Puri, the name itself opens the floodgate of nostalgia in a bong’s mind. Probably, the first tour with parents, the first sea,…
I went to Bangladesh on a quest for hilsa. Yes, the fish that is the object of desire for both India and…
” Will you be able to talk at the seminar on Indo-Us Food ? ” When I first got the call, I…
The French National Day is the anniversary of the Bastille Day on 14 July 1789, a turning point of the French Revolution, as well as the…
Many idiots like me confuse Awadhi cuisine with Mughlai cuisine (P.S: This will be slightly boring , hence please bear with me…
This is probably my last installment of my trip to Murshidabad. The land of nawabs just 4 hours journey from Kolkata and…
I know I’ve been talking about mango in last few of my posts and frankly being someone obsessed with it, I can’t…
We bongs are known to be quite possessive and eccentric in nature- especially towards our food and culture. And, for us, summer means…
We bongs are known to be quite possessive and eccentric in nature- especially towards our food and culture. And, for us, summer…
“You know those little kids ? Whenever they taste something tasty, they run around shouting Shimbu shimbu, meaning tasty tasty …. ”…