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Bohemian Kolkata – New menu, Chef Joy reinvents himself

by Anindya | Jan 1, 2019 | Food, Foodblog | 0 comments

It’s tough to have a peaceful coexistence with Chef Joymalya Banerjee. Either you like or dislike his work. My initial tryst with Bohemian was a disaster and I didn’t like it (would blame myself though as my palate was not that much evolved then) . I went...

Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet – Kalkatta by Kunal Basu and Sharmila Tagore

by Anindya | Jan 24, 2016 | Photoblogs, Photography | 0 comments

Is it Calcutta? Is it Kolkata? or Kalkatta ? In the third day of Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet 2016 the discussion between Author Kunal Basu who has just released Kalkatta and the ever gracious and a true Calcuttan Sharmila Tagore moderated by Yajneseni Chakraborti tried to rediscover the city . Read the detailed story here

Durga Puja 2015 how many days more ? Pujo aschhe

by Anindya | Oct 6, 2015 | Photoblogs, Photography | 0 comments

A nostalgic trip down the memory lane as what actually defines the fact “Pujo Aschhe ? Yes we bengalees love to call it Pujo instead of Puja . A year long wait with promises to be kept and new promises to be made – Its this time of the year when all the sadness , grief , misunderstandings are kept away for 5 days . Yes the Durgapuja is knocking on the door …

Durga Puja 2015 – The advertisements hide my face

by Anindya | Sep 15, 2015 | Photoblogs, Photography | 0 comments

The hoarding war has started in Kolkata . As Durgapuja is near a month away , the city gets a facelift . The ageless beauty who looks even more beautiful with every passing year with all wrinles on her face takes resort to an artificial facelift where the colourful hoardings cover her up . Do we really want this Kolkata ?