2019 marks the 160th anniversary of the Durga Pujo in the Daw family of Jorasanko. Narasingha Chandra Daw, a ...
Desserts
Sheorafuli Rajbarir Rajeshwari
2019 marks the 286th anniversary of the Durga Pujo at the Sheorafuli Rajbari. Folklore suggests, Debi ...
Shovabazar Rajbarir Pokanno
It was in the year 1757 , just after the victory of the British over Nawab Siraj-ud-daulah of Bengal at the ...
Rani Rashmoni Barir Perakir Payesh
The Durga Pujo at the Janbazar residence of Rani Rashmoni, the legendary philanthropist of 19th century ...
Bhawanipur Nandan Barir Chandrapuli
The family patriarch Nitai Chandra Nandan started the Durga Pujo in his premises in the year 1968, a ...
Taler Bora (Ripe Palmyra/Sugar Palm Fritters)
It poured like never before. Lightning serpents zigzagged across the charcoal-scarred sky. Peals of deafening ...
Poda Pitha
I have never quite been able to explain why Puri holds such a special place in my heart. May be it’s the ...
Gajorer Doodpuli (Doodhpuli with Carrot Stuffing)
Has it ever happened, you are in the midst of cooking, when to utter dismay and indescribable frustration, ...
Christmas Fruit Cake | Christmas Plum Cake
Christmas is about celebration, festivities and joy. The joy of life. The joy of sharing and ...
Taler Pitha
There’s a melancholy despair about Bijoya Doshomi. It’s meant to be a day of festivities and celebration, ...
Nolen Gurer Sandesh | Sondesh| Norom Paker Sandesh
Grandma carefully pulls out an old Britannia tin, the colours faded with age, the surface dimpled having ...
Rasabali
Wave after wave lashes the shore. With a monotonous predictability that only Nature can guarantee. I ...












