Places To Visit In Darjeeling – Tourist Attractions
Darjeeling, a hill station located in the Himalayan foothills offers stunning views of the surrounding mountains. It is in the state of West Bengal,...
Alipore Museum In Kolkata That Was Once A Jail
Alipore Museum in Kolkata was earlier a central jail. I was apprehensive about visiting it as jails have a perception of being dreaded institutions....
Trade In Ancient Bengal With Anita Bose
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Anuradha Goyal: Namaste and welcome to Detours with me Anuradha Goyal. Today we have with us Smt. Anita Bose Ji from Calcutta. She is an...
Kalibari or Kali Mata Mandir Trail in Kolkata
Kolkata remains a strong bastion of Shakti worship. You may not spot the temple dome from afar thanks to the rising skyscrapers but as...
Top 10 Kolkata Souvenirs To Pick – Shopping In Kolkata
Kolkata Souvenirs remind me of old Hindi films where the Hero or the father goes to Calcutta, as it was called then, and brings...
Hollong – Biodiversity Hotspot Of Jaldapara National Park
Hollong is a small corner of Dooars or Jaldapara National Park located at the Chicken’s neck of India. Technically this biodiversity hotspot falls in...
Top Things To Do At Tagore’s Shantiniketan
Shantiniketan or Santiniketan – the university town immediately brings out an image of Rabindranath Tagore writing from this quaint town. It has been on...
Cooch Behar – Places To See In Royal City Of Bengal
Cooch Behar – I first heard about this place when I was reading a story on Maharani Gayatri Devi of Jaipur. She came from...
Mayfair Darjeeling – Charming Royal Heritage Hotel
Review of Mayfair Resort, Darjeeling - a luxury heritage property that was once the summerhouse of Maharaja of Nawabganj. Old world charm is accentuated by the walls full of old photographs and a library dedicated to the Sherpa Tenzing Norgay.
Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park, Darjeeling
Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park was on our Darjeeling sightseeing list. We started on a taxi from Gangtok covering about 90 odd kilometers distance...
