Restaurant Review: Bohemian in Kolkata

We had drawn up a list of must-eat joints in Kolkata much in advance lest we should miss out on any good food this Christmas holidays. Bohemian was high on our list, for this fusion rood place had made quite a name for itself in the recent past. Located in […]


How About A Sortie To A Fish Market in Kolkata?

If there be Fish Heaven on earth, it is here it is here. In Kolkata. There can be no disagreement on this, what say? Bengalis live and die for their fishes. With a ‘macher bajar’ (fish market) in every neighbourhood, every Bengali will hop out of their house immediately after […]


Kumortuli in Kolkata – Where Gods Are Made

First, a very Happy New Year to all of you, although the ‘New Year’ is already almost a week old now. I must apologise. But let me also explain — the 11-day whirlwind tour of Kolkata was both exhilarating and exhausting. And so, took time off to recover from complete […]


New Year’s Eve At St Paul’s Cathedral, Kolkata

The lofty St Paul’s Cathedral is impossible to miss if you are anywhere near Maidan in Kolkata. I had been here when still a student almost 15 years ago. Jayant hadn’t. That surprised me, for he would visit Kolkata every year during his summer holidays when in school. And so […]


Girish-Nakur – For The BEST Sandesh In Kolkata

Well, their full name is Girish Chandra Dey & Nakur Chandra Nandy. Way back in 1844 (note: that’s even before the Uprising of 1857), the father-in-law and son-in-law duo of Girish and Nakur, started a Sandesh shop in North Kolkata at 56, Ramdulal Sarkar Street. That shop remains to this […]


Breakfast @Deshbandhu Mistan in Kolkata

Howrah Bridge. Flower market near Howrah Bridge. Mallik Ghat adjoining the flower market. Our itinerary (Mallick Ghat & Flower Market Walking Tour in Kolkata ) for the morning of Day One at Kolkata was a success. But we were starving by then. It was 9 in the morning. We had […]