• Why did you choose to be an architectural conservationist? I wasn’t aware of this interest during my under-graduation at CEPT Ahmedabad. While courses in architectural history and field programs to sites of historic significance were part of the curriculum, the focus was on creating something
Every year the Sindhis of Kolkata eagerly await Guru Nanak Jayanti. It gives a perfect opportunity to the entire community to come together and strengthen their bonds of brotherhood. During the partition of India, we Sindhis were forced to leave our home Sindh, the very
If you have always dreamt of being James Bond or for that matter that ‘Thai Thai Thai’ Feluda, you stand a chance to practice shooting at an Olympic standard shooting range set up at Kolkata’s Police Training School. The Kolkata Police recently carried an announcement
The journey of knowledge had started way back in 1784, when William Jones established the Asiatic Society, to study Indology. At the moment, the place harbours around 50,000 rare manuscripts, accessible only to members. But this oldest archive of the country got digitized this week
Kolkata is destined to lose yet another iconic establishment and a prominent city landmark very soon. The Union Government’s decision to dissolve the Tea Board of India has come as a big blow for Bengal. Barely a couple of months prior to this decision, state
The moment I heard, the City of Joy would be playing host to an exhibition on Parsi culture, I was excited. The word Parsi to many of us means an outstanding community that has remained a pride of our country. The exhibition - Threads of
Fourteen years ago, my young grand-uncle and his family immigrated to Australia. They settled there into a new way of life, got good jobs, sent their young daughter, who was around 6 years then, to a good school and eventually bought their own home in
Come December, join GB Walks, and get spooked at the haunted sites of Kolkata, why not enjoy a ghastly-ghostly feeling first-hand! Kolkata always had its share of spooky, haunted old buildings and heritage sites, thanks to the British and European legacy that this city holds on
We are all familiar with Sukumar Ray, the nonsensical poet of Bengal and India, who was often compared to none other than Lewis Carroll. Sukumar Ray’s Abol Tabol, is a path-breaking collection of nonsense poems that have a deep-seated meaning hidden behind the fun and
The restored Nivedita house on 16 Bosepara Lane in Bagbazar will be opened to public on October 28. The Archaeological Survey of India had taken up the restoration project for this Grade One Heritage building of North Kolkata. In 2013 the state government bought the