A literary fest with sweets on the agenda 

A literary fest with sweets on the agenda 

To celebrate its centenary, Jugal’s, a sweet shop in Kolkata, organised a two-day literary festival last weekend, tracing the origins of  mishti (sweets), and discussing ways to sustain a highly informal industry apart from preserving this part of Bengal’s culinary history. Bengal has a rich tradition of sweets, often reflected in songs and stories— the literary […]

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