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The 19th Century Calcutta Firm that Clothed the Indian Police and the British Army
The 19th Century Calcutta Firm that Clothed the Indian Police and the British Army
The rags to riches story of Bamacharan Bhar of Calcutta
Tathagata Neogi
Jan 9, 2019
What on Earth was Plummer Brothers and Company Pvt. Ltd?
What on Earth was Plummer Brothers and Company Pvt. Ltd?
We have probably walked past this run down house on Fancy Lane a thousand times. Today, we wanted to dig up some information about it…
Tathagata Neogi
Jan 7, 2019
Battala and Before: The Development and Demise of the Woodcut Prints of Calcutta
Battala and Before: The Development and Demise of the Woodcut Prints of Calcutta
Battala, often considered the earliest hub of printing and publishing in Kolkata, is now all but lost from public memory; Bengal’s print…
Pritha Mukherjee
Oct 1, 2018
Hampi: A brief unseasonal tourist guide
Hampi: A brief unseasonal tourist guide
My husband Dr. Tathagata Neogi and I visited Hampi in late July 2018 as part of a backpacking trip in the Deccan. This is the first of a…
Chelsea McGill
Aug 9, 2018
Slave Trade in 18th Century Calcutta
Slave Trade in 18th Century Calcutta
On our Chitpore Road Walk, we talk about the largely unknown topic of the existence of active Slave Markets in Calcutta in the mid 18th…
Tathagata Neogi
Jul 11, 2018
The Oldest Chinatown in South Asia
The Oldest Chinatown in South Asia
India has a long history of commercial and cultural contacts with mainland China. Chinese communities had, therefore (mostly temporarily)…
Tathagata Neogi
May 15, 2018
This Day in History: Leonidas Arrives in Fiji
This Day in History: Leonidas Arrives in Fiji
14th May 1879. The Leonidas, a specially fitted 1600 ton ship carrying 522 Girmitiya (indentured labourers), men and women from Calcutta…
Tathagata Neogi
May 14, 2018
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