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    Cinema: When silence was golden

    It was July 7, 1896. The people of Bombay woke up to a classified advertisement in the Times of India. Lumière Brothers…
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    Durga Puja in ‘Babu’ Calcuta

    Durga Puja owes its popularity in and around Calcutta to the coming of the British and the advent of Babu Culture in…
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    A rocking Adda

    Noted British philosopher Bertrand Russell had once described social gossip as comprising “two or three people, usually like minded, discussing anything under…
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    REVELRY – The Babu Way

    estivities including Durga Puja in the houses of businessmen or neo rich traders in the city in the 18th and 19 century…
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    First Widow Remarriage

    It was December 7, 1856. The Sepoy Mutiny was still some months away. But another revolution was brewing in the neighbourhoods of…
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    Not A Petty Affair

    Pets continue to fascinate Kolkatans. Every year dog shows are held at Salt Lake Stadium, Deshbandhu Park and Maidan’s Kennel Club where…
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    Before The Pigeons Fled

    Baiting, bird fighting and kite flying had once been the fashionable leisure pursuits of the Babus of Calcutta who showcased their wealth…
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    Flying High with Kites

    It is interesting to note that even early colonial officers recorded about kite flying as a common amusement in their gazette books…
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    Bengal’s Jatra: Conscience comes calling!

    Picture this: Bodolpur is a village with an agrarian population of about 15,000 in the rural belly of West Bengal. A patch…
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    Bengali Calendar: A THING OF PAST?

    In the past Poila Baishak or Bengali New Year was more associated with traders who wished to begin the year on an…
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    Celestial Monologues

    Few Bengalis can imagine life without a ‘panjika'. The pink book has ruled heads and hearts alike from time immemorial. Team Wheels…
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Cinema: When silence was golden

It was July 7, 1896. The people of Bombay woke up to a classified advertisement in the Times of India. Lumière Brothers…

Durga Puja in ‘Babu’ Calcuta

Durga Puja owes its popularity in and around Calcutta to the coming of the British and the advent of Babu Culture in…

A rocking Adda

Noted British philosopher Bertrand Russell had once described social gossip as comprising “two or three people, usually like minded, discussing anything under…

REVELRY – The Babu Way

estivities including Durga Puja in the houses of businessmen or neo rich traders in the city in the 18th and 19 century…

First Widow Remarriage

It was December 7, 1856. The Sepoy Mutiny was still some months away. But another revolution was brewing in the neighbourhoods of…

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