If someone is truly interested in knowing more about the colonial past of Calcutta then one must take a trip around the Dalhousie Square (B.B.D. Bag). I have been writing about several buildings around this locality for over a decade and my fascination never fails to keep exploring more and more. While exploring this locality…
The General Post Office (GPO) Kolkata is celebrating its 250th anniversary commemorating the installation and appointment of the post of the first Postmaster General by Warren Hastings on 31st March of 1774. I had the privilege to be a part of this festivities and was invited to lead a Heritage Walk along with two of my friends. During my initial…
I have been visiting Metiaburuz – The Lucknow of Kolkata for the past 4 years now. During my school days for a considerable time I spent at St. Thomas Boys School in Kidderpore, I used to have lots of friends from Metiaburuz but never had to opportunity to check that place out. As a middle-class…
In Kolkata, we are fortunate to have many War Memorials, and recently I was collaborating with a national print media to document all the war memorials in this city. I realized that out of all the names in the name there was one name that I did not have the opportunity of visiting and that…
In this blog, I am listing down all the places to visit in Bishnupur and the list primarily contains temples that I have also mentioned so other tourist attractions here that can be visited along with the temples. Bishnupur is not only about terracotta temples but there are stone (laterite) temples here equally. Along with…
I wanted to cover Jewish Cemetery Kolkata for a very long time. Unfortunately, due to some reason or the other, I had always missed the opportunity to cover this place. A few weeks back on a grueling summer Saturday I decided to check this place out and write a blog about it.
