Part Victorian holiday resort, part major tea-growing centreDarjeeling is a popular Indian hill station and West Bengal’s premier destination. It lies on a ridg...
This March I happened to be traveling alone in India with baby Akash. We were in and around with a brief foray into Jaipur. It was already quite hot and the bri...
Nature is at the core of Indian mythology and many believe Hinduism to have a deep animist essence. One school of thought says Agni, the Fire God was once born ...
My posts on Calcutta are definitely not comprehensive enough as a guide, but are fondest memories of a place called home. However to present Calcutta's unique s...
'Some may say that film-makers romanticise the old world charm of Kolkata and that they are not painting the true real life of the city. I reckon perhaps it's o...
In continuation of the "This is my Brian's Calcutta", author Brian Paul Bach shares some interesting observations on one of his favourite places in the world.
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‘Howrah Bridge!’ I utter in a stunned whisper. It’s out there somewhere, closer than I think, and it is the only way I will get into Calcutta…'
On 5th of Mar...
During every Durga Puja festival time, I get inconsolably homesick. The grey cloud lasts until the week-long festivities are over and only after that, do I mana...
It is difficult to garner and pen down my thoughts about Calcutta. Too many memories, familiarity, and intimacy always jumble up my mind, so I decided to random...
There's no food like home food and us, Bengalis celebrate festivities through our bellies. It is correctly said, that the way to a man's heart is through his st...