THE NEW SMART, GREEN TOWN
When the New Town Planning Area was declared 24 years ago, envisioning the development of an eco-friendly city, the 93. 9-sq-km area was a clean slate, literally. Acres and acres of land, with small villages, water bodies and fields, were gradually moulded into a planned township, divided into residential neighbourhoods and commercial hubs. What was […]
Renaissance street
College Street or Boipara is synonymous with Kolkata’s progress, being the cradle of Bengal Renaissance, the stamping ground of intellectual, literary and science greats, the birthplace of many a strategy for freedom movement, the first sporting ground where football made its debut in the city and more recently, the education and adda hub for those […]
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On Kolkata’s old streets, the neighs have it
Four times a day, a part of the busy SN Banerjee Road in the heart of Kolkata comes to a stop while a dozen-odd thoroughbreds and their uniformed riders walk leisurely to and from the Maidan.
With cloth and paper bags, New Town market goes plastic-free
New Town’s CB block community market, which used to produce nearly 170kg of single-use plastic every month, has successfully become a plastic-free market following a project taken up by an NGO in collaboration with NKDA.
Tiretta Bazaar, Kolkata’s old Chinatown, on World Monuments Watch list
World Monuments Fund (WMF) on Wednesday announced that Tiretta Bazaar – the old Chinatown in central Kolkata – has been named among the 2022 World Monuments Watch, a selection of 25 heritage sites of worldwide significance whose preservation is urgent and vital to the communities surrounding them.
All you need to know before buying ceramics in Kolkata
Shopkeepers in busy markets in Kolkata such as Gariahat and Dakshinapan tell us that there has been a rise in demand for ceramic tableware post the pandemic. But are these pieces, made by heating and hardening clay and applying coats of paint and glaze, safe to store food? We browsed through Kolkata Markets to know the right ceramic one should buy.
Park Street & Camac Street in top 10, Kolkata’s glamorous shopping hubs rank among India’s best
Park Street and Camac Street fifth among 30 high streets in the country’s top eight cities.