Wake up, Bapi whispers into my ears, the bus shall be here at six sharp. Ten more minutes, I request ...
Food Photography
Christmas Fruit Cake | Christmas Plum Cake
Christmas is about celebration, festivities and joy. The joy of life. The joy of sharing and ...
Mouri Bandhakopi
A close friend sends me a gorgeous cabbage from her garden this morning. It’s not easy to grow cabbage, she ...
Keemar Labra (Mutton Mince with Vegetables)
The shrill of the telephone bell punctuates the serene tranquil of a mist-laced autumn-melting-into-winter ...
Chingri diye Kolai Dal (Urad Dal with Shrimps)
One autumn evening, Bapi brings home a pair of binoculars. A childhood friend of his had been visiting and he ...
Lonka Pora Rui /Katla (Rohu / Katla with Charred Red Chilli Paste)
It’s a sultry summer morning, the ancient fan whirring above struggles to provide any respite from the ...
Taler Pitha
There’s a melancholy despair about Bijoya Doshomi. It’s meant to be a day of festivities and celebration, ...
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 ...
Nolen Gurer Sandesh | Sondesh| Norom Paker Sandesh
Grandma carefully pulls out an old Britannia tin, the colours faded with age, the surface dimpled having ...
Murgi Monohora
Isn't it rather unusual that on a manic Monday morning, I wallow in sweet nostalgia, allowing myself the ...
Ilish Chirer Jhol (Hilsa Curry with Fried Flattened Rice)
The shrill of the phone punctuates the idyllic silence of a lazy afternoon. I am immersed in a book, the ...
Moong Phulkopir Ghonto (Caulifower and Moong Dal Dry Curry)
It’s a gorgeous autumn morning. The nimbus clouds that had usurped the heavens above and scarred them an ...












