For those who believe in fairytales and have been fed on those dreamy meandering streams across cobbled paths, high spired churches with steeples and weather-cocks, Bruges in Belgium is a must visit for them. This is one European town that has still retained its fairytale
Every year Purulia is up in flames, especially in late Winter and the whole of Spring. But the red and orange hue witnessed are not flames of fire, but the grandeur of Palash and Shimul trees that abound this district of Bengal. The long winding
Photography, prayers and peace – add all these and one gets the name Ambika Kalna, in short Kalna, a picturesque temple town of Burdwan. Not just home to religious fervour, Kalna is also an abode to astonishing works of terracotta. With an impeccable, semi-urban charm,
Soham Das is an Ex-student of Jadavpur University and a travel freak Shankarpur isn’t new to weekend travellers of Bengal, but it is still unique and virgin, unlike its better known cousins, Digha and Mandarmani, that are anytime overcrowded and over-exploited. Geographically, it is situated on
Come Ratha Yatra, travel freaks of Bengal can count on a new destination, and that too in royal style. The Mahishadal Palace will now be open to tourists for a luxury stay, where they can even on special days enjoy a meal with the royal
Have you ever heard of an unfinished Mosque? An incomplete construction that still stands with all its grandeur in the middle of the lost capital of Siraj-ud-daullah! The very tale captivated me and I decided to explore its history during my Eid holidays. A trip to
Imagine watching World Cup Football, sitting in a quiet restaurant in Russia, having a quintessential Bengali meal of daal-bhaat (rice and pulses), machher jhol or korma (fish delicacy), keema singara and pappad, rounding it off with Bengali sweets. Well we call this watching World Cup, Bengali
You will hardly find any Chinese family residing at Chinamantala. But where is this place? Well, this is the spot popularly known as Achhipur. Remnants of only two ancient Chinese settlements have survived the ravages of time – a traditional Chinese temple and the grave
Don’t be stumped by the name of the place or the picturesque and breath-taking blue hills and forests of Kolakham, that might make you think you are in the Nilgiris. You are right here in Bengal, and in the virgin territories of the Kolbong Forest
If you ever imagined yourself as the ‘Old Man with a House atop a Hill,’ then Tilabari of North Bengal is your ideal retreat. Well, you need not be old to stay at the quaint Hill Retreat of Tilabari, what you need is love for