How to spend a perfect weekend in Kolkata: 2 days Itinerary

This blog is for a first time visitor to Kolkata who wants to explore the heritage corners of the old city, eat amazing Bengali food, explore the colonial heritage of Kolkata and loves to explore by foot, even photo-walks! This is an ideal weekend itinerary for Kolkata. You can always extend your stay and visit […]

Being loved to death: the Slow but Steady decay of Darjeeling!

Darjeeling Travel Guide: lepchajagat Sunrise

Dusty roads and rusty sky, golden rays shining on the peak of Mount Kanchenjunga and bucket list weary tourists sipping on the ubiquitous first flush from the first floor of Glenery’s, rowdy cabbies and Bhutia shawlwallas nudging each other for another prospect of a sale. During one such winter afternoon, Darjeeling appeared in front of […]

DURGA PUJA 2020: Stay Safe & Socially Distanced in the Age of New Normal

durgapuja Travel Guide 2020

About this blog: A guide to celebrate Durgapuja 2020 with essential tips of social distancing and safety protocols. That is if you are celebrating. If you are holding off the mass celebration for this year, and waiting for “Asche Bochor Abar Hobe” (next year, we will celebrate the festival of Durga Puja again), heartiest congratulations. […]

DARJEELING Mon Amour: Useful Travel Tips for the First Time Visitors

Tiger Hill Sunrise: kanchenjunga Sunrise Shot

About this blog: Planning a trip to Darjeeling and want to explore the pristine Himalayan hamlets of North Bengal? This travel guide will help you prepare for what to expect in Darjeeling and must know travel tips before visiting Darjeeling. These set of Darjeeling travel tips are furbished keeping in mind you are planning a […]

30 Things That will Happen in Kolkata When lockdown Ends

Howrah Bridge candid shot

Look, I am going to be candid here. It sucks to be at home, day in day out, under the lockdown. And be scared. And look at the phone screen all the time, whether Netflixing or searching for Corona memes or something else. Whatever. Time to time, Trump or others make appearances, with their bat […]

The Potato in Mutton Biryani of Kolkata and Where to Find The Best One!

Arsalan Mutton Biryani: Best Kolkata Biryani

About this blog: Kolkata biryani stands as a triumph on the face of food fascists. Not just the present political skirmishes but it survived the British colonists, the riot that rendered partition to the subcontinent and whatever followed suit. It made its way to the commoners from the lavish regal kitchen with elan. Unequivocally, it […]

Saras Mela: a Winter Handicraft Fair in Kolkata

About this blog: Indian folk art is not just sustainable, they are ecologically made out of scraps and take unforeseen aesthetic shapes. often times, they are the yield of a thriving cottage industry. Women folks of a village make them in their lone time, in between household chores and performing mammoth other responsibilities, which range […]

The Curious Case of Bankura Horses: India’s Quintessential Best SOUVENIR

terracotta horses of Bankura: indian folk art

About this blog: Bankura Horses (Bengali: বাঁকুড়ার ঘোড়া) are superior examples of ancient Indian folk art. Heavily revered for “elegant stance and unique abstraction of basic values” imbibed in this art form, Bankura horses are worshiped as Dharmathakur’s bahan and often symbolically sacrificed at “Thans”. The terracotta art-forms of Bankura horses have made entry to […]