In the middle of the urban city jungle, how about enjoying the food of those for whom the forest is home? Over the past few years, Kolkata has always been a foodie’s paradise. People here have experimented with and experienced ‘different’ kinds of food joints,
Chheley Kaar! (1954) Cast: Bikash Roy, Master Tilak, Chhabi Biswas, Arundhati Devi, Bhanu Banerjee, Tulsi Chakraborty, Nabadwip Haldar Director: Chitta Basu The most common description of Chheley Kaar! (literally, ‘whose son?’, but the exclamation mark is important) online is that it is a romantic comedy. Which is utter
The winter season in Kolkata has just begun. Winter has different names in Kolkata- the jaggery season, the “pithe” season (a kind of sweet), the season of peas, the season of oranges, and so on. “Komla Lebu” is an emotion for us, from picnics to
Horror comedy is a literary, television, and film genre that combines elements of comedy and horror fiction. Horror comedy is categorized into three types: black comedy, parody, and spoof. It often crosses over with the black comedy genre. Horror comedy can also parody or subtly
Those in Kolkata who had lived from 1939 to 1960, had the good luck to savour the taste of Trincas’ breakfast. Not after that. For the breakfast fever next shifted to Flurys, and Trincas no more served the elaborate English breakfast that it was once
Ganga (1960) Cast: Gyanesh Mukherjee, Sandhya Roy, Ruma Guha Thakurta, Moni Srimani, Niranjan Ray, Sita Mukhopadhyay Director: Rajen Tarafdar Watching it today, it seems almost incredible that Ganga was only the second film for director-screenplay writer-actor Rajen Tarafdar, a highly underrated filmmaker whose brief body of work ought
Shankher korat Those familiar with Bengali proverbs will know all about a ‘shankher korat’, the nearest English equivalent probably being ‘between a rock and a hard place’. The proverbial ‘korat’ is a fearsome circular cutter used to carve bangles out of conch shells, and what has
WIndia’s first ever Bangla literary festival, the Apeejay Bangla Sahitya Utsob (ABSU), is in its eighth year. Curated by Oxford Bookstore, this three-day literary festival is also being streamed online, keeping in mind Bengali literary fans all over the world. Eminent linguist, literary critic, academician,
The sound of the McLeod’s Light Railways (MLR) train’s whistle pierced the surrounding. A sudden flurry of activities signaled the majestic train chugging and entering the platform. ‘Master! Please hurry up and pass me a ticket to Goddess Kali…’ Railway operations commenced in West Bengal in
Incredible in its potential, pumpkin has always been one of the most underrated vegetables in India. In Bengal pumpkin is mostly used in mixed vegetables, like kumror chhakka (a mashed pumpkin recipe with nuts) and even pumpkin fries and fritters. However, in USA the demand