Category: History

History

A Brief History of Bengal’s Sweat Meat & The Portuguese Influence

Kacha Gola
Estimated read time 3 min read

Sandesh, one of Bengal’s most iconic sweets, transformed as sweet makers experimented with different sweetening agents, such as palm jaggery, sugarcane jaggery, and refined sugar. They crafted sandesh in a variety of moulds, infusing it with colours and flavours drawn from local fruits and flowers. The essences of orange, jackfruit, and rose were particularly popular, adding a fragrant and flavorful dimension to these delicacies.

Culture History

The Zenana System : History, Education & the Cosmopolitan Set-up

Estimated read time 5 min read

If gender is a social construct, then its impact is not only limited to enforcing behavioural norms but extends to power dynamics, politics of gender […]

History

Kanpur as the centre of Revolutionary Activities

PC : Midjourney (Revolutionaries in Kanpur)
Estimated read time 3 min read

by Anushree Ghosh Kanpur, formerly known as Cawnpore, has a unique history of becoming the centre of revolutionary activities in India. Settled on the banks […]

History movies

Evolution of Bengali Cinema— the Cultural Nuances, Portrayal of the Society and the Transformation in Popular Culture – Part 1

Meghe Dhaka Tara
Estimated read time 4 min read

The art cinema movement was set in motion with Ray’s Pather Panchali (1955). It was based on the story written by the Bengali author Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay and was a testament to his deep engagement in Bengali literature which was inspired by Bengal’s deep-rooted reality. Ray’s international recognition, first at Cannes in 1956, and his presence on the international film scene worked to embed among common Bengalis the fascination for Bengali cinema.

History Travel

Shekhawati — Havelis Reiterating The Tales of Glorious Days

Just how Orhan Pamuk’s ‘My Name is Red’ experiments with your imagination playing with the myriad hues, shapes, ideas, stories, and colours of the Ottoman […]