West Bengal tourism

North Kolkata Tour — Kumortuli, Marble Palace, Shobhabazar Rajbari, Jorashanko, Dakhineshwar

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Times, how they change. Or, maybe, how we change over time. As kids, during our Kolkata vacations, we hated the sight of the dilapidated buildings of Bara Bazar, the narrow and ever-crowded streets of Shyam Bazar and accused Kolkata of never changing. And now, after decades, one look at the […]

North Kolkata tour
Tour of Srijani Shilpagram in Shantiniketan, West Bengal

Touring Srijani Shilpagram in Shantiniketan

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Srijani Shilpagram is a place that showcases the homes, lifestyle, handicrafts of the Eastern and North-Eastern states in India. Spread across sprawling grounds, the place is designed to be a hub for rural artisans to sell their fabrics, handicrafts. A government initiative, Srijani Shilpagram started in 2008 and includes representation from […]