Kolkata
Presidency’s Perestroika
Jaideep Mazumdar
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s proposal to turn this college into a university is being opposed, predictably, by Bengal’s communist ancien regime.
The Tank Tops
This water tank was commissioned in 1911, but the Kolkata Municipal Corporation went ahead and celebrated its centenary this year. Here’s why they could not wait for two more years
The Tao of Kali Worship
At a temple in Kolkata, Chinese expats appease the goddess with offerings of momos and noodles
Home away from Home
A peek into the storied 226-year-old mansion in central Calcutta that goes by Fairlawn Hotel.
You Can Check out, but Never Leave
This eccentric hotel in Kolkata brings its guests back again and again for the inimitable ‘Fairlawn experience’
Paradise Lost
Tagore did not want his Visva Bharati university to become an Oxford or Cambridge. Its administrators today are ensuring that it never will
Kolkata School of Fashion
Guess what defines the culture-proud Bengali bhadralok’s emergence on the fashion scene?
Striking Early Boundaries
Cricket, growing up, was cricket alright—plain and simple. Am not so sure now
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