These days children’s toys are slick, they are smart and they appear from a different world altogether. Every time, I have to gift a toy to a little one, I find it way too impersonal, without the touch of love.…
25 Must See Kolkata Durga Puja, 2015
It is that time of the year again, when I am a tourist in the city where I was born and raised during my formative years. In 2013, I wrote about how Kolkata turns into an art gallery during Durga…
25 Must See Kolkata Durga Puja, 2014
I traveled across the city for 3 days, visiting close to 70 Pandals admiring works of art, beautiful idols and watching well turned out youngsters flaunting latest fashion trends. Jostling through hundreds of mobile cameras aimed at pandals and idols,…
When a City turns into a Grand Art Gallery: Kolkata Puja Pandals
From Calcutta to Kolkata the city has emerged and evolved over 300 years. This city of promise and power may have lost the battle for economic, technology, or political supremacy to Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi but for anyone who has spent…