2019 marks the 187th anniversary of the Durga Pujo at the Mukherjee family in Girish Bhawan in ...
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Chorbagan Chatterjee Barir Bhetki Maacher Niramish Ghonto
It was in 1860 that Raja Ramachandra Chatterjee and his wife Durgadasi started Durga Pujo in their ...
Sabarna Roy Choudhury Barir Pui Chingri
In 1610, a good eight decades before the British acquired the zamindari rights of Sutanuti, ...
Mejbani Mangsho
And meet my mother-in-law, T announces. The septuagenarian lady who walks out to the living room is ...
Maacher Dimer Paturi (Fish Roe in Banana Leaf Parcels)
A charcoal-bruised sky greets me as I open my eyes this morning. Two rain-drenched parakeets sit on ...
My Chicken Roulade
Bored with grilled chicken? Fancy whipping up a restaurant grade dinner in the cosy comfort of ...
Dhakai Kacchi Biryani
I rattle off the steps once again in my head. Remember to marinate the meat overnight. Cook the ...
Aam Dal (Lentils with Green Mangoes)
The shrill of the mobile punctuates the sublime calm of the weekend morning. It’s a friend, the ...
Lebu Patay Chingri Stew (Prawn Stew with Gondhoraj Lebu Leaves)
The Gondhoraj Lebu plant in the quiet corner of my garden, under the protective canopy of the ...
Kumro Patay Chingrir Bora (Fritters of Shrimps wrapped in Pumpkin Leaves)
Come the first showers and the soulless dust bowl that our backyard had degenerated to in the ...
Chachi’s Chingrir Roshbora ( Shrimp Dumplings in Coconut Milk)
Bapi chose to remain uncannily reticent whenever Dada and I quizzed him about his and Grandma's ...
Chattagram er Kala Bhuna
I am hardly ten. Just the age when the tragic enigma of Death has started to loom large on my ...