Well, contrary to the usual Awadhi and Hyderabadi biriyani, Kolkata Biriyani has its very own recipe and style of cooking. Nawab Wajid Ali Shah included the potato or aloo in it which was an exotic vegetable in those days. The potato cooked with the biriyani
It was in the year 1967. The Farmer Revolution of Naxalbari had created waves by then, leading to a rift among various communist parties of India. Politicians who supported the villagers and farmers of Naxalbari, gradually distanced themselves from others. A similar picture was seen
My Bishnupur trail did not just end with the famous terracotta temples or Rash Mancha. It was also about the Baluchari Sarees, that unfortunately never got the status like Benarasi, but have enough potential to even excel a Dhakai muslin! Bishnupur was a prominent seat
When filmmaker Srijit Mukherjee was scheduled to release his film Gumnami (2019), based on a popular theory that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose actually survived the plane crash that supposedly killed him, many of Netaji’s descendants were voluble in their protest. In particular, his grand-nephew and
The Spring has arrived on time this year, and so has the cuckoo songs, with twitters of birds as they try to build their new nests. The flame of Palash and Shimul still reign the landscapes of Bengal, yet something is amiss this Basanta Utsav.
“Of all God’s gifts to the sighted man, color is holiest, the most divine, the most solemn.” – John Ruskin The Festival of colours is round the corner and though many of us will probably remain indoors and not play with colours, thanks to the Pandemic
Shushmita Banerjee is a teacher and a foodie. She loves turning her kitchen into a creative hub with freshly plucked fruits and vegetables from her garden In this hot summer, the smell and flavour of lemons are very refreshing and what can be better if it’s
Ranjini Guha is an Associate Professor in History with research interests in Food History. She is author of the upcoming book, Foodscapes, Lockdown and Dinner Diaries Though I had an ancestry from what is now Bangladesh, quite similar to my husband's house, yet we were quite
Mixed fruits jams are probably the next best thing to having the actual fruits themselves, particularly if they are made from 100 percent organic ingredients as ours are. As with all our products, the mixed fruit jams we offer you are completely natural, free of
Nasi goreng with chicken satay and peanut sauce by Anurita Nehra Last year, at about this time, the Covid-19 pandemic really came home to us as the nationwide lockdown went into effect. In the year since then, the world as we knew it has undergone immense,