Rangoli Journal

Shashthi is tomorrow. Nobody in Kolkata is waiting for it.Tonight the lights are fully up, the big South Kolkata pandals are open, and the...

Shashthi is 16 October. Two days. The shopping is over; this is about making sure what you have works.Do these today Lay out all...

The bonedi bari Pujas — the household Pujas of North Kolkata's old families, some of them running for two hundred years — are the...

Shashthi is on the 16th. Nobody in Kolkata is waiting for it.By the middle of this week the big pandals in the south of...

You buy a saree as it is. The blouse is the one piece of the outfit that is made to your specification, and most...

It is Mahalaya. If you are Bengali, you have probably been awake since four.Devi Paksha begins today and the countdown is now in single...

Tomorrow, before sunrise, most of Bengal will have the radio on. Mahalaya falls on 10 October 2026, and Birendra Krishna Bhadra's Mahishasuramardini — recorded...

A Katan Banarasi is bought to last decades. Most do not, and almost none of the damage happens while it is being worn.The four...