If you asked someone staying in Kolkata, where could you buy a very old book currently unavailable in the Oxfords and the Starmarks and the so called sophisticated book stores of the city, you’ll be guided to the College Street. It indeed is true that there hardly exists a book which has not seen the […]

It was the May of 1856. The dejected Nawab heaved a sigh of sorrow as he stepped down the McLeod. The steamer had just docked at the Bichali Ghat in the southern fringes of erstwhile Calcutta. He had travelled till Varanasi on a palanquin and then boarded the McLeod Steamer, leaving behind his favourite Zurd […]

A shove here. A push there. A multitude of people busily walking across. The hustle and bustle of this place can easily help it win the title of the busiest areasin Kolkata. Such is the feel of B.B.D Bagh. When the East Indian Company landed in Kolkata, they built a square in the western part […]

I am not just a ghat, not just a famous place of Kolkata. It’s contribution to this city goes back to the time when it was sutanoti. From travellers to business, to fishing, to bathing, I have seen it all. I have seen the flourishing business of the British era. I have seen the changing times, the […]

It was just the night before my pilgrimage to Banaras was about to begin. Yes I could clearly remember that dream; only it was not a dream. It was real. The divine goddess was real. Her instructions were real. Calcutta is my beautiful city. And with a river that flows with pride and people who […]

The ancestral home of noble laureate Rabindranath Tagore, Joransanko Thakurbari, contributes an immense amount to the rich culture of Kolkata involving the Bengal Renaissance and Brahmo Samaj. The stories surrounding the red brick mansion can be dated back to 18th century when it was built by Prince Dwarkanath Tagore, Kobigurus grandfather. Jorasanko Thakurbari Museum is […]

Park Street can figuratively be declared to be the heart of the city. With its easy going, happy-go-lucky feel, the vibrant party atmosphere and the host of restaurants lined up on the sides- Park Street is resplendent in the revelry that every Kolkatan wants to indulge in. Park Street, officially known as the Mother Teresa […]