A hole-in-the-wall tea shop in West Bengal founded by a freedom fighter is run by customers when the owner’s out.

The sewer line runs 2.7km from the General Post Office (GPO) to the Sealdah flyover, where it connects with another brick ...

I was in Delhi for a shoot. All-night shooting schedules left my days free. Delhi’s summer was scorching…the new State ...

North Kolkata has many hidden gems ... but was concerned about his mansion and collection. He had befriended Girishchandra Mitra, son of Raja Digambar Mitra of Jhamapukur, during his time at Cambridge ...

Those familiar with Husain’s style, says Shivani, will recognise his characteristic expressive brushstrokes “even though the ...

Kidderpore, or Khidirpur, is a neighbourhood in South Kolkata named after Khidr, the guardian saint of the seas for Bengal’s fishing communities. Other than being a filming location of Khakee: The ...

A top actress from a Marathi royal family in Sangli, she is the granddaughter of Chintamanrao Dhundirao Patwardhan, the last ruling Raja of the princely state of Sangli during the British Raj in ...

As I entered Dr Singh’s modest Room 43 in the old Parliament House, I saw there ... As we neared Raj Bhavan, he asked me who the last British governor of Bengal was. When I told him of Sir ...

Historically, Kolkata had two forts—one (now in the General Post Office area) was built around 1660 and later captured by Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah, while the second was built in 1775 by the British Raj .

Rooted in a passion for authentic flavours and inspired entertaining, Madhu’s brings a taste of New Delhi to the heart of our historic Mansion ... to the opulence of Indian Maharajas during the ...