Thursdays are special. These are Lokkhibaar, days when Grandma and Maa offer prayers to the generous Goddess ...
Traditional Recipes From Grandmas Kitchen
Ila Mashir Golda Chingrir Korma
There is no one I know who is so full of joie de vivre and exudes as much positivity, even when faced with ...
Garur Dal | Aat Aanajer Dal
Every year, on the last day of the Hindu calendar month of Ashwin , Grandma would cook a special dal. Eight ...
Kumro Phooler Pur (Stuffed Pumpkin Flower Fritters)
The doorbell rang. The man and I are in the garden, S engrossed in his email that has arrived overnight, I ...
Tel Koi
I have sulked all morning. It’s unacceptable and unfair, I have rehearsed the fervent pitch in ...
Bhetki Maacher Jhal
I wake up to charcoal bruised heavens and the pitter-patter of rain this morning. It’s not ...
Mangshor Jhol
S and I are sipping tea. It’s a rain-blessed morning, the sun is yet to emerge from beyond the ...
Bhapa Ilish
The man has brought home some absolute gorgeous Hilsa, D rattles on the phone, animated and impatient, ...
Boal Maacher Biryani
Maacher Biryani ? A cynical S had asked me. We were in Hyderabad, savouring a delectable biryani, ...
Nolen Gurer Ice Cream
It’s far from easy, I can vouch, to forego a job when you are at the peak of your career and take a plunge to ...
Kancha Aam diye Mangsho (Lamb with Raw Mangoes)
S and I both love our books. Nothing gives us more joy than spending endless hours idling around with ...
Mashkolai Daler Khichuri
An Amphan-battered Bengal inches back to normalcy. Rising from the devastation left behind by the diabolical ...












