The Clay Models of Krishnanagar: A Tale of Creativity and Craftsmanship
21-year-old Sneha is super excited to spend this year’s Jagadhatri Puja at mama-bari in Krishnanagar with her dadu-didun (her grandparents from her mother’s side). Although as a little girl, she was way more eager to play with her grandma’s clay dolls than the thrill of the Puja extravaganza. She’s mesmerised by the life-like miniatures and…
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Our Top Findings on Kolkata’s Property Market Trends (Jan-Jun 2019)
Kolkata is a truly cosmopolitan city and according to Yamini who is a thorough Indore-bred girl, settling down in Kolkata after marriage was a pleasant surprise. “I still can’t believe how reasonable this metro is, both in terms of pricing as well as the pace of life. It would be wise to invest in Kolkata’s…
How to Design an Awesome Senior-Friendly Home?
We have all heard of child-proofing a house. But have you ever wondered that senior citizens, who enter the ability domain of children with advanced age, may also need a senior-friendly home that is planned modifications to make life easier? After Jadavpur resident Simanti Ghosh lost her mother, she decided to get her 75-year old…
Hilsa: The One True Love of the Fish-Crazy Bengalis
For centuries, Bengalis have been known for their characteristic devotion to good food and adda. Hilsa in the monsoons is probably the cherry on top. Starting with the urge of buying this special fish from the market even at an-otherwise-ridiculous-price to cooking them in numerous ways for an entire platter in a family meal –…
How the World of FM Radio in India Has Changed Drastically
When in the 1980s, The Buggles sang the song “Video killed the radio star”, they were really onto something. Or so, the media watchers thought. The imminent death of radio was prophesied, with television taking over people’s living rooms. Of course, there was an initial lull in radio’s popularity but it hit back strong in…
How a Home Insurance Policy Offers Protection against Disasters
Vikas and Rashmi Dubey loved every square inch of their new detached house in their home town of Bhopal, and they decorated it with the latest gadgets and trendiest furnishings. The bank did offer them a home insurance policy along with the home loan but they had declined it. After the 2019 monsoon havoc in…
Is Kolkata Prepared to Face a Severe Earthquake?
Earlier this month, Kolkata felt some mild tremors. The social media was flooded with updates. “Have we just been hit by an earthquake? Felt our apartment swaying for a few seconds,” Shyambazar resident, Rajrupa Ghosh posted on Facebook just minutes after the tremors. “Did anyone else feel the shake today? We emptied our office buildings…
Our Report Reveals Top Hyderabad Property Market Trends
It has been close to two years that 32-year old Priyanka Sen has moved to Hyderabad with her husband, Sourav. All this while, the couple — both IT industry employees — had been living in a rented 2 BHK apartment in Jeedimetla. But since Sourav’s promotion 6 months back, they have been thinking of buying…
The Past, Present & Future of the Art Galleries in Kolkata
Religions and cultures harmoniously blend in Bengal’s Naya village, where the mud walls of every hut is a vivid canvas with diverse psychedelic paintings on them. On some walls you will find mythological tales painted in flashy colours, while on some other walls you will come across illustrations of luminescent yellow tigers, their tongues coloured…