Column | Kolkata’s Western fantasy Christmas may be a tad tacky — but I always feel homesick for the city this season

Column | Kolkata’s Western fantasy Christmas may be a tad tacky — but I always feel homesick for the city this season

A crowded park in Kolkata on Christmas eve. | Photo Credit: Getty Images At one time, I was always embarrassed about a Kolkata Christmas. It felt like a big fat slice of colonial nostalgia. The British had left but we had held onto their traditions. Everything about it was fake — the cotton wool snow, […]

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