“why is it so, that heritage means only some old structures? Our city has a rich intangible heritage. So, why don’t we…
Kolkata has always been a melting pot- a confluence of culture. And for a glutton like me, no culture is complete without…
Being a Bengali পেটুক, born in Kolkata, I have a certain mental blockage against eating Bengali food at a restaurant. I always…
Shantiniketan can be called as the average (or non-average) Bengali’s intellectual capital. It’s just 4.5 hour’s drive from Kolkata and by train,…
I believe in a very simple philosophy. If any restaurant, or business in that matter, crosses a century- it’s safe. More than…
“Kulfi malai chaiiiiii ” for most of us middle-aged human beings, this call was quite a similar one. During childhood, there used…
It was around two centuries back, yes, long time … One Mr Philip Miner Dacres used to meet sailors over meals in…
The (infamous) scorching summer in Bengal was just settling in when we decided to go on a sweet hunt. It was a…
“Among all the biryani I’ve tasted, one of the most underrated ones is Muradabadi biryani at Nizamuddin Basti”, I commented and casually sat…
Veg food in Delhi is a myth- my friends told me. But that’s not the scene– no. There is a huge variety…