Metcalf Hall With apologies for the hiatus between our last edition and this, we return to our walkabout of Kolkata’s oldest quarters. As promised last time, our walk this week will take us around the Esplanade area, and will be the last of our short walks.
Tanmoy Chatterjee A photographer of national repute, Tanmoy has taken some beautiful shots of Kurseong in the rains, and GetBengal is thankful to him for giving us an opportunity to publish his photographs Traditional wisdom says that the monsoon is not the best time to visit a
If you wish to recreate Tagore’s Shesher Kabita on the foothills of the Himalayas in North Bengal instead of Shillong, then Rangaroon is the place to go. Why? It’s because during the spring and summer seasons, this small village in Darjeeling is awash with the
In the second episode of our walking tour of Kolkata, we cover the rest of the BBD Bag area, where we started out last week. As it was last time, the route this time is short and crisp, beginning from St Andrew’s Church, which we
Baranti (or Barhanti) is a small tribal village in Raghunathpur subdivision of Purulia district. Situated beside Baranti Lake, it is a still growing, and quiet, tourist destination. Not too far from Asansol (about 38 km), Baranti is located amidst the Panchet (Panchakot), Gorongi, and Biharinath
A story that plays out eerily similar to Shah Rukh Khan’s 2007 film Om Shanti Om, Prayag Film City was supposed to be a dream project with a massive budget. Located 165 km from Kolkata in West Midnapore, Prayag Film City, sometimes referred to as
For most of us, Barrackpore probably brings to mind Mangal Pandey and his famous act of rebellion that led to the mutiny of 1857, which ended the rule of the East India Company. As punishment for his rebellion, Pandey was hanged by the British, allegedly
It is tempting to begin this piece with a detailed description of the beauty of Darjeeling, but we suspect that would merely be repeating the obvious. No matter how many times you have visited the ‘Queen of the Hills’, its spectacular natural charm refuses to
Carron Where does the word ‘bungalow’ actually come from? From the Hindi ‘bangla’, actually, meaning ‘belonging to Bengal’, to describe a house built in a certain style, presumably originating in this part of the country. The first recorded usage of the word in English dates back
What combines acting, singing, and also a bit of dancing? A Bollywood or Tollywood film, you may well answer. But the art form we are talking about is far more ancient, a true all-in-one package with its home in what is today Bengal’s Malda district,