I am not obsessed with cemeteries it’s just that I happen to write quite a few blogs about cemeteries in India. The primary reason is that unlike any popular tourist place these places are often neglected. If you look closely then each tomb has a story to tell and that’s my mission to bring those…
Wherever the British went they took trade along and also their religion with them. That is the very reason why you have some of the finest churches in Calcutta (Kolkata). It was not restricted to only Calcutta but across all the major cities where the British had their presence. While Calcutta boats of massive churches…
In my previous two blog posts, I have told you about Flagstaff House and Tomb of Lady Canning, in this blog post we will get to see Barrackpore Pak (Latbagan). Even though Barrackpore was very near to Calcutta it was still primarily used as the summer residence of the Governor-General. The concept of spending the…
I had made three previous futile attempts to visit Flagstaff House Barrackpore. But somehow things were not coming in place. Finally last year in November I got a special invitation from West Bengal Heritage Commission to attend a special visit arranged by the West Bengal Police Training Academy (Swami Vivekananda Police Training Academy). Now here…
