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Mammoth Carnival for farewell to Durga

    Curtains came down on Kolkata’s extravaganza called Durga Puja with the chief minister’s final signoff on Tuesday, October 3 at Red Road. Sixty-seven of...

GJM leaders urge Rajnath for the safety of Gurung

GJM leader urges Rajnath Singh to ensure the safety of Gurung As the queen of hills gradually coming back to normalcy and expelled GJM leader...

Puja Vignettes – Dashami

The hour of departure brings mixed feelings of happiness and sadness. A few moments from Dashami evening captured in Kolkata Wire's camera where women...

Durga Puja at Sankrail Pal Bari

      Durga Puja is close to 200 years old at this old mansion on the bank of the Hooghly in Rajgunge, Sankrail, Howrah. The Pal...

In china, adult children oppose their widowed parents to remarry

Chinese parents always encourage their adult children to marry and raise a family on their own, but when widowed parents want to remarry to...

Gymming for the perfect Puja look

Durga Puja is that time of the year when everyone finds the enthusiasm to pump more iron and that great body to look good during...

For the love of Pithe, this Puja

Its not the conventional finger food to be had in pubs or casual restaurants. Neither is it the panchabyanjan of a Bengali restaurant. To...

Bengal, culture and tradition rules themes in Howrah this Durga Puja

This year, Durga Puja organisers had to combat a new demon called GST. Maintaining the grandeur of their Pujas, barowari committees and clubs had...

Shiva accompanies Durga on her annual homecoming

Durga is the daughter, Shiva the son-in-law. This belief is behind Serampore’s Pyne family's nearly 400 year old Durga Puja. The children, of course,...

Steeped in tradition for over four centuries

Bazar Bari, the colloquial term for Uma Villa, is the centre of activities in Janai, a sleepy hamlet in Hooghly, during Durga Puja. The...

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