How to spend a perfect weekend in Kolkata: 2 days Itinerary
This blog is for a first time visitor to Kolkata who wants to explore the heritage corners of the old city, eat amazing Bengali food, explore the colonial heritage of Kolkata and loves to explore by foot, even photo-walks! This is an ideal weekend itinerary for Kolkata. You can always extend your stay and visit […]
Top 10 Heritage Saree Shops in Kolkata for the Best Bengali Saree (Durgapuja Special)
About this blog: Durgapuja is knocking at the door. This is the time of buying sarees in Kolkata and West Bengal. As Bengali we have a few favourite saree shops in Kolkata. They have been running the show for a little more than eight decades. These are some of the heritage saree shops that we […]
20+ Top Rated Tourist Attractions in West Bengal: A Local’s Guide
23 best places to visit in West Bengal by a local. Cheap places to visit in West Bengal.
DURGA PUJA 2020: Stay Safe & Socially Distanced in the Age of New Normal
About this blog: A guide to celebrate Durgapuja 2020 with essential tips of social distancing and safety protocols. That is if you are celebrating. If you are holding off the mass celebration for this year, and waiting for “Asche Bochor Abar Hobe” (next year, we will celebrate the festival of Durga Puja again), heartiest congratulations. […]
30 Things That will Happen in Kolkata When lockdown Ends
Look, I am going to be candid here. It sucks to be at home, day in day out, under the lockdown. And be scared. And look at the phone screen all the time, whether Netflixing or searching for Corona memes or something else. Whatever. Time to time, Trump or others make appearances, with their bat […]
Saras Mela: a Winter Handicraft Fair in Kolkata
About this blog: Indian folk art is not just sustainable, they are ecologically made out of scraps and take unforeseen aesthetic shapes. often times, they are the yield of a thriving cottage industry. Women folks of a village make them in their lone time, in between household chores and performing mammoth other responsibilities, which range […]
A Death, Indian Spring and a month in Kolkata: Life in the Times of Corona!
[This is NOT a blog post to tell you to travel or not during the worldwide breakout of Covid 19 pandemic. I am writing this from a lock-down house in Bangalore. This is just an account of how life panned out in past one month, with a series of events occurring while Corona Virus took […]
Chittoda’s Dokan at Dacre’s Lane: Home to Kolkata’s Finest Street Food!
About this blog: Kolkata, the grandmother of all Indian mega-cities, has received many an accolade for her intense street food culture. Dacre’s Lane in Kolkata is one of the oldest surviving street food hubs, that traces back history in the eventful days of British Raj. The fact that Dacre’s Lane features few century old food joints, which […]
Photo Essay: Bakultala Bazar, Kolkata – Cacophony of a Fish Market!
“Do not make this class a fish market!” our teachers would chide invariably at the onset of a new session post summer holidays! I vaguely remember visiting a fish market, the chaos, the mayhem, the excited middle aged Bengali fathers, in search of the freshest carp! It was not until I started living in Delhi […]
Exploring the Kebabs and Biryani at Zakaria Street, Kolkata with a Map
About this blog: Zakaria Street is located near Chitpur, one of the oldest localities in Kolkata. Zakaria Street houses Nakhoda Masjid, the largest mosque of East India! During Ramzan (Ramadan), Zakaria street comes live with various food for Iftari. Gastronomes of Kolkata highly revere Zakaria street’s Iftar spread of Biryani, kebabs, haleem, halwa etc. This […]