The first image of Kolkata as depicted by Bollywood and the TV series is always some women draped in red bordered white sari, styled in a particular way, dancing with an incensory...

Cha (tea) or coffee?This is mostly the first question posed after the initial greetings to any guests. Though my mother an ardent tea lover never thought of giving that choice. It was...

In a famous article about Kolkata, Vir Sanghvi once wrote, “You want your cities clean and green; stick to Delhi. You want your cities, rich and impersonal; go to Bombay. You want...

With the ongoing lockdown, the Kolkata police is being extra vigilant to dismiss any gathering on the road. And who is giving them the hardest time of all? The adda thheks. Adda...