In this rapidly changing world convenience foods and packaged snacks make up the majority of the meals we make, once and again we forget the simplicity of nurturing our bodies and minds. Healthy eating is not a habit or a diet; it is a lifestyle
In this rapidly changing world convenience foods and packaged snacks make up the majority of the meals we make, once and again we forget the simplicity of nurturing our bodies and minds. Healthy eating is not a habit or a diet; it is a lifestyle
Bengali 'mishti' makers share their magic with Jaipur’s sweetshops for decades
Ride the ferry or the bus, eat food, and experience the magnificence of the grand celebrations of Bengal
Pather Panchali was the first film of what came to be known as the Apu Trilogy
Ratan Das and his 8-year-old son were keenly putting paints on a huge mask that looked like the bearers of Evil. Just beside them lay a big face of a laughing God. We had met these artisans from North Dinajpur a couple of years ago at a
In Bengal’s villages, food was never just for filling the stomach. It was about survival, health, and using whatever nature gave. In this new age, when we participate in ‘sustainable eating’, rural Bengal has already lived that natural wisdom for generations. They welcomed natural probiotics to irons,
In a sticky situation on a humid afternoon in a village just outside Murshidabad, an artisan is weaving a saree from fine cotton thread on his wooden loom. The clattering of the loom has been a part of his life since childhood and he learnt it
According to mythology, during the war between Rama and Ravana, Goddess Durga was invoked through the ritual of Akalbodhan (untimely worship). When the Goddess did not appear to be satisfied, Vibhishana advised Rama that she must be worshipped with 108 blue lotuses. Rama agreed and
Venice has always been a city of stories—whispered along its canals, reflected in its shimmering waters. Last week, the story that made the rounds, at least in Bengal and India was that of Anuparna Roy, the Indian filmmaker whose debut feature, Songs of Forgotten Trees,