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 Sea fishes do not top the favourite list of fish lovers in the Eastern part of India, unlike Western coasts
Palash Ghosh is the last of the Mohicans who continues to guard the secret recipe of world famous Bengal’s Bandel Cheese. He belongs to the only family of cheese makers who have held on to their secret gourmet art down generations, instead of looking into
Even if Gramophone is said to have been first patented in 1887 by Emile Berliner and mass-production of records started, it is interesting to note that within two years of Berliner’s discovery, ‘Koler Gaan’, as gramophone is known in Bengali, took a gigantic leap from
Ranjan Ghosh’s debut film Hrid Majharey (2014) created waves in various quarters as one of the best adaptations of William Shakespeare’s Othello, never mind the disastrous box-office response to it in his home state. While the reaction was amazing in academic circles beyond Indian shores,
Early in the 1960s, Bengali film producer Bijoy Chattopadhyay decided to commission a film based on Tarashankar Bandopadhyay’s novel, Abhijan. The story centred around a proud and hot-tempered Rajput taxi driver, Narsingh, with a passion for his car. Uttam Kumar was at the height of
Call it a Bong food connection of a Thai woman or Bong-Thai food connect, you have it all from Sirattiya Bora’s kitchen in Ghaziabad. And that’s where starts the marriage of authentic Thai cuisine to a bouquet of Bengali food. From Koraishutir Kochuri, Kasha Mansho
Every artist has his/her own style of expression but there are gifted ones whose signature styles set them apart from the hoi polloi and one such virtuoso was Ordhendra Coomar Gangopadhyay aka ‘O.C. Ganguly’, who is renowned simply as ‘OC’ in the world of advertisement.
Every year during the month of Magh (mid-January to mid-February) Kumortuli, the traditional hub of Kolkata’s idol makers and potters wakes up to a flurry of activities putting last-minute finishing touches to innumerable idols of Devi Saraswati. This is the time when Saraswati, the Goddess
Gaurang Jalan keeps a very low-profile, not at all like the hardcore producers we are familiar with in Tollywood. One reason could be that he is otherwise engaged in a flourishing family business running through two generations. However, one other thing that also spans two
On sets of Super 30 IIFA Award for Best Art Direction and Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction in 2015 for Haider, Guild Award for Best Art Direction also in 2015 for Dedh Ishqiya, National Film Award for Best Production Design in 2017 for 24, Screen