Bengali food... Who doesn't love it? Especially if you're a fish lover or hard-core non-vegetarian. Machh, mangsho, shorshe... If you've ever said "Machh-mangsho na thakle bhalo lage na!" then this roundup of Bong recipes, that will make feel like you're in a Kolkata kitchen, is for you. Ebar pet pujo hok!
This Muri Ghonto recipe has its origins in former East Bengal, present-day Bangladesh.
A fragrant, spiced yoghurt-cashew curry is the place for fillets of rohu.
Subhash Jana, executive chef at Swissotel Kolkata shares two traditional Bengali recipes.
Jazz up your dinner menu with Kerala-style nethili or anchovies fish fry which goes well with steamed rice and a comforting bowl of dal.
Guru Dutt took an overdose of pills twice, once even swallowing opium, calling out for Geeta Dutt even when he was not fully conscious. One suicide attempt, according to sister Lalita Lajmi, was definitely deliberate with Guru Dutt leaving a letter for brother Atma Ram asking him to take care of the production company, his wife and the kids. But she always wondered if the third attempt was actually suicide since there were no calls and no letters.
Chitrita Banerji's new book, Bengali Cooking, takes readers into the kitchens of West Bengal and Bangladesh through the changing seasons. And if it starts to rain, nothing matters more to the Bengali palate than the hilsa fish and the many ways it can be consumed.
With hilsa prices soaring, when you do cook it you need the finest recipe.
An encyclopedia to the best Durga Pujo eating.
Say hello to these delightful foodies from Kolkata!
Fort Kochi's charm lies in its oldness. Put on that cap, lace up your sneakers and those 10,000 steps are easy-peasy!
The Storyteller has a lot to like and admire about it, observes Mayur Sanap.
'I don't know how long cinema will survive.'
'Shreya (Ghoshal) ma'am said she hasn't heard a voice like mine before, and added that even in the future, there won't be another voice like mine.'
Spice up your home menus preparing a creamy prawn curry and Bengali-style potatoes.
A fabulous vegetarian spread and an amazing range of sweets are also hallmarks of Bengali cuisine.
Indian English is the only language that uses the expression 'non-veg' for meat, fish, and those who consume them. A fascinating extract from Shashi Tharoor's A Wonderland of Words: Around the Word in 101 Essays.
Raakhee, who turns 77 on August 15, remains an enigma wrapped in a riddle. Dinesh Raheja remembers Raakhee telling him how she loves the rains and how she would drive down to Tulsi Lake in the 1970s and float paper boats in the water. He would like to imagine that Raakhee still does that at her farmhouse.
A staple in Bengali households, Maachher Kaalia is a rich fish curry made with sweet-water fish.
'Had anyone asked me if I was Aamir Khan, I would have admitted to it.' Senior movie journalist Roshmila Bhattacharya flips through the pages of her many interactions with Aamir Khan, who turned 60 on March 14.
Replying to the motion, he said the crime rate has not increased if the population growth is taken into account.
Hereditary genes you know... Bengalis have good hair, says model Somana Chakraborty who left Kolkata in 2005 and has ever since become a Mumbai girl.
Raja Sen says What The Fish is an abysmal effort.
'At this moment, the Trinamool has an edge.'
Should you buy an air fryer. Is it for you? What can you make with it?
This Puja-typical behaviour invariably tells you how enthusiastic Bengalis are when it comes to Devi Durga and dhunuchi naach and everything in between.
The jottings on torn pages of a diary with sketches of elephants, fish and sun on the other side, were probably written during the leisure time of a passenger whose identity is not known as yet.
There's a lot more to the festival than just five days of celebration; that is something you can only experience when you live in Kolkata. And that's what every Bengali living outside the state misses, notes Chitrangada Datta Chaudhuri.
A parval or pointed gourd dish that's tangy and mustardy.
The National Security Strategy document should flag all major issues concerning security strategy and provide guidelines to concerned departments to work out suitable action plans. Since the global and regional geopolitical canvas is dynamic, the NSS document should be deliberated at length before formulation and should be reviewed periodically, recommends Commodore Venugopal Menon (retd).
Bethica Das shares her favourite winter recipe.
Indians are becoming much more spendy and discerning travellers and look for places that can offer them a 'new' kind of experience.
Mahalaya, though essentially about the goddess, wasn't religious for us. And it isn't for most Bengalis. Mahalaya is an emotion. It's gooseflesh for a memory. A welling up of happy tears. A celebration of what is to come.
Explore ingredients that you may have never thought to use or need to use better.
Chef par excellence Satish Arora recalls his days working as a chef to prime ministers to Chandrima Pal.
As Pranab Mukherjee passes away, we remember the man, the politician, the Rashtrapati.
The University Grants Commission (UGC) in Delhi reprimanded Jadavpur University for submitting a "generic" report about the incident.
