on your own
Elizabeth Clarke, managing director of Windamere Hotel, Darjeeling, speaks to Saheli Mitra about the exclusive property and how heritage tourism can be made popular in Bengal Elizabeth Clarke • Windamere Hotel has a heritage tag. Can you share its brief history? Windamere Hotel started out as ‘Ada Villa’
Atri Bhattacharya, Principal Secretary Tourism and Secretary for Home &Hill affairs, gives a candid interview to Saheli Mitra at CII’s Destination East. GB exclusive on Bengal’s tourism plans • You are thinking of exploring a private/ public-private partnership for state government owned tourist lodges across Bengal.
Mumbai is all set to take a leaf out of Kolkata’s book.India’s financial capital and richest city has decided to follow the City of Joy’s footsteps and launch their first ever floating restaurants on the Arabian Sea. After a month in sea, Mumbai’s first cruise
Asha Bhatia is an Indian journalist, who has worked in Dubai for over three decades. She paints an interesting modern picture of life and times in Dubai in her recently published book “Life in the Twinkle of an Eye – Dubai: A Hundred Years in
Dasghara is a village between Dhanekhali and Tarakeshwar. Educationist Paramita Biswas whose family had a major contribution in the education movement in the village, has recently set up Dasghara Girls’ College to support higher education of local girls. She speaks to Saheli Mitra in an
• Why do you feel ‘gourmet food’ in a home delivery or takeaway format will do great in Kolkata? Kolkata lacked ‘gourmet' food,’ or western roasts and grills takeaway format. I have been cooking in that style for a while, and have been lucky enough to
In an exclusive GB interview to author and poet Saheli Mitra, renowned singer Sahana Bajpaie speaks of her journey as a musician, her love for her homeland and her last show of the year at Poland, where she will sing Rabindrasangeet with Polish subtitles • What
Sumana Roy’s first book, How I Became a Tree, a work of non-fiction, was published in India in February this year. Her poems and essays have appeared in Granta, Guernica, LARB, Drunken Boat, the Prairie Schooner, Berfrois, and other journals. She lives in Siliguri in