In 1610, a good eight decades before the British acquired the zamindari rights of Sutanuti, Gobindopur and ...
Durga Pujar Bhruibhoj
Shibpur RoyChowdhury Barir Kolar Borar Payesh
Every bonedi barir Durga Pujo has a story to tell, the Durga Pujo in Shibpur RoyChowdhury family, considered ...
Mejbani Mangsho
And meet my mother-in-law, T announces. The septuagenarian lady who walks out to the living room is an ...
Ilish Recipes you shouldn’t miss
Discover a treasure-trove of Ilish / Hilsa recipes. From Grandmom and Maas kitchen. And whenever, wherever I ...
Chachi’s Chingrir Roshbora ( Shrimp Dumplings in Coconut Milk)
Bapi chose to remain uncannily reticent whenever Dada and I quizzed him about his and Grandma's migration ...
Chattagram er Kala Bhuna
I am hardly ten. Just the age when the tragic enigma of Death has started to loom large on my psyche. I am ...
Pujor Ranna | Durga Pujor Bhuribhoj
One day to go and She shall be arriving. My lal-par saree has been laundered and ironed. The kansa has ...
Narkel Chingri Pulao (Prawn Pilaf with Coconut)
The radio is the cynosure of the humble study in our house. The wooden contraption, religiously dusted by ...
Chitol Maacher Muitha (Chitol Dumplings in an Onion Gravy)
The incredibly bony virtually inedible gada of the prized chitol maach rests on a kansa thala in front of ...
Ilish Barishali (Hilsa with Coconut in a Yoghurt – Mustard sauce)
It's yet another lazy do-nothing Sunday morning. I lie on my couch, watching the truant winter sun project ...
Chicken Chaap (Chicken in Rich Aromatic Gravy)
That we Bengalis adore our Mughlai food is a restrained understatement for sure. We have a soul connection ...
Bhoger Khichuri aar Labra
She is at her gorgeous best this evening. Resplendent in her new rani sari. Decked in her jewellery. Her ...












