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Kolkata

Tiny Tome of Terrific Travel Tales

Attention all hagglers of Gariahat. Yes, those of you who pride themselves on negotiating prices down till the vendor has slashed them by more than half.

And quietly, the Hooghly flows

A couple of weeks ago, on 18 April, the annual ‘World Heritage Day’ came and went almost unnoticed in Kolkata. It is usually a moment when a city looks at herself, at old buildings, inherited rituals, and spaces that remember more than people do.