Prior to the advent of the British arrival, the region now known as Topsia was partially submerged marshland with swamps aplenty. In other words, it was a perfect ecosystem for fishing, the prime ...
Kolkata's Salt Lake got its name from precisely what it is - a salt lake. The entire territory of the township used to be an immense salty swamp studded with small angling towns along its edges. I...
Dum Dum was meagerly populated before the British came to Kolkata. The region came into prominence on 6 February 1757, as an agreement was marked here by the Nawab of Bengal to permit the British ...
Those of you who have seen a Bengali wedding from the beginning to the end would definitely concur that it is a visual joy. Bengali Hindu weddings like most other Indian weddings are a mix of cust...
Regarded as the Steel Capital of Eastern India – Durgapur is the exemplification of the quintessential Bengali town. With a population close to a million, it is one of the upcoming suburban cities ...
Kolkata, originally known as Sutanuti, a string of a few villages at the banks of Hugli, was knotted by Job Charnock into the ever-expanding metropolitan that one can witness today around the year ...
Indian weddings are like a gigantic pool of emotions, thoughts, ideas and beliefs. They are like story books where you won’t believe what comes next. There are some rituals and traditions that w...