Discover The Local Legends That Define Kolkata's Unique Identity
Discover the fabric of local legends that makes up the unique identity of Kolkata. Told with history and culture, these ...
The Asian Age2d
Book Review | Quirky ’40s Calcutta notebook
On page 450, exactly halfway through Great Eastern Hotel, Ruchir Joshi’s 900-page behemoth of a historical novel, I stopped ...
A slum with 700 people living on the terrace of a multistorey Calcutta building
Since then, for over seven decades now, the slum on the terrace of Karnani Estate has been home to families whose ancestors ...
How students of Calcutta’s Hindu College created an idea of ‘the people of India’ under British rule
The Young Bengal was a group of Bengali free thinkers from Hindu College, Calcutta. They were also known as Derozians, after ...
From Goa to Burma to Calcutta: The story of Kolkata’s premier musical instrument seller
Marquis Street, Calcutta, during World War II, Braganza & Co. began with pianos and violins left behind by the British and ...
British Council Library unveils new research section
The British Council, the UK’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities, has announced ...
British Council Kolkata
The British Council, the UK’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities, has announced the launch of a research and publication section at its Kolkata library.
The Telegraph1mon
Yesterdate: This day from Kolkata's past, February 14, 1797
On this day, the ship, Lord Macartney, launched as an East Indiaman, arrived in Calcutta on its sixth and last voyage for the British East India Company. It had sailed from Portsmouth in England. It ...