If one is hungry for more built heritage, one can cross Mahatma Gandhi Road and take a look at the Panchayati Jain Temple, which was once the house of Manilal Mallick, who formed the Sinduriapatty Bra...

The Durga puja of College Square, which started in 1948, is one of the biggest crowd-pullers in the city. For well-known idol maker Ramesh Pal, this puja was where he got his recognition and he contin...

The story of Jagubazar is more popular, and is a fun anecdote about the city. Bhowanipore area’s Jagu bazaar is known to almost all residents. But not many know that the original name of the mar...

Kolkata has never been conservative in appreciating the skills and mastery of people and artisans irrespective of their professions. Like the ‘khansama lanes’, there are quite a few lanes ...

The producer came once to brief the kakus before the camera began rolling. “Do not look into the camera. Keep doing what you’re doing, talk among yourselves, have tea, but do not look into...

As long as we lived there, Mission Row was heaven. We left one by one because we were defeated by an unusual problem — parking. Over the years, there was just no place to park on the sidewalks o...

Bobby Didi’s Scooty Training classes take place every day from 7am-11am and 4pm-9pm in Rupchand Mukherjee Lane. One can sign up for a six-day course of 30 minutes daily for a fee of Rs 2,500. It...