Bengali Language: A Brief Introduction
Bengali Language: A Brief Introduction © Anup Mukherjee (Nov 2003) Bengali language is the mother tongue of the people of West Bengal and Bangladesh. Both West Bengal and Bangladesh share a similar...
View ArticleReligion, Food and Bengal
I find it strange of how people react to food vis-a-vis their religion. Most of this strange thing is related to methods and reasons for taking/not-taking non-veg food – though not restricted to that...
View ArticleAsansol Film Festival and Amu
The film festival at Asansol is held around this time of the year. This comprises a handful of good films – English, Hindi, Bengali – that are shown over a week at the Rabindra Bhavan. This time we...
View ArticleCalcutta
A version of this essay was published in the Encyclopedia of World Trade published by ME Sharpe Publishers, Armonk, New York. Calcutta (Kolkata) © Anup Mukherjee Calcutta is located on the eastern bank...
View ArticleInitiation for the Probasi
“You are a Bihari, huh”? No! I protest, I am Mukherjee. “You are a Mukherjee!” – the man said with questioning disbelief and astonishment. “So where is your home?”. I say, I live at Asansol. “No-no”,...
View ArticleVishwakarma Puja
Vishwakarma Puja is a big occasion of celebration in the industrial belt. This comes every year on Sept 17th. The festival celebrating the God of Industrial Craft ie. Vishwakarma is an important but...
View ArticleReview: Bong Mom’s Cookbook: Documenting Bengali Way of Life
Frankly, I love good food, and had been peeping into the Bong Mom’s blog from time to time for quite many years. But that had been less for food, but more for food photography – that seemed...
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