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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.

When identity becomes destiny

A few months ago, a cultural event in Kolkata centred on the Bengali word heyro. Loosely translated as “loser,” the programme leaned playfully into a familiar trope: the Bengali as a brilliant but impractical figure—intellectually animated yet economically unproductive.