KOLKATA BOOKS IT
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay’s first and only novel in English, ‘Rajmohan’s Wife’, was published in 1864 in a serialized format in an English-language periodical, ‘Indian Field’ that soon shut down. It created history by being widely regarded as the first Indian novel written in English. Some argue there were other contenders but they all agree that […]
BUZZ AT BURRABAZAR
It’s an urban folklore of Kolkata that there is wealth in every nook and corner of Burrabazar, you should know the art to make it your own. Burrabazar in central Kolkata is one of the biggest wholesale and retail hubs in the country with scores of markets offering specific merchandise each.Translated in English, Burrabazar means […]