by Anindya | Dec 27, 2017 | Hong Kong, Travel, Travelogues |
When I saw this on the HongKong Disneyland website that the finale is going to happen on January 1, 2018, I felt sad. Officially, it is called Disney in Stars but the HongKong Disneyland fireworks needs no introduction. The fireworks are a regular feature at the park...
by Anindya | Dec 24, 2017 | Food, Foodblog |
Few words from the past The purpose of writing a blog is many but one of the best part is that you can look back, take a stock of how things have shaped up and certain misses also. Interestingly, we had all the characters present then and the shooting happened in...
by Anindya | Dec 22, 2017 | Food, Foodblog |
If you know me, you would often hear this Turkey problem which assigns the uncertainty of life in a big way, Nasim Nicholas Taleb in his Black Swan had cited this example of the fate of the Turkey. A turkey is being fed for 1000 days by a butcher, which every day...
by Anindya | Dec 20, 2017 | Delhi, Travel, Travelogues, Uncategorized |
Since my visit to Qutub Minar, I have sat many a times in front of my laptop to write about this tallest brick minaret but I had always found myself at a loss of words. What does one write about a place which has been a part of History text books, is synonymous to a...
by Anindya | Dec 15, 2017 | Food, Foodblog |
Soup is a lot like a family. Each ingredient enhances the others; each batch has its own characteristic & it needs time to simmer to reach full flavour. – Margaret Kennedy. My memories of Soup One of the fondest memories of my childhood is the winters soup...
by Anindya | Dec 11, 2017 | Food, Foodblog |
This is one of the strangest winters possible in Kolkata. First, there was a steep fall in temperature somewhere in the second week of November. Then again, the mercury soared and untimely rainfall for the last few days. As someone said, it’s a deliberation to...
by Anindya | Dec 7, 2017 | Food, Foodblog |
What is Tata Steel Samvaad This is the 4th year for Tata Steel Samvaad. Tata Steel Samvaad was born in 2014 in an environment where more than 1500 tribals from across the country were eager to proudly showcase their cultural heritage to the world. Those witness to...
by Anindya | Dec 4, 2017 | Eating Out, Food |
Tell me one more instance in Kolkata where you would see a national restaurant chain having two of their brands in the same place. Speciality group, in most of the places have opened up mutilple outlets in the same premises but we Kolkatans consider that brand as our...
by Anindya | Nov 29, 2017 | Eating Out, Food |
Very rarely, it so happens that within a radius of 1 Km, you have 3 iconic landmark buildings not related to each other but have been a witness to changing DNA of Kolkata. Rarely, one needs the name the road, a rather fancy one- Belvedere Road and rarest of the rare...
by Anindya | Nov 27, 2017 | Food, Foodblog |
I tried to avoid this as much as possible. At some point, I also refused to go. The Cook off between city bloggers organized by The Oberoi Grand Kolkata was a great initiative to nudge and push us a bit from our comfort zone. I am not a cook. My claim to fame is Kosha...