A survey to identify the extent of missing items found that nearly 30 per cent of street furniture has been stolen ...

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

In the mid 18th century the East India company was at the ... The French at Pondicherry and Chandernagore, the British in Madras and Calcutta. In 1756, rivalry exploded into open warfare.

Rijula Das’s translation brings alive Bhattacharya’s carnivalesque, ensuring the reader does not miss either the nuances or ...

To aid in navigation:” the political economy of cotton in the Portuguese Empire. In 1790, British envoy Robert Walpole asked ...

If you’re looking for places to visit when in Kolkata, or have a trip coming in soon, then we’ve got you covered. Save this ...

THE next T20 World Cup takes place a year from now in India and Sri Lanka and it is safe to say that England will not be ...

This is also a very fun place to experience the old Calcutta charm in multiple ways ... non-church cemetery and was built back in the 18th century. One of the earliest and largest burial grounds ...

an iconic establishment from the late 18th century. Built around 1786 by an English innkeeper named James Parr, the tavern was advertised in the Calcutta Gazette. The announcement read ...

Kay Sohini's graphic memoir, This Beautiful, Ridiculous City, tells a story of migration and redefinition. Gay Talese gathers ...