Ironically, a song that the Nobel laureate wrote in 1905 to call for the unity of Bengal amid the British move to partition the province became the anthem of a nation born out of its division, several ...

A distinctive Bengali dessert with aristocratic roots, litchi payesh has lost its presence in Bengali Homes. Only a few ...

Mishti, or dessert, is a pride in Kolkata and across the state of Bengal. Once you taste a sandesh, mishiti doi, or chamcham, ...

The bare wood tables remain, as do the toy rickshaws and refrigerated cases with pre-packed tubs of food. The buffet, however ...