For generations, Bengal has been widely recognized for the art of wooden doll making and even to this day, most craftsmen are involved in this craft as their primary source of livelihood. Artist Uday Deb has exquisitely designed and handcrafted a collection of wooden dolls tha...

This oil will offer temporary relief from muscular and joint pain. Massage on affected areas to soothe sore muscles with its natural relaxant ingredients. https://www.thebengalstore.com/brands/organic-mandi/pain-relief-oil

Our home-made apple cider vinegar is slowly fermented using the best apples without adding artificial accelerants. Benefits: • Aids weight loss as part of a healthy regime• Helps lower blood sugar• Helps fight cancer• Beneficial for skin• Excellent for digestive health https:/...

Lying at the gateway of the ancient gateway of Adi Ganga, Sundarbans, Majilpur is a city known for making exquisitely crafted fired clay dolls. The area came to be known as Majilpur in the 17th century only after human settlements took place. The art of crafting fired clay dol...

Howrah is a district which is primarily known as the industrial hub of Bengal. But, since yesteryears, majestic dolls called Rani putul are crafted in various areas of Howrah district. The structure of these dolls might have a resemblance with Shashti putul or Shashti dolls. P...

In this era of living a healthy and holistic life, the one thing that is least on our priority list is the quality of food that we consume. It’s not only the food choices that affect our health but the ingredients in them. Good nutrition is without a doubt the most important e...

For generations, Bengal has been widely recognized for the art of wooden doll making and even to this day, most craftsmen are involved in this craft as their primary source of livelihood. Artist Uday Deb has exquisitely designed and handcrafted a collection of wooden dolls tha...

8 ( Eight) pieces of exquisitely designed and hand-crafted wooden dolls by Uday Deb inspired by the characters of the iconic film Gupi Gayen Bagha Bayen by legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray. https://www.thebengalstore.com/brands/humour-ink/mini-set

The best soap-free cleanser has been specially formulated for the oily and pimple-prone region. Regular use will ensure healthily and moisturised skin.

Cold pressing refers to oil obtained from fruits or seeds physically through a press. The pressing action produces a small amount of heat through friction. The oilseeds are not precooked and consequently, the oil is ‘cold-pressed’. In contrast to large scale solvent extraction...

The Battala woodcut was the popular art of 19th century Calcutta and was the only indigenous art activity of that time which could be termed as a ‘school’. It was the earliest hub of printing and publishing in colonial Calcutta. Battala woodcuts created an interesting visual n...

Poet Allen Ginsberg first read out these lines from his poem ‘Howl’ at a reading at the Six Gallery in December 1955. The reading was an immediate success and nearly 65 years on, the lines still resonate and the influence of Ginsberg, then 29, still continues on literature, so...

On April 1, 1868, a pretty young Anglo-Indian woman named Rose Brown was murdered in Calcutta, her throat slit almost ear to ear. Her body, discovered late at night by a beat constable on patrol duty, lay where she had died, mere minutes away from the Amherst Street police sta...

You must have often stepped into the General Post Office of Kolkata, but have hardly ever realised this iconic building is not just a place where you get postal services, post cards, envelopes and stamps. There is also a world-renowned Postal Museum and Philatelic Library, tha...

Buddhadeb Dasgupta will perhaps remain the most awarded and least screened Bengali filmmaker post the Ray-Sen-Ghatak era. Which is a tragedy for one of India’s most outstanding filmmakers, who acquired international fame for the lyrical quality of his work across three decades.

What do films like Habji Gabji, Hritpindo and Bela Shuru have in common? They all deal with different kinds of mental disorders of which, some are placed with proper research into the issue and the others are just done without much thought but only with entertainment through m...

She has stood there for almost a century, like a grand witness to a gradual change from the colonial era to the present-day mayhem, of a city that refuses to stand still. Howrah Station’s famous Boro Ghori turns 94 this year.

A group of youngsters has made us all proud with their wonderful achievement. Yes, at a time when detractors are crying hoarse to prove the fact that, Kolkata, once the cultural capital of the country, has degenerated into a creaking, dilapidated ‘old-age home’, that’s sighing...

The terracotta art of Bankura has evolved with the passage of time. In Italian, terracotta means baked earth which is generally brown or reddish in color. According to archaeological studies, this primitive terracotta art dates back to the Indus valley civilization where it wa...

The life of a honey collector is not an easy one, particularly for those in the Sundarbans. The reason is easy enough to pinpoint – attacks by man-eating tigers. The Royal Bengal Tiger, pride and joy of the Sundarbans, is also the biggest threat to honey collectors in the regi...

WIn the neighborhood of Simla Para off Beadon Street in Kolkata, great Mughal poet Mirza Ghalib lived once upon a time, creating verses that went on to conquer a lover’s heart. Not many of us know of Ghalib’s stay in this City of Joy.

Myriad birds created a live musical rhapsody every time someone knocked at Ajoy Home’s house. His house was an aviary of sorts where birds chirped merrily all day long. It was a common sight for any visitor to encounter him engrossed in his volume of Rabindranath’s works while...

We are always known as fish-eating or meat-eating Bengalis. There is a general perception that Bengalis are strictly non-vegetarian and even the ‘bhog’ we offer some of our deities is non-vegetarian, a strict no-no in other parts of India. But what many are not aware of is tha...

Sonar Kella was based on a story written by Manik da himself. This was the first time that Feluda, the favourite detective of all Bengalis, would be seen on the silver screen. We were to proceed to Delhi. The day before the departure, out of sheer excitement, I bought a new ca...

Apart from a variety of decorations on clay walls, there was a long-prevailing practice in rural areas of Bengal of displaying paintings on walls. This form of folk art was introduced and has been taken primarily by the rural population.

Where exactly is this plant treasure hub? When Colonel Robert Kid in 1787 started the famous botanical gardens in Shibpur, William Roxburgh was appointed as the first garden superintendent between 1793-1814. The building was thus named after him and constructed around 1794. In...

This is a set of 16 pieces of Kolkata specific merchandise in the form of fridge magnets, each measuring 3 x 4 inches and with wooden frames, we call ‘Ek Baksho Kolkata’ (A Box of Kolkata).

Much like working with fine wine, crafting a perfect cup of tea is no short of fine art. Handpicked from high-quality tea bushes, every tea in the TFI bouquet is processed uniquely and crafted to perfection for a unique tea experience. Produced in small batches, every tea has...

Anyone who has ever lived in, or visited, Kolkata will have their own opinions about what makes the city special, or what its most memorable symbols are. In true Kolkata style, fierce arguments are likely to break out about whether Victoria Memorial, or Howrah Bridge, or yello...