Colourful fairs, musical soirees and ceremonial festivities abound in the country to greet the harvest season. Rural Bangladesh dressed in gold; the glitters of the freshly harvested golden rice bring ...

Every country has a host of traditional sweets that they proudly plate as a representation of their food and culture; for Bangladesh, this is undoubtedly pitha. For us, pitha is not just any other ...

In the heart of a Bengali winter, the arrival of Nolen Gur aka date palm jaggery marks a season of sweetness. This delicacy is an integral part of Sankranti celebrations in West Bengal, where families ...

Makar Sankranti, or Poush Parbon to Bengalis, is about a steaming bowl of Dudh Puli or Dudh Chitoi that symbolises the love and devotion from East Bengal's fertile plains to West Bengal's bustling ...