The just launched Estée Lauder X Sabyasachi collaboration features 10 matte lipsticks in gilded cases

The just launched Estée Lauder X Sabyasachi collaboration features 10 matte lipsticks in gilded cases

For the Estée Lauder X Sabyasachi collaboration, the couturier curated the shades by drawing on individual threads from his aesthetic At first, it looks like a piece of jewellery. A gilded case with 24K gold-plated accents and the Bengal tiger embossed on top. Is it a pendant, a charm perhaps? Neither; what it is, is actually […]

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From rezala to biryani: Here’s why you should head to this rooftop restaurant in Kolkata

From rezala to biryani: Here’s why you should head to this rooftop restaurant in Kolkata

Manzilat Fatima After climbing four floors we reach Manzilat’s. A little window by the staircase offers a glimpse of the kitchen, where through smoke and the clang of vessels rises the soft strains of The Beatles’ as Manzilat Fatima swings and swishes her ladle. As the unassuming wooden door to the terrace opens, we are […]

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From rezala to biryani: Here’s why you should head to this rooftop restaurant in Kolkata

From rezala to biryani: Here’s why you should head to this rooftop restaurant in Kolkata

Manzilat Fatima After climbing four floors we reach Manzilat’s. A little window by the staircase offers a glimpse of the kitchen, where through smoke and the clang of vessels rises the soft strains of The Beatles’ as Manzilat Fatima swings and swishes her ladle. As the unassuming wooden door to the terrace opens, we are […]

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Gauri Khan shares designs secrets from her latest project, the Falguni Shane Peacock store in Kolkata 

Gauri Khan shares designs secrets from her latest project, the Falguni Shane Peacock store in Kolkata 

Gauri Khan (centre) with Shane and Falguni | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement For Gauri Khan, the little details matter. Which is probably why, two white urns, with 3D peacock motifs, are the source of much discussion at the Falguni Shane Peacock showroom in Kolkata. Gauri who has done the interiors for three of the FSP […]

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DAG exhibition on art from early 20th Century Bengal

DAG exhibition on art from early 20th Century Bengal

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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Kolkata’s iconic Peter Cat is on a list of the 150 Most Legendary Restaurants in the World. Here’s what to order

Kolkata’s iconic Peter Cat is on a list of the 150 Most Legendary Restaurants in the World. Here’s what to order

The familiar and comforting interiors at Peter Cat A plate of chelo kebab Over the weekend, Siddharth Kothari woke up to a message that made him smile. Iconic Peter Cat, one of the restaurants owned by his family, made it to a list of the 150 Most Legendary Restaurants in the World. The establishment, which […]

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Kolkata’s iconic Peter Cat is on a list of the 150 Most Legendary Restaurants in the World. Here’s what to order

Kolkata’s iconic Peter Cat is on a list of the 150 Most Legendary Restaurants in the World. Here’s what to order

The familiar and comforting interiors at Peter Cat Over the weekend, Siddharth Kothari woke up to a message that made him smile. Iconic Peter Cat, one of the restaurants owned by his family, made it to a list of the 150 Most Legendary Restaurants in the World. The establishment, which opened its doors in Calcutta […]

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Memories of a bagaanbari: Shuma Raha recalls Bengali food served at her bagaanbari

Memories of a bagaanbari: Shuma Raha recalls Bengali food served at her bagaanbari

When Sundays meant seasonal produce, wood fires, and a caretaker-cum-gardener-cum-cook who enjoyed feeding both the body and the soul When Sundays meant seasonal produce, wood fires, and a caretaker-cum-gardener-cum-cook who enjoyed feeding both the body and the soul Growing up in Calcutta (now known as Kolkata), where food is something akin to religion, and in […]

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