From House No 13, Upendrakishore Roychowdhury relocated with his family to House No. 7 on Shibnath Das Lane. His children and siblings followed him. Upendrakishore’s younger sister Mrinalini was married to Anandamohan Basu’s nephew, Hemendramohan Basu. He was Anandamohan’s elder brother, Haramohan Basu’s son. He
Once upon a time social life in old Calcutta was grand and the European community was always on the look out for recreation, far from their own homes in England. The recreational activities were so popular, specially during winter months, that as per an article
Kolkata on Tuesday got its ‘Tram World’, a concept unique to the world, where people will get an opportunity to soak themselves in a myriad of interests like art, music and heritage. Marking the 140th anniversary of the Calcutta Tramways Company, that was registered in
After Feluda Park, now it’s time for Apu Park. Legendary actor Soumitra Chatterjee had essayed the role of Apu in the 1959 film which is part of the Apu trilogy directed by Satyajit Ray. The West Bengal government has decided to construct a park themed
“Interposed between the sea and the plains of Bengal lies an immense archipelago of islands…. There are no borders here to divide fresh water from salt, river from sea. The tides reach as far as three hundred kilometers inland and everyday thousands of acres of
Maa Phire Elo - main gate It has been half a month since Durga Puja ended. Though everyone has returned to their daily routine, still at heart every Bengali yearns for those Puja days and wishes that they continue a bit longer. Last year Durga Puja
Can a song immortalize an establishment? Definitely. Three decades ago, Gouriprasanna Mazumdar penned the lyrics of Coffee Houser shei addata aaj aar nei (The chat sessions at the Coffee House have faded away). Suparnakanti Ghosh set the tune and then it was Manna Dey’s turn
New Market, the grand old marketplace constructed by the British in 1874, stands as one of the last bastion of colonial pride. The British shifted their capital from Kolkata to Delhi in 1911 and left India 70 years ago, but the city has not been
Kolkata is all set to get India’s first Tyre Park as a unique Art Installation venture. The city is already famous for its world-famous art installations that come up in large numbers every Durga Puja. Now in a sustainable unique venture of turning Waste to
Did you ever lose a letter you wrote or failed to receive one that someone else did? May be that letter never reached you because of postal problems, or wrong addresses! But Kolkata never buried such ‘lost letters.’ Instead, for decades now, all the letters