9th August 1975. People in Kolkata woke up to a headline: “Television comes to the grand old city.” And thus started the journey of Doordarshan Kendra Kolkata. As we celebrate the Foundation Day of Doordarshan Kolkata today, a missing cassette of Doordarshan Kendra Kolkata’s rare
For the men and women of the British Raj, India was often a land of exile, which offered them very little of the routine comforts they had been used to at home. However, they did their best to address the situation by substituting Western comfort
Prachi is a familiar name when it comes to heritage standalone movie theatres of Kolkata. Well, this monument to nostalgia is now ready to emerge in a new avatar, having battled the Covid-19 pandemic and its lockdowns like every other business concern. At a time
Wish to visit a war memorial built by the British? This one is unique. It was built by the British, but inspired by Mughal architecture. The war memorial of Pepper Pot built in 1847, incidentally had no connection to any war fought in Kolkata. Entrance gate(left)
Arpita Chanda is a travel freak, foodie, and explorer of the past. Arpita is also a member of the group Purono Kolkatar Golpo Nakhoda Masjid (1, Zakariya Street) near Lower Chitpur Road or present day’s Rabindra Sarani, is not only the biggest Mosque of West Bengal
Hawa lagey gaaner paley / Majhi amaar bosho haaley (The breeze makes the song-sails flutter / O boatman, be on the radar). None other than Rabindranath Tagore felt the charm of being on a boat for days, sailing on a river. His annual boat trips
It was 1942, the year that defined the fate of an impoverished Calcutta, with the notorious Bengal Famine of 1943 looming large amidst the ravages of World War II. It was during this time that American soldiers landed in Calcutta. But the Great American Dream
They first rolled out on the roads of Kolkata in 1958, the iconic yellow glossy and sturdy Ambassador taxis that became another name for the hustle and bustle of the City of Joy. But after 2014, when Hindustan Motors stopped manufacturing the Ambassador Classic cabs,
The wooden tram that once used to ply on the streets of Kolkata, gets its place of honour at the Heritage Transport Museum in Gurgaon, near Delhi. In fact, this tram will be the main attraction of the museum on its fourth anniversary. Only this
Some roadside city taps still have sculpted lion heads. However, the once flowing mouth of the lion have dried up. The body of such taps resembles Greco-Roman styled pillars. Before they were installed, Calcuttans had only one source of water for drinking and bathing ----