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A what-to-do list for Navaratri if you are in Kochi

A what-to-do list for Navaratri if you are in Kochi

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The idol of goddess Durga at the Keral Banga Samskriti Sangha’s (KBSS) Sarvajanin Durgotsav | Photo Credit: RK Nithin There is more to Navaratri than fasting, feasting, and prayer… it is also about celebration, camaraderie and cheer. Here is a list of things to do in the city during the penultimate days of the festival […]

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DAG exhibition on art from early 20th Century Bengal

DAG exhibition on art from early 20th Century Bengal

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One monsoon day in 1757, in the mango orchards of Plassey, a town that stands between Calcutta and Murshidabad, the British established their empire defeating Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula’s forces. And so, to this land stretching from the foothills of the Himalayas to the steaming marshes through which a thousand tributaries flow into the Bay of Bengal, […]

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