A Fish, A Festival, A Feeling 🐟❤️🌧️ There are a few things that can truly define the soul of Bengal — its rivers, its poetry, its monsoon, and its ilish, lovingly known as hilsa. Growing up in Kolkata, I heard countless stories of this silver queen of fish, worshipped as a delicacy, argued over at […]
A Monsoon Memory That Changed Me ☔🐟 There are moments in life that sink into your soul like the smell of mustard oil sizzling in a Bengali kitchen. My journey to the Sundarban Hilsa Festival 2025 was one such memory. As the monsoon clouds danced over the sprawling mangroves, I didn’t just attend a festival […]
🚤 A Journey Begins — Into the Heart of the Sundarbans There’s something incredibly magical about the moment your boat leaves the shore, gently slicing through the quiet waters of the delta. The world behind fades, and ahead lies an untouched paradise. My Sundarban Hilsa Festival adventure began just like that — on a […]