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The Parsi Fire Temple and 5 things about Parsi community in India

March 6, 2016 / 5 Comments
Parsi Temple Kolkata

The Parsi Fire Temple in Kolkata is a place forbidden for any non-Parsi. But the forbidden things seem most tempting, isn't it? When the temple was under renovation last February, I decided to give [Read more...]

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Christmas eve celebrations at Ramakrishna Mission Belur Math

December 25, 2015 / 5 Comments
Christmas Ramkrishna mission

    "Blessed are the ones who know how to forgive". This echoes inside my mind when deep down I feel hurt. Hurt by people, I've often referred to as family and I simply wanted to escape. I [Read more...]

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Bhoot Chaturdoshi, what’s that?

November 8, 2015 / 6 Comments

A few days back almost all of our social media feeds were full with pictures of pumpkins. And they were meant to be scary! Being from the land of “Kumropotash” (Translation: Not found.), I can imagine [Read more...]

Posted in: Autumn, Culture, Diwali, Exclusive, Guest Posts, Season, State, West Bengal Tagged: bengali culture, bengali festival, Bhoot Chaturdashi, Bhoot Chaturdashi Bengal, Bhoot Chaturdashi story, Bhoot Chaturdoshi, Bhoot choturdoshi, ghosts, horror

Kayged festival and Cham Dance in Ralang monastery, Sikkim

January 6, 2015 / 3 Comments
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The Tibetan dance “Cham” is quite familiar with people fascinated by the ever varying Indian culture. However, very few resources in English exist on the internet.  Having got the slightest hint of [Read more...]

Posted in: Cham dance, Culture, Exclusive, Festival, Sikkim, State, Travel Tagged: Black hat dance, Buddhist custom, Cham, Cham dance costumes, Cham dance mask, Cham dance photographs, cham mask, chham dance, chham dance sikkim, chham festival, chham festival sikkim, Folk culture, Folk dance, Kaged festival, Kagyat festival, Karma Lama, Karmapa Mahakala Dance, Mahakala Dance, Masked Dances, Tibetan dance

Magen David Synagogue and 5 things about Calcutta’s Jews.

January 1, 2015 / 1 Comment
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I had no proper plans made for this year’s Christmas. Tired of resting, I boarded a taxi and asked the driver to take me around, perhaps to a less crowded church. I was busy searching for some church [Read more...]

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Maa Manasa – The controller of snakes.

November 29, 2014 / 4 Comments

Don't freak out when I say this: I dream of snakes at the start of every bad phase in my life. I did not tell anyone about it. Not just that, I had no clue that one of my relatives are ardent [Read more...]

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Gajan festival in West Bengal

April 15, 2014 / 6 Comments
gajan festival

Photograph #1: The street skit showing the dance of Lord Shiva. (Gajan | www.anirbansaha.com) A tale of belief:  Gajan and Charak.  -          Anirban Saha & Sourav Halder, Krishnadebpur’ [Read more...]

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Boshonto Utshob | Kolkata Jorasanko thakur bari’ 2014

March 14, 2014 / 6 Comments

Information: Boshonto Utshob 2018 celebration in Jorasanko Thakur Bari is scheduled on ____. ----- Like most other Bengali children, I got introduced to Rabindranath Tagore at quite an early age. As [Read more...]

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Tusu Parab (festival / parab), Purulia

January 17, 2014 / 1 Comment
tusu festival

(বাংলায়  পড়ার জন্য এখানে ক্লিক করে।) (इसे हिंदी में पढ़ने के लिए यहां क्लिक करें) The Tusu festival ( also known as Tusu Parab or Tusu Parob or Tusu Puja ) is a tribal festival in rural [Read more...]

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