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A good harvest and welcoming of the Bengali New Year is celebrated with horse racing. A south Bengal tradition

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অন্নপূর্ণা | Siva and Annapurna
Watercolour on paper
Kalighat, Kolkata, 1890s
#AnnapurnaPuja

#WorldHeritageDay :
#WestBengal through my 📷
Built during the reign of Maharaja Nripendra Narayan in 1887 & modelled after Buckingham Palace of #London ; #Coochbehar PALACE of 🇮🇳 is noted for its elegance & grandeur .
#tourism #WestBengal Incredible!ndia #heritage

Sanghamitra (Sanghamitra Malik) is another person who constantly inspires me. দিদি আপনাকে ধন্যবাদ দিয়ে ছোট করবোনা

Comments like this are always source of inspiration

Thanks Aniruddha Brahmachari, Rainforest Alliance

In recent times I have been irregular with my blog post. The reason is I am writing regularly for several publications both online and print and in English and Bengali
Check this
Online English publication tinyurl.com/2p8m9bh2
Print Bengali publication tinyurl.com/yckht2su

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Food Trail of Rajshahi Region, #Bangladesh

A republication but with more details

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DHC Dr Andrew Fleming 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 inaugurated Chitropot - an exhibition on Sundarbans Potochitro at Gallery Gold.

These paintings are made by women artists from Sundarbans.

This is organised by KSCH INDIA & Directorate of Forests 🌳, S 24 Parganas.

The exhibition will be held till 11 April.

A celebration of Bangladesh's Jamdani weaving on show at Chhobi-o-Ghor Art Gallery rediscovering stories that bind us across time and rivers.

I inaugurated this small exhibition curated with passion & ❤ It is on from 15:00 - 20:00 until 15th April (except Tuesday's).

Do visit.

Mukherজি Gyani Budhau 🙏🙏Pappu ka Vidusakmandali🙏🙏🙏🙏 Sandipan Chatterjee That being said, Kinjal Bose, Rangan Datta and Shyamal Kumar Ghosh have always been a guiding light for me. Have been following all of them for a very long time. Exemplary work done by all of them. Hope to follow their path and maybe build my own identity too, in the process.

Bookings for Immersive Trails first ever #International #Tour is now OPEN!
Explore the Rich #History of #Naogaon , #Bogura , #Rajshahi and #ChapaiNawabganj in #Bangladesh ! Join our cross-border adventure and take a deep dive into the rich history, #culture , and #food of this

Another dugout boat of Bengal - Taler Donga

As the name suggests, it is dug out of the trunk of a tal tree

The photo is of a (1:10) scale model of the boat made by anthropologist and Bengal boat researcher Swarup Bhattacharyya

এমনিতে বাংলাতে খুব একটা লেখা হয়না - তবে এই বছর জানুয়ারি থেকে আবার শুরু করেছি। প্রধানত ভ্রমণে লিখছি। ২০১৯ সাল থকে ভ্রমণে লেখা শুরু মাঝে কিছু দিন গ্যাপ যায়, তবে আবার শুরু করেছি।

আপাতোত ভ্রমণে ২০ টি লেখা প্রকাশিত হয়েছে । পুরো লিস্টটা দিলাম

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Radha
Bronze, 17th century
Bengal or Odisha
Currently at the Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore
ACM Singapore

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Food trail of Rajshahi region of #Bangladesh

From chap to jhal muri and from kichuri to nihari

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ইকির মিকির চামচিকির
চামেকাটা মজুমদার
ধেয়ে এলো দামোদর

Till 1950s, the notoriety of Damodar river’s flooding capability saw the peril cementing a place in entire Bengal’s psyche in form of above rhyme.

Almost every year, Damodar would flood its embankments and cause havoc

WOW TAJ!!!!

A couple of cliched shots. The second one features my daughter Rupsha

Don't worry, publications and blog posts on unknown Agra coming up soon

#TajMahal #Agra #UNESCO

About Hashmat Gunj Gate, the neglected historic Gate of the #Hyderabad #BritishResidency with #EastIndiaCompany insignia - an article in today's Indian Express by Shrimansi Kaushik

Sanghamitra Malik Asif Ali Khan Dr Andrew Fleming 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 William Dalrymple Rangan Datta Tathagata Neogi (He/Him/Dr)

The Botanic Garden and the Roxburgh Project in the news! Thank you Payal Mohanka for a super article. We need more such! modhurima sinha Amit Guha
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অনন্ত দেব | Ananta Deb
Vishnu Reclining on the serpent Ananta
Woodcut, c. 1890
শ্রী নৃত্য লাল দত্ত কৃত | Made by Sri Nritya Lal Dutta
#Bengal , #Kolkata

Currently at The Cleveland Museum of Art
(Gift of William E Ward)