Job Charnock may have been the most famous of the early Englishmen to come to this part of the country but contemporary ...

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Amitav Ghosh’s new collection of non-fiction, ‘Wild Fictions’, is a jumble of bewilderingly disparate pieces, marred by ...

India's cultural capital, Kolkata, combines colonial architecture with contemporary style. The region is in addition to crazy ...

The renaming of Fort William to Vijay Durg by the Indian Army could be a strategic blunder in West Bengal, stirring ...

If you are a tourist visiting, be it alone or with family, then it is easy to be spoiled for choice when it comes to where to ...

Phulmoni Das was a little more than 10 years old when she died in 1889. Her death ignited a fierce debate on the plight of ...

Through history, the Mela has held different meanings for ascetics, the colonised, colonisers, and tourists, but all have ...

Sony LIV has released the teaser for Ram Madhvani’s upcoming series The Waking of a Nation, which delves into the truth behind one of India’s darkest colonial-era events — the Jallianwala Bagh ...

Ghugni is a common street food in Kolkata that is often eaten for breakfast or as a quick snack. Soaked white or yellow peas ...

I WROTE last week of the various pieces of good advice supplied by my hotel receptionists, the assistant manager and various guards at ...

Jhalmuri, a beloved snack of puffed rice mixed with spices, vegetables, and mustard oil, has become synonymous with Bengal’s ...