The city with yellow black taxis; the city famous for it street food; the Indian city where tram rides are still available; the city where Durga Pooja is celebrated at its best and the list goes on. Stay – Hotel Lindsay Lindsay which was built in 1978, is very popular among foreigners from that time onwards. On seeing the foreigners waggling to and fro in the hotel, we wondered at how we got such decent offer in a reputed hotel…
Kolkata being a foodie’s paradise, we were confused to choose among the incredible varieties of Bengali cuisine. We had plethora of street foods to be tasted along with excess of sweets to be savored. Let me list out the few foods we had in our Kolkata trip. Bengali Thali and Sonish Elish in Bhojahori Manna First thing we did in Kolkata was to head to Bhojahori Manna for treating our taste buds with an authentic Bengali food. We ordered a Bengali…
Everyone must have dreamt of visiting Kolkata during Durga Pooja for all the charm it brings. Being an annual hindu festival, it is mostly celebrated in eastern states of India. Especially this is the largest festival of Bengali Hindus. As told by our friend, the celebration actually goes on for 5 days and those five days were declared as official holidays in West Bengal. First day -Shashthi Shashti marks the procession of bringing in the deity(Aagaman). It takes place on the…
