Kolkata
Kolkata’s first linguistic interpreter recruited by East India Company wa...
How Ratan Sarkar saved the day for Basaks and Seths
City’s beloved Prachi cinema beats pandemic blues with a new look
The ‘Prachi model’ could well become an example
The British war memorial in Kolkata built by melting enemy cannons!
Have you ever been to Pepper Pot near Prinsep Ghat?
Kolkata street where Rabindranath wrote Nirjhare Swapnobhanga
Sudder Street is a meeting place of multi-cultural people
Slice of Baghdad lives on, at Kolkata’s Jewish Girls’ School
An undying legacy of the Baghdadi Jewish community of India
By TTW
Americans and racial divide on the streets of 1942 Calcutta
American soldiers landed in Calcutta during World War II
By TTW
Is Kolkata’s Yellow Taxi losing the battle with the App Cabs?
The Iconic yellow ambassador taxis are slowly vanishing from the city
By TTW
Wooden tram of Kolkata, gets its place at the Heritage Transport Museum in ...
To be showcased at Heritage Transport Museum
The Greco-Roman lion taps are still found on the streets of Kolkata
Lion taps were installed by British Royal Water Supply
Calcutta Police trumped Scotland Yard with world's first fingerprint bureau...
A British Inspector General and two Bengali sub-inspectors will forever be remembered as the pioneers who established fingerprinting as a science
Basak’s Poor Pharmacy – Colonial Kolkata’s first charitable pharmacy
The pharmacy of Kolkata that provided a ray of hope to the downtrodden during the British Raj
By TTW
How a transport strike changed Calcutta’s traffic for good
In 1827, Calcutta saw what was probably India’s first transport strike
Chhota Bristol or Shaw Brothers – Kolkata’s oldest bar and how it still...
Filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak was often found here at a table, indulging in heated arguments with his friends
By TTW
The British beautified Kolkata with shady avenues. How?
Celebrated art historian Rathin Mitra speaks on Dalhousie Institute
Kabiraj Ganga defied the British by popularising Ayurveda
Ramakrishna Paramhansa described him as a doctor with a Midas touch
L.Madeira, a 200-year-old mortuary of Kolkata
Who could run away from the clutches of the inevitable reality of life!
Andrew Yule and his love for Bengal’s Golden Fibre
How Andrew Yule amassed huge wealth by trading in jute!
Hatibagan, Kolkata’s ‘cinema city’
From morning until midnight, Hatibagan was a hub of showbiz glamour
By Mouni Mondal
Iconic bakery Kookie Jar shuts down factory due to COVID-19
Shop that baked Satyajit Ray’s birthday cakes for years, shuts down
Kolkata’s iconic Mohan’s Books and Magazines downs shutters
E-books have arrived, driving the last nail on Mohan’s coffin
Struck by Amphan, a 200-year-old church weathervane gets expert help
Cyclone Amphan broke the weathercock on top of St Andrew’s Church
The house in Kolkata where Nawab Wajid Ali was deported
Kolkata house where Nawab Wajid Ali was deported
Harry Hobbs, the English chronicler who fell in love with Calcutta
73 years in Kolkata & H Hobbs & Co Ltd.
By TTW
Chinatown’s oldest shop builds a culinary bridge
They will home-deliver home-made Chinese sauces and frozen food
The engineer who runs Kolpotoru Paan shop
Kolpotoru Paan Shop is more than 85 years old
By Ruchita Bose
Daniell’s canvas picturing elephants on Chowringhee
GB brings you some enchanting landscapes of British ruled Calcutta
House where ‘Ramakrishna Kathamrita’ was scripted
Mahendranath Gupta: The annalist of the doctrines of Ramakrishna
By TTW
Contribution of millionaire Kolkata Cobblers towards a better India
The revolution of shoe trading market of Kolkata
City restaurant hosts lunch in honour of Zomato delivery executives, netize...
‘Calcutta 64’ and ‘Awadhi Biryani’ recently organised a lunch for those who never taste the food they deliver
Surya Sen Street – As defiant as its namesake Masterda!
A name which immortalize the revolutionary struggle for Indian independence
By TTW
Hall and Anderson - The first departmental store of the 'City of Joy'
Tracing the first in this era of stand-alone shops
Tracing the 'Bangali gaddis' of Burra Bazar
Bengali traders were pushed out by traders from other parts of India
Let’s go behind the Corinthian pillars of Metropolitan Building
Did you know Subho Tagore left Jorasanko and lived here?
The temple in Kolkata that survived an earthquake and cyclone
‘Black Pagoda’ that withstood natural calamities
Kolkata tops six global megacities for fastest adoption of E-buses, beating...
New feather in Bengal’s cap for cleaner environment
Beef and Bread-eating youths of Cornwallis Street
Why were they forced to embrace Christianity
By TTW
Chitpur Bridge — The Bridge that protected Kolkata from Maratha Bargis
A 3-mile long moat was dug to protect Calcutta from the marauding Bargis
By TTW
Madaris of Kolkata – the gypsy street magicians
Rahamatullah, the famous Madari of colonial Kolkata
By Shuvra Dey
Amidst all the gloom, Kolkata’s iconic Metro Cinema opens in a new avatar...
The hall that was built in 1935
Kolkata’s eminent educational institution – The Presidency University
A 200-year-old institution that heralded a new era of education in India
By TTW
India’s Largest Buddha Statue is in the making in Kolkata
Sculptor Mintu Pal’s 100 feet tall ‘Reclining Buddha’ has created a buzz in Kolkata
The famous Nabagopal Mitra’s gymnasium where Swami Vivekananda practiced ...
Swami Vivekananda’s favourite gymnasium
By TTW
The Temple that brought a religious movement in Bengal – Sadharon Brahmo ...
A new dawn in Bengal
By TTW
Post Office hidden in the narrow lanes of North Kolkata, Archana
Sub post-office that was solely built to dispatch a magazine
The Mecca of Journalism lies in neglect
This is where Keshab Sen started the newspaper Indian Mirror
Kolkata Partition Museum, a dream awaiting realisation
A scholar’s ambitious project takes a step forward with a full-fledged art exhibition
Brief history of the Duel Avenue of Kolkata
The venue that witnessed one of the most famous duels of colonial India
By TTW
Cornwallis Street’s legendary shop: Kar-Mahalanobis
The first sports equipment store on Chowringhee by Bengali entrepreneurs
By TTW
Sangeet Sarani --- Renaming the Kolkata Street where R.D. Burman was born
The iconic building where R.D Burman was born stands at 36/1, South End Park
The House where Sandesh Magazine was born
At present, Athenaeum Institution functions from this house
By TTW
It takes two to Tango – When British traditions met the native culture
From Masquerades to Bajra Rides
Abala Barrack: A house that epitomizes Bengal’s glorious past
The building on Cornwallis Street that once housed Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury
By TTW
Look Back: Goddess of Love, Venus, found her way as Goddess Lakshmi in Beng...
Her statues adorned Kolkata’s mansions!
Transformation of Old Trams
Tram World at Gariahat Depot all set to highlight Kolkata’s heritage and culture
By TTW
Kolkata Police Museum, a mirror of the city’s growth
How the Kolkata Police Museum on Ripon Street gives you a history of the city as a whole, in a handsome nutshell
Kolkata gets its first F3 car racing team
Joba Racing Team, exclusive F3 Racing Team from Bengal launched
Tyre Park- a unique art installation venture
Wealth from waste initiative by West Bengal Transport Corporation
A fierce historic battle was fought on Dalhousie Square
The battle that changed the course of Indian history
Landmark 19th century Calcutta High Court case of an ‘Unchaste Widow’ a...
How Kery Kolitani was harassed after she won the case
Did you know Tata Steel supplied the steel that made Howrah Bridge!
The quality steel was called Tiscom
By TTW
Double Death: When Lalbazar's source network brought a vengeful housewife t...
Trapped in a joyless marriage, a wealthy housewife planned the ultimate revenge on her husband
Armenians of Kolkata – community brought to Bengal by Mughal Emperor Aura...
Do they still stay in Kolkata?
By TTW
Nanking Restaurant – first Chinese Restaurant of India started in Kolkata...
Why did this famous restaurant close down?
By TTW
Century-old Tea Advertisement at the historical H.C. Dey tea stall of Dumdu...
Advertisement highlights importance of tea in fighting illness
Serial horror, Bengal's Chainman killer
An account of the serial killer known as Chainman, who terrorised women in two Bengal districts for six years
A group of citizens fight to retain and revive Kolkata's beloved trams
Trams are among the very few non-polluting modes of public transport in the world
Oldest surviving auction house of India, Kolkata’s Russell Exchange!
Two brothers kept the hammer going
When the Greeks came to try their luck in Kolkata! Where can you still find...
From Murgihatta to Kalighat
When a cigarette butt helped nail a murderer
Who had killed a wealthy Kolkata businessman, but smoked a cigarette before doing it?
Kolkata’s first three storied building, why was it called Writers’ Buil...
The building that harbours many historical events
Kidderpore Tram Depot -- The oldest operational Tram Depot of Asia
The only Indian city where trams still ply
How Kolkata Police got its Detective Department
Nearly 150 years ago, the murder of a young woman gave Kolkata, and India, their first specialised crime fighting unit
From Gas Lights to Electricity – How Kolkata, the first British Indian ci...
Harrison Road was the first street to be lighted
Which was Kolkata’s First Road? And which was the first road with a footp...
How the first road of Kolkata stopped Maratha bargis from invading
Is Basusree shutting down? The movie hall that screened premiere of Pather ...
Iconic movie hall of Kolkata that made memories
Kolkata’s hand-pulled rickshaws survived since 1800s and came as a rescue...
Tracing the lifeline of Kolkata
By Shuvra Dey
The first female serial killer of Bengal, Troilokya Devi, seven years befor...
1883 recorded gruesome killings by this cunning woman
Once upon a time Kolkata had twin windmills in the 18th century!
Tale of those windmills, who built and where?
New COVID call centres in Kolkata with patients who battled and won the fig...
To help create awareness and patients
North Kolkata’s Biswakosh Lane and tale of Bengal’s first Encyclopaedia...
Where is this iconic street?
Armenia’s love affair with Kolkata steeped in centuries’- old history
How did the Armenians land in Kolkata?
‘Mask Up Kolkata’ --Kolkata Police starts unique campaign to fight Covi...
Awareness message to anthem by Usha Uthup is being used for the ‘ Mask Up Kolkata’ campaign
How a mass exodus from Kolkata’s ‘Hindu College’ was stopped 200 year...
When a well-known baiji wanted to admit his son to the college
KMC brings ‘Mist Cannon Machine’ to sanitize Kolkata Streets
Help remove Corona infected droplets during pandemic
Meet Kolkata’s ‘Mask Man’ who sells masks at wedding venues to create...
Rajarshi Das supports several craftsmen in this venture
How did the Chinese land up in Kolkata and Bengal?
On the wake of Indo-China conflict, a look at Chinese immigrants of Bengal
Dawns of Bankura, had the largest spice shop ‘Dayaram Pasari’ in Burrab...
During British era, their trade flourished
Supriya’s ‘Lockdown Kitchen’ serves free meals to families of patient...
Daily feeding around 350 people for free
Cyclone Amphan could not damage an inch of century old Tala tank!
Mix of science and quick thinking helped
Solar-powered refrigerated vans deliver daily supplies to Kolkata’s elder...
How WBCADC is helping the older people of the city
On World Heritage Day, romancing the historical ghats of Kolkata
How and why these heritage ghats came into being?
Have you ever wondered where the policemen on the streets are getting food ...
Mobile Canteen supplying food to working police force
Silence of the Hawkers – Kolkata’s Chaitra Sale is now just a memory!
How COVID-19 changes the scene at Haatibagan and Gariahat
By Saheli Mitra
State Fisheries Department to supply fresh fish to all localities during Lo...
Bengal’s love for fish is taken care of even during difficult times
Kolkata’s iconic double decker bus all set to stage a comeback
Which was the first double-decker route in the city?
The heritage almost century-old Kolkata tea shop Balwant’s Dhaba
What makes this tea-shop such a big hit?
Emerald Bower is a witness to Bengalis who had accepted British crown!
They treated the colonisers like God!
Kolkata Police’s all women ‘Winners’ win big time against criminals
Winners successful in curbing crime against women
Chugging along the oldest railway track of Kolkata! Where? Behala!
How British built Kalighat-Falta Rail route for pilgrims
Great Mughal poet Mirza Ghalib’s love affair with Kolkata
GB traces the house where Ghalib lived during his stay in Kolkata
Falling in love with Kolkata over and over again!
Nothing can be better than walking tours to discover the city
By Saheli Mitra
Famous painter Zoffany’s Last Supper adorns a Kolkata church!
How did a world-famous painting land up in Kolkata?
First ever Sensory Park in Kolkata for children with special needs
Park to come up in New Town next year
Goddess of Love, Venus, found her way as Goddess Lakshmi in Bengali househo...
Her statues adorned Kolkata’s mansions!
Kolkata gets India’s first underwater metro! To be operational from 2022!...
Witness this historic moment
How a Marwari business in the 1890s protected modesty of Kolkata’s women!...
Travel to city’s Zenana Bathing Ghat to know more
What secret lies behind the ornate façade of Medicine House on B.K. Pal Av...
House where explosives for freedom fighters were made behind medicine bottles
The Bengali shop that supplied the first ever survey equipment to IIT
Journey down Pyary Mohan Soor’s shop established in 1848!
When an obscure stone plaque speaks of a heart-wrenching shipwreck in 1887 ...
The silent memorial still exists!
Join the Bow Fest at Bow Barracks this Christmas!
Narrow lanes with red brick building come alive to song and dance
Anglo Indian jockeys of Race Course. Where are they now?
If you are heading to watch the races this winter, get to know the jockeys
Meet the Saldanhas --- Goan Bakers of Kolkata
Surviving in the bakery business for more than 80 years!
First Indian to fly was from Kolkata --- Ramchandra Chatterjee
First Hot Air Balloon flight in 1836 from Garden Reach
Soccer’s greatest fan Pannalal Chatterjee, who witnessed Maradona&rsq...
He will no more be seen on the stands of 2022 World Cup
BREAKING! Presidency College alumni brings back Pramod-da’s canteen o...
Crowd-funded canteen might start soon
Did you know Kolkata has a Chinese Kalibari where noodles are offered as pr...
Why do Chinese community of Tangra worship Goddess Kali?
Kolkata’s one-stop Silver Shop --- New Market’s iconic Chamba L...
Let’s go silver jewellery hunting!
Pujo Shilpo -- MAYA Art Space hosts famous installation artists today
From Bhabatosh Sutar, Sanatan Dinda, Susanto Pal to Partha Dasgupta
Voice that we all fell in love with! Radio queen Sravanti Mazumdar in exclu...
‘Boroline’ girl and presenter Sravanti Mazumdar at MAYA Adda today!
By Saheli Mitra
To save Rabindra Sarobar from Chhath revellers, KMC creates artificial pond...
3.3 lakh litre pond created in South Kolkata
Did Anthony Firingi establish the famous Firingi Kali Bari?
The European kabiyaal who made Kolkata his home
Want to meet Abanindranath Tagore’s grandson? Be at MAYA Art Space to...
Amitendranath Tagore is a Chinese language specialist
Lady Don of Kolkata’s Tangra! Meet Liu, owner of famous Chinese eater...
Salute to this women entrepreneur who fought poverty and mafia
Usha Uthup will again perform live at Trincas this month!
Mark the 50th anniversary of Usha Uthup-Trincas reunion
Homecoming for Devi Durga with MAYA’s Agomoni Adda
Welcoming the Goddess as Uma through songs
By Saheli Mitra
Inspired by Swedish girl, Presidency & JU join to make city plastic fre...
Green Revolution of Sweden touches Kolkata’s college campuses
Love for ‘Bangla’ draws young American Ivan to Kolkata
How ‘firangi’ Ivan turned to a ‘Bangali Bhadrolok’
Meet the quintessential Kolkata boy Jayant Kripalani at MAYA adda today
He speaks on his incredible journey
Armenian Street of Kolkata --- yet a community that has vanished from the c...
When and why did Armenians come from a distant land to this City of Joy!
Video of two self-taught school children gymnasts from Garden Reach goes vi...
Even gymnast sensation Nadia Comaneci praises them on Twitter
BREAKING NEWS! IVF legend Dr Baidyanath Chakraborty donates his institute t...
He refused to give it to corporate hospitals who offered large amounts
What is so special about counselling special children?
Learn from counsellor Jyoti Sapru who provides free counselling to those in need
By Jyoti Sapru
CONGRATS! Kolkata’s nephrologist Dr Pratim Sengupta gets prestigious ...
Exceptional work in kidney transplant and rural kidney health schemes
Cabin restaurants of Kolkata and whiff of nostalgia at Anadi Cabin!
Why are eateries with secluded cabins getting lost from the city?
Listen to renowned psychologist Anuttama Banerjee at MAYA Adda today!
She speaks on her professional journey and her soulful poetry
By Saheli Mitra
Young Tamilian Doctor of Kolkata sets Tagore’s poems to tune!
Meet Madan Mohan Raj, Tamilian doctor who fell in love with Tagore’s creations
Kolkata’s artists and architects discuss on sustainable architecture ...
Drop in at Kolkata Centre for Creativity
Two college students mend broken street taps with pocket money to save wate...
Saving water wastage and promoting water conservation!
Band Dohar in a rare folk music adda at MAYA ART SPACE
Listen to their soulful songs and the tale of their journey
By Saheli Mitra
Pranjit Haloi, Kolkata’s Zomato Delivery boy raises musical storm
Pranjit’s songs can beat any seasoned Bollywood singer!
Celebrate World Photography Day with ‘Blink’ at MAYA Art Space ...
Photography and painting by Suvomoy Mitra
World class Neuro-Rehab centre in Kolkata’s Inst. of Neurosciences
Recently a coma patient recovered and is now walking
Join Kolkata Cloud Chasers chasing clouds and storms this monsoon!
Unique city group that chases storms and clouds and sends information
Great Calcutta Killings! Today is that Black Day in the city’s histor...
Massacres on ‘Direct Action Day’ turned Kolkata into a river of blood
Freedom celebrations at Institute of Neurosciences Kolkata
Independence Day celebrations at city’s leading neuroscience hospital
Reconnect missing child beggars of Kolkata to families!
Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee endorses ‘No More Missing’
MAYA Art Space brings exciting Independence Day adda
Purono Kolkatar Gaan O Golpo with Devajit Bandopadhyay
Mandeville Gardens to be named after author Sunil Gangopadhyay!
KMC names the locality honouring the great Bengali poet and author
Kolkata Police directs houses of all old couples to get CCTV
In a bid to save elderly of Kolkata from being robbed and murdered
CM says buildings of childless murdered couples will not go to promoters
Bid to stop land sharks from grabbing lands and buildings in Kolkata
Autistic Shounak’s art creations remind us of Taare Zameen Paar
Shounak Ghosh is an inspiration for all
Exclusive video on scion of Cossimbazar Rajbari who restores vintage cars ...
Meet Pallab Roy and Saurav Roy and know about their work on historic car models
Kolkata Police stops man from suicide tracking his Facebook post!
Kudos to Kolkata’s police force for saving a life
Kolkata now has pet cabs to ferry pet dogs to clinics
All women pet cab service gives hassle free rides to your pet dog
Actress Ritabhari Chakraborty starts library for hearing impaired children ...
You can also donate books for the speech and hearing impaired kids
Saving RD Burman’s house in South End Park built by Sachin karta
WB Heritage Commission proposes to name the road as ‘Dev Burman Sarani’
Behala family lived with mother’s corpse, Robinson Street memory back...
Repeated tales of ‘House of Horrors’ in Kolkata send shivers through society
Kolkata gets new sheriff – our favourite author Shankar
Author of Chowringhee and Koto Ajanare will now don a new role
‘Educating the Educator,’ city workshop for teachers
Held by Krishnamurti Foundation, the workshop addresses student issues
Conference on Diabetes organized by HELP foundation tomorrow
Kolkata has one of the largest incidence of diabetes
Kolkata’s Green Taxi to scatter seeds on way to Delhi
Meet Bapi’s Green Taxi and his continued effort to make the city green
Park Circus, Tiljala and Topsia are pockets where bike gangs operate
Authorities identify Kolkata pockets to strengthen checking
Kumortuli sees a sudden demand for Vidyasagar statues
College street is selling Borno Parichay in hundreds
Dr Robin Sengupta’s dream to build Kolkata’s Institute of Neuro...
Poverty and personal tragedy could not stop him
By Indrajit Sen
It was NRS Medical College where Kalazar’s medicine was discovered
The first germ killing medicine even before penicillin!
From Beef to Beep, yet food fest cancelled in Kolkata
Why has Kolkata suddenly turned so intolerant to food?
By Saheli Mitra
Motilal Seal, the man who made schools for Hindu boys and girls
To fight influence of Christian missionaries and western education
Poverty could not stop this Jadavpur book seller from writing
Book on Sunderbans earn international praise
Lopamudra Mitra brings poetry and music at MAYA adda
How poems find a musical tribute through her voice
Kolkata comes up with first-ever Trans Clinic of Eastern India
The city recognizes health issues of transgenders
Dutta Barir Haat was a unique event at a 200-year-old house
Showcasing the secret recipes and talents of women
Kolkata’s Apni Roti brings a roti revolution for the poor
Supplying 7,000 rotis and sweets to the poorest of poor
MAYA Art Space adda unearths the sublime pathos of Atulprasad songs
Listen to journalist Ranjan Bandopadhyay and singer Riddhi Bandopadhyay
Kolkata’s innovative Green Auto with foliage and flowers on top
Driver Vijay Pal creates an auto with greenery
SPCKraft’s Vaama was a women’s festival with a difference
Talented women of Kolkata were felicitated
Kolkata’s Chinese New celebrations behind the lens
Kolkata’s Chinese New celebrations behind the lens
How did the Hakka Chinese community learn Bengali
The community that settled in Kolkata more than 200 years ago!
Kolkata’s ‘Saint of Slums’ receives Légion d'H...
Father Franchois Laborde inspired Lapierre’s City of Joy
Unearthing Indus Valley Civilisation at MAYA Art Space
Archaeologist Rajesh Purohit shares tales of new artefacts
Know the man behind Kolkata’s Anti-Hunger Squad
Zeeshan Majeed single-handedly feeds patients and their families
Paid menstrual leave for Kolkata’s working women
How a city organisation comes to the aid of working women
Mountaineer Satyarup Siddhanta embarks on a world record attempt
MAYA Art Space flags off his historic summit journey
Bidhan Sarani - where ancient Kolkata still lives!
Street on which the first Indian College was established
Come February 2019 and Kolkata will turn into a gallery
Kolkata will host Asia’s largest international photo festival
By Saheli Mitra
100 years of Bengali Cinema unfold at MAYA adda
Film scholar Sanjay Mukhopadhyay in a candid conversation
Why are we averse to breast-feeding in public?
Kolkata’s shopping mall compares breast-feeding to ‘household chores’
Did you know Sukumar Ray was a print technologist?
GB delves into the other face of Sukumar Ray on his birthday
GB visits one of the oldest Collectible Store of Kolkata
Konark Collectibles is all about the bygone era
Undaunted foot soldiers of Kolkata Traffic Police
How they keep your cars going after Majerhat Bridge collapse
By Saheli Mitra
Kolkata even has a chess club below a flyover!
Gariahat Chess Club inaugurated recently caters to chess lovers
Where Gods Reside: Kolkata’s Sacred Places
The book that places Kolkata on the ‘Spiritual Map’ of the world
By Saheli Mitra
Transported to India’s Independence Day at MAYA Art Space
Rare documentary on Kolkata and collectors’ pride
Beating loneliness with Art Therapy at Maya Art Space
How art therapy is the new solution in treating depression
Mapping a map at the Maya Art Space adda
Exciting adda session on how route to Kedarnath changed after disaster
Maya Art Space revives the Bengali culture of ‘positive adda’ ...
Art, theatre, music, trekking and much more
Five Calcuttans remember the nostalgia of Rather Mela
Listen to them about one of the most colourful fairs of Kolkata
Photographers from Bengal step on a historical voyage ‘Into the Unkno...
Kounteya Sinha and Alankar Chandra take Kolkata on the global map
By Saheli Mitra
Panoramic view of Kolkata through prose, poetry, music
Poet Sharmila Ray on Kolkata as her muse
By Saheli Mitra
Meet multi-award winning film writer from Kolkata
Reetwika Banerjee is also a cyber security expert
By Saheli Mitra
Project K2 launched to save dying idol-making tradition of Kolkata
Photo-journalist Kounteya Sinha starts scholarships for Kumartuli kids
Has Bengal forgotten the golden legacy of Lathials?
How many of us remember revolutionary Pulin Behari Das?
By Saheli Mitra
How Rabindra Bharati University celebrated Basanta Utsav
RBU student Snigdha Mazumdar shares her memories
Bengal’s ‘Padman’ is a college student from Kolkata
An MSc student from Ashutosh College brings a ‘menstrual revolution!’
Author Tarashankar’s house saved from promoters!
This is the house from where he wrote Hansuli Baker Upokatha
What was a Kolkata rickshaw puller doing at Jaipur Lit Fest?
Rickshaw puller Manoranjan Byapari has many published books
Challenges to Kolkata’s first ever floating market
India’s first ever floating market in a metro inaugurated
Kolkata boy opens the first ever floating restaurant on sea!
Kolkata’s floating restaurants on Ganga inspired Mridul
By Saheli Mitra
Falling in love made easy this new year in Kolkata
Meet Rahul Maheshwari, the man behind Speed Meet
By Ruchita Bose
This asthma patient from Kolkata scaled seven peaks!
How Satyarup Siddhanta overcame health issues to achieve his dream
South Korea starts Eastern India’s first trade office in Kolkata
Korean companies look forward to invest in Bengal
Braveheart Kolkata traffic cop with a prosthetic leg!
Sergeant Sudip Roy is first in India to work with an artificial limb
Why do we all say ‘Gouri Sen will bail us out!’
Gouri Sen was not a fictitious character, he was a generous man
How about finding a passionate writer squatting on a street?
Extraordinary pavement book seller of Kolkata
The Last King of India and his love for Bengal
Wajid Ali Shah introduced kite flying and Calcutta Biriyani
Prostitution on Kolkata streets still thrives
Tracing Kolkata’s night spots: sex trade and deprivation
By Shuvra Dey
Sindhis of Kolkata unite to celebrate Nanak Jayanti
Sindhis had migrated to Kolkata from northwest India
Calcuttans get a chance to hone shooting skills
Police Training School offers citizens a chance to shoot
Did you know poet Sukumar Ray was also a technologist?
Ray was a science graduate from Presidency College
Kolkata on a ‘Polo High’ on Christmas Day, only city where it i...
Sydney based entrepreneur Indranil Halder witnesses the fun
Ring the Christmas jingle bells on Park Street, the street that never sleep...
GB traces the history of Park Street
By Saheli Mitra
GB Exclusive: Listen to Shane Calvert, chief co-ordinator of Kolkata ...
He speaks on what’s new in store this year at KCF
By Saheli Mitra
Vidyasagar and Tolstoy join hands at 44th Kolkata Book Fair
Celebrating 200 years of Vidyasagar and theme country Russia
Road Talks: Lindsay Street is synonymous to New Market and Christmas
How has Lindsay Street changed character over the years
By Saheli Mitra
Will Kolkata’s Tibetan woollen market survive climate change and vani...
Wellington Square annual market was city’s icon
GEAR UP! 9th edition of Kolkata Christmas Festival starts on 16th December ...
CM Mamata Banerjee to inaugurate the festival
BREAKING! From March Kolkata will get CNG buses to curb air pollution
Clean fuel CNG to drive in Kolkata
Institute of Neurosciences Kolkata is closer home on AJC Bose Road!
Inaugurates new outpatient department for South Kolkata patients
Today St Xavier’s inaugurates state-of-the-art Finance Lab on Park St...
First of its kind in any college of Bengal
KMC converts Dhapa, largest open garbage dump-yard into a green plateau
How Dhapa turned into a Green Valley
Old Tallah Bridge to be replaced by high resistant Bowstring Girder Bridge&...
How will the bridge look like?
Join the Green Rhinos Fundraiser Lunch at Z’s Precinct tomorrow
Help to spread awareness for saving the fragile Sundarbans
Trace Kolkata through Ink and Paper drawings of 76-year-old engineer Sandip...
Be at Golpark RK Mission today to have a look at these rare paintings
Legendary singer Debabrata Biswas’ Kolkata house turned into a cafe ...
Listing to his songs all day long as you take a bite
Established in 1836 iconic La Martiniere school to open co-ed campus in Beh...
Expansion of La Marts will give boost to city’s educational institutes
Kolkata to get back Rawdon Square after 30 years of lockdown!
KMC restores the iconic park that was once saved by Mamata Banerjee
HISTORIC! Calcutta University finally includes Third Gender option in all a...
From graduation to post graduation for all colleges under CU
Beadon Street – death of Chaitanya Library and revamped Minerva
How the iconic street was named after a British visionary
By Saheli Mitra
Bengali Bhadrolok’s Rashbehari Avenue – The Shopping Paradise
How did Rashbehari Avenue get its name?
By Saheli Mitra
On Bengali New Year, new Majerhat Bridge might be operational!
It will come as a big relief for South Kolkata
One of world’s largest science festival IISF starts in Kolkata today!...
350 students to replicate Jagadish Bose’s wireless communication
Decoding the ‘Street that Never Sleeps.’ Nostalgia on Park Stre...
How did Park Street get its name?
By Saheli Mitra
BREAKING! Kolkata’s IIM gets top rank in India, 17th in the world
Rankings were given recently by Financial Times Masters
KMDA to create ‘Land Banks’ around Kolkata for industries
KMDA gets hold of its land along EM Bypass and other parts
Kolkata comes up with new eco-friendly utensils made of lotus and maize lea...
These ‘Green Utensils’ will help fight plastic pollution
Baazi Bazar back to Maidan this year!
Get a chance to browse through the best of firecrackers closer home
BREAKING! Calcutta University and JU rank 1st & 2nd! QS India Govt Rati...
CM tweets on the success of the two Universities
BREAKING! UNESCO will join next year’s Red Road Durga Puja Carnival!&...
Durga Puja might be announced as world’s greatest festival
South Point School that groomed a Nobel Laureate has name in Guinness Recor...
The school that produced achievers in different fields!
Kolkata Trams set to make a comeback with new AC carriages!
City Mayor lays the plan for tram route revival
Kolkata to have all-electric bus fleet by 2030!
Not just E-buses, even battery-operated ferry services to start soon
KUDOS! International honour for KMDA at Copenhagen!
Successful implementation of zero polluting vehicles in Kolkata
Open-air Double Decker buses for foreign tourists in Kolkata
London styled buses to ply in Kolkata this winter
Institute of Neurosciences Kolkata make people aware of spinal disorders
Symposium on creating awareness about Ankylosing Spondylitis
First online OPD vending machine for patients at SSKM Hospital
Steps to help patients from waiting in queues
Touch, feel and buy the Best of Bengal at MAYA Art Space
Do not miss exclusive exhibits of The Bengal Store starting today
JU works on first historical online dictionary in Bengali!
Mammoth task of recording evolution of every Bengali word
Breaking News! Rail board passes proposal to run high-speed classy Private ...
Between Howrah-Delhi and Howrah-Mumbai
SAVING THE HOOGHLY! Volunteers from New Zealand take up mission of cleaning...
Kolkata’s aquatic eco-system needs to be saved
25 years after his death, Kolkata gets a street named after Shakti Chattopa...
Is the poet getting his due honour?
On first anniversary of Majherhat Bridge collapse! Today is the day when So...
History of iconic bridges of Kolkata
World’s first Museum on Chaitanya Mahaprabhu opens at Baghbazar...
Walk through the museum to know the unknown and for divine bliss
GOOD NEWS! Salt Lake Metro to start journey before Puja; Tickets at ...
From Sector V to Salt Lake Stadium
Why are lightning strikes increasing in Kolkata? Listen to scientists
Rising pollution behind increasing lightning strike deaths in Kolkata
GOOD NEWS! Majerhat Bridge to be complete by February 2020
New bridge will look like Vidyasagar Setu!
India’s deepest metro station now in Kolkata!
Metro station 30 metres below Howrah station is now complete
Turkisyano – first Turkish ice-cream outlet of Kolkata
Do not miss this slice of Turkey in the middle of the city!
Kolkata Municipal Corporation to provide rice meals at only Rs 6!
Rice hotels to be opened across the city!
Institute of Neurosciences creates history! Patient recovers from coma
Doctors use classical music therapy for treatment
As Jhulan starts today, GB takes you to Jhulan Bari of Kolkata
200-year-old heritage house with a narrow hanging lane between two houses!
India’s first Underwater Metro to run in Kolkata soon!
Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal congratulates Kolkata in a tweet
Miracle! Calcutta Medical College oncologists cure 4th stage cancer! ...
State run medical college praised for this path-breaking feat
IIM Kolkata gets first female director, Anju Seth to head the institut...
Controversy over appointment of a US citizen as head of IIM in Kolkata
Earthquake in Kolkata today! The city sits on a major tectonic plate
Earthquake was predicted in Kolkata in next 2 months!
Good News! Wipro to start 2nd campus employing 10,000 in Bengal
Microsoft to follow Wipro and work with handloom weavers of Bengal
Join Chief Minister today in ‘Save Green, Stay Clean’ walk ...
Green awareness is a necessity in Kolkata
World class air purifiers set up by KMC to help Calcuttans breathe easy
Like New York and Washington, Kolkata will soon get such air purifiers
Kudos! Calcutta Medical College doctors remove rarest of rare foetus
Baby was growing between stomach and intestine!
New Town to get first Tree Library of India
One stop destination for information on all species of trees
At last a ray of hope! Kolkata to experience monsoon showers from today
After the longest ever summer in the last 10 years!
New museum ‘Ami Kolkata’ that reconstructs the soul of Kolkata ...
Do not miss the new museum at Metcalfe Hall
Kolkata’s Premier Clubs are first in the country to implement green n...
Calcutta Club, CCFC, CRC, Tolly and many clubs follow green initiatives
East-West metro comes with a series of safety nets to avoid tragedy
After the horrific death last week, East West Metro to have modern devices
Doctors of SSKM Hospital perform rare surgery to save boy
Advanced Fibreoptic Bronchoscopy on young Rohit Dolui saves his life
SSKM scripts history today with liver transplant through organ donation
Green corridor brings liver and kidney from Park Clinic to SSKM in record time
Kolkata Metro allows commuters to use staff toilets
So long basic washroom facilities were not available at metro stations
Super advanced Robotic Surgery to be introduced in SSKM
First of its kind in Eastern India, state run SSKM Hospital’s robotic unit
Blood Shot eyes, rupture of blood vessels, new monsoon disease hits Kolkata...
Beware, this is not Conjunctivitis, but Sub-congenital hemorrhage
Beware of the ‘Laughing Gas’ gang in Kolkata
The Delhi robbery gang that are a new menace on city streets
Kolkata gets the first multi-sports museum of India!
This World Cup season catch a glimpse of Virat Kohli’s bat at Fanattic Museum
Jadavpur University students crowd-source books and start women’s lib...
First crowd-funded only-women library of Bengal starts at Sheoraphuli
Want to buy a recently-seized bike on e-auction? Try Lalbazar’s aucti...
Rogue biker crackdown piled up several high-end bikes; Police plans sell-off
New ‘Bus Boxes’ on Kolkata roads to reduce fatal accidents
How will these boxes help in stopping racing buses?
In just 12 minutes donor kidney reaches SSKM today via green corridor
Another medical emergency handled with aplomb in Kolkata
No Durga Puja pandal this year to block Kolkata roads
State government sends strict instruction to all police stations
Rogue biker drags cop and injures him in front of Quest Mall!
Police to use technology to arrest such bikers to save their force from assault
St Xavier’s Law School starts in Kolkata promising new opportunities ...
Good news for city students pursuing a law degree
On Doctor’s Day SSKM Kolkata comes up with world-class trauma centre ...
Inaugurated today by Chief Minister of West Bengal
New Q-cabs to hit Kolkata streets and challenge Ola and Uber!
They are believed to be as reasonable as metered taxis
French firm gives green signal to Kolkata Metro underwater
Now ride on East-West Metro under the Hooghly
New AC trams of Kolkata generating huge revenue
After Shyambazar they will also run in the Maidan and Gariahat sectors
Almost a century old paddle steamer to return to Hooghly
Heritage paddle steamer of yore might soon set sail with a restaurant
Visit New Town’s Feluda Park to meet your favourite detective
Enjoy a tea break with Jatayu and Topse in tow
Kolkata Airport with a new flyover extension to ease traffic snarls
Now you might reach the airport on time!
Calcutta University throws open its century-old library to public
Everyone can browse through priceless books
In the Line of Cyclones: Worst Bengal cyclones since 1737
Did you know Calcutta Cyclone of 1864 killed around 60,000?
Monginis is back on Kolkata’s confectionary map
Will the new Monginis give tough competition to others?
First state-run film school to start in Kolkata this August
Aspiring directors and actors get a new film institute in the city
Celebrate ‘Shakespeare Feast’ and not fest in Kolkata
Food platter with names of Shakespeare’s immortal characters
Next time you are at Sealdah Station, be treated royally
State’s first Executive Lounge at Sealdah Station
Ice jackets to give relief to police dogs this scorching summer
Elite dog squad of Kolkata Police will play an important poll role
Unique app on artefacts and history launched by Indian Museum
Kolkata’s Indian Museum brings you closer to the lost eras
Singapore takes lesson from Kolkata to create ‘Art from Chaos’ ...
Connect between Kolkata and Singapore under British India
Alternative to Dumdum airport coming up at Barrackpore
A new airport to soon come up at Barrackpore. Good news for Kolkata
KIPF showcases Mother Teresa’s amazing journey
Documentary on Sunil K. Dutt who captured Mother in different moods
Paris based photographer Elodie Guignard is excited about KIPF
Elodie Guignard gives an exclusive interview to GB
By Saheli Mitra
Famous percussionist Tanmoy Bose to promote KIPF
GB spoke to Tanmoy Bose to find his take on this photography festival
Kolkata’s two new proposed flyovers can be an environmental menace
Proposed Alipore Flyover can damage Adi Ganga and cause flooding
Gautam De tells GB why ICCR is a chosen venue for KIPF
Kolkata’s largest photography festival will hold show at ICCR
Celebrate photographs that are more real than reality
Do not miss The Kolkata International Photo Festival
World War II bomb discovered during dredging at Kolkata port!
Reliving the dark tales of colonial rule and Japanese bombings!
Innovative packaged tours for Kolkata Book Fair
State government comes up with Book Tours to attract crowds
Cruelty against the city’s stray dogs is no stray incident
GB speaks to citizens of Kolkata to address the inhuman face of humans
Buying books in kilos at Bookchor carnival in Kolkata
Were city’s bookworms satisfied with this first-of-a-kind event?
Gorosthaney Shabdhan! Talking to the graves at the oldest non-church cemete...
Which are the graves to watch?
By Saheli Mitra
Panioty – Kolkata’s marble drinking water fountain made by the ...
Where is it? What is its condition?
Century old Kolkata tram gets a single car chic look this Christmas
Launch of more new-look single tramcars by March 2020
Taste a slice of vintage Kolkata at Mocambo this Christmas Eve!
From piping Sizzlers to Bekti Bell Meuniere
By Saheli Mitra
Do you yearn to hear a quilt-maker’s music this winter on Kolkata&rsq...
The vanishing Dhunuris of Kolkata
By Saheli Mitra
Did you know St Xavier’s College was established twice?
Where was the first college and why did it wind up?
Nostalgic drive down Harish Mukherjee Road named after a British India jour...
Editor Harish Mukherjee fought for indigo planters’ rights
By Saheli Mitra
110-year-old Dilkhusha Cabin got prestigious Heritage Eatery Tag yesterday!...
Poet Nazrul Islam was a frequent visitor at Dilkhusha
Curtains finally come down on Roxy Cinema Hall by High Court Order
City loses yet another iconic single screen movie hall
The Melody shop that still repairs Uttam Kumar’s harmonium
Iconic Rashbehari shop that has its named entwined with legends
BREAKING! 200-year-old chest found in Sanskrit College with Vidyasagar&rsqu...
Treasure trove of how he had left money for widows!
Royal Gallery at Victoria Memorial opens after 25 years!
Step in to see India’s largest oil painting
On Heritage Week, GB brings the story of how Deb Sahitya Kutir building was...
Purono Kolkatar Golpo took the fight against demolition
120 years of Kolkata’s Electric Trams celebrated with special cover r...
Tracing the history from horse trams to electric trams
Oldest Dhobi Khana of India is still operational in Kolkata
Explorer Arpita Chanda on this iconic washing ground
Did you know Kalighat Temple has a special architecture found only in Benga...
Special Kali idol of Kalighat that only had a face!
South Kolkata’s Lake Kalibari – where Goddess has a seat of fiv...
The Kali Temple established almost 60 years ago
Which Kali Temple of Bengal was razed by a cyclone in 1737?
Tracing the history of the cyclone through letters by British
Asia’s first hotel was in Kolkata! Does it still exist?
Even author Jules Verne mentioned about Spences Hotel
Iconic Kolkata Port turns 150! GB traces its rich history
The port that played a major role in British India
Kolkata house where first widow remarriage took place is in shambles!
Plaque stating Vidyasagar married off first widow is also stolen!
Iconic Trincas on Park Street celebrates 60th anniversary this weekend! &n...
GB traces nostalgic trip of this iconic restaurant where music bands were born
Manisha Granthalaya -- the bookstore that still sells Russian books
Bringing back a slice of Misha and the Bear!
Visiting the Oldest Kite Flying clubs of Kolkata
Know of the famous kite flying competitions that still exist
Rubbles everywhere! Durga Pithuri Lane of Bowbazar looks like a bombarded w...
East West Metro’s defective plan destroys a middle-class Kolkata neighbourhood
Kolkata’s iconic Fairlawn Hotel where Shashi Kapoor spent his honeymo...
Why did Bollywood’s charming couple Shashi Kapoor-Jennifer choose this hotel?
How Calcutta High Court ruled: Today Is Not Kolkata’s Birthday!
Why many celebrate the city’s birthday on 24th August
Landsharks trying to grab YMCA Heritage Hostel of Kolkata?
Purono Kolkatar Golpo group tries to save this Grade 1 Heritage
Iconic Mess Baris of Kolkata make way for modern student PG rooms
City’s mess baris had well-known authors as residents once upon a time
Kolkata’s heritage gate built by Dhaka’s Nawab is now a litti- ...
Are we protecting the heritage of Kolkata?
Hatibagan, North Kolkata’s cinema para got its name from elephants? ...
How is Kolkata’s Hatibagan thriving today?
Victoria Memorial shows up cracks! Need immediate attention!
Daniel Room crack spotted two decades ago
Only ‘Whites’ were allowed in New Market during British era!
Surprised? Do not be so! Apartheid in the heart of Kolkata
Bene or pukur? Beniapukur is as old as Mangal Kavya’s inception
Did you know Michael Madhusudhan Dutta lived in a house in Beniapukur?
100-year-old Beltala School to get college and English medium branch
CM Mamata Banerjee proposes 1.25 crore for the iconic school’s development
Two British era cannons lying in neglect restored by PKG
Purono Kolkatar Golpo group help to restore two historical cannons
Behala’s well-known Ellora cinema hall shuts down
Just 5 people watched the last show in the 950-seater hall!
Did you know Behala is older than 330-year-old Kolkata?
Part of the city that is more ancient than Kolkata! Some say 800-years-old
Iconic Bengali publishing house of Kolkata saved from land sharks
Deb Sahitya Kutir that published first Borno Porichay saved from demolition
Bourne & Shepherd captured Kolkata’s babus behind the lens
The iconic photography studio giant mentioned in Satyajit Ray’s Feluda
Rang Matir Panchali – Kumartuli gives way to Street Festival
Where World Art Day and Bengali New Year merged through public art
By Indrajit Sen
More than a century old gun shop of Kolkata that still sells firearms
How was Narasinghachandra Dawn & Co set up in Kolkata?
Wari Club that went up in flames was born after Partition
A look at the century old club of Kolkata’s Maidan
Another century-old Kolkata movie hall shuts down, end of an era?
88-year-old Mitra Cinema to turn into shopping mall
Did you know Kolkata had goshalas since 1885?
A look at the lesser-known Calcutta Pinjrapole Society
Where have all the Bhistiwalas of Kolkata gone?
The men who supplied water to homes and offices once
City’s favourite ‘cheap’ South Indian Club canteen shuts ...
Gone is an era of simple South Indian delicacies
State government starts renovation of Metropolitan Institution
Vidyasagar-founded institute saved and brought to past glory
What lies behind the Doric columns of Greek Orthodox Church?
Rare connect between Greeks and Kolkata
What secret does Kolkata’s St John’s Church harbour?
World famous artist Johann Zoffany’s Last Supper!
Secret behind building of St Paul’s Cathedral
Did you know it was in memory of an assassinated Viceroy?
Tagore Castle of Kolkata was built according to Windsor Castle
But why is this grand building in shambles today?
GB visits the first free Public Library of Asia in Uttarpara
How visionary Jaikrishna Mukherjee built this library
Dipping into greasy telebhaja at 100-year-old Potlar Dokan
Hop on to Bagbazar Street for some yummy telebhaja
By Saheli Mitra
Conversing with Puppets of Bengal at Puppet Museum
GB makes a trip to the exciting Puppet Museum of Kolkata
Amritendu Roy’s old heritage bungalow turned to a home-stay jewel of ...
GB peeps into RedBrick Residency in the heart of the city
By Saheli Mitra
GB visits a century-old restored South Kolkata bungalow
Rajesh Sen’s The Zs’ Precinct proves old homes can be a revenue earner
Gorosthaney Shabdhan! Arpita Chanda turns detective and locates a Missing L...
But who was ‘Hindoo Stuart’ and why is he famous?
How Siddhartha Shankar Ray’s Lal Bari turns a new tourist homestay
Thanks to Ray’s niece, this iconic building did not fall prey to promoters
The British woman who loved Kolkata more than England
Why was Frances Johnson, known as Begum Johnson?
Remembering Laddie, the ‘War Dead’ of Kolkata
How is Indra Roy Road of Bhowanipur linked to World War I?
By Tuhin K.Roy
Will the most famous paan shop of Kolkata survive?
Listen to the electrical engineer who runs Kolpotoru Paan shop
Why Gariahat is still a street shopper’s paradise?
GB prepares a perfect fashion combo from street items
Will 100-year-old Charu Market be another revamp victim?
High street retail space and apartments to replace Charu Market
Do not miss this heritage symposium at an old Kolkata building
Reclaiming the City: Built Fabric of Kolkata RECLAIMING THE CITY:
Imagine Bande Mataram played in your ears with a cleaner!
Babus of Belgachhia Villa played rhythms with ear cleaning tools!
Old Stone Age tools found in Kolkata museum’s vault!
Indian Museum unearths 1.5 million-year-old tools
Purono Kolkatar Golpo saves Vidyasagar’s Metropolitan Institute
Learn what the local councillor and Trustee Board had to say
Vidyasagar’s Metropolitan Institution being demolished since yesterda...
Will Kolkata ever learn to protect its heritage buildings?
Purono Kolkatar Golpo is all about genuine emotions
Group that talks and works for Kolkata
By Saheli Mitra
Bengali woman’s andarmahal to be part of post-graduate syllabus
This move will help highlight Bengal’s lost heritage
Kolkata comes alive through photographs of old buildings!
Do not miss VIVA -- Kounteya Sinha’s 2018 summer repertoire show
Kalighat’s Kali idol has a significance beyond religion
Temple built in Bengal aatchala architecture
When a Professor of Zoology visited Asiatic Society
Prof Ena Ray Banerjee felt nostalgic viewing century old archives
When will Kolkata learn to protect heritage structures?
City monuments that are neglected and harbor laundry drying
Son et Lumiere at Jorasanko Thakurbari from next week
A rare experience for the first time in Kolkata
Did you know India’s oldest NGO started from Kolkata?
To support weavers and Bengal handlooms since 1917!
How poet Madhusudan Dutt’s Kidderpore house got saved
Recent RTI case saved the house from demolition
Paint the town red! Kolkata feeder boxes get facelift
Famous movie paintings on electric boxes catch city’s fancy
Architectural conservationist Kamalika Bose speaks to GB
On how to preserve Bengal’s architecture and Kolkata’s buildings
The U.S. Military Photographer who captured the city
Photographs of Calcutta during second world war
