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bow barracks christmas is celebrated by one and all
East, Expat Life, Growing up in Calcutta, India, West Bengal

The special Bow Barracks Christmas of Calcutta

Christmas has its own special charm. It is the time of wonderful smelling goodies, gorgeous fairy lights, twinkling tin ornaments, […]

February 14, 2026 By maverickbird
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East, Expat Life, Growing up in Calcutta, India, West Bengal

This is Kathleen’s Kolkata

‘Some may say that film-makers romanticise the old world charm of Kolkata and that they are not painting the true […]

October 25, 2025
These are streets of Calcutta
East, Expat Life, Growing up in Calcutta, India, West Bengal

Calcutta through Brian’s eyes

In continuation of the “This is my Brian’s Calcutta“, author Brian Paul Bach shares some interesting observations on one of […]

October 25, 2025
life in kolkata is about golden mornings
East, Expat Life, Growing up in Calcutta, India, West Bengal

This is Brian’s Calcutta not Kolkata

‘Howrah Bridge!’ I utter in a stunned whisper. It’s out there somewhere, closer than I think, and it is the […]

October 25, 2025
beautiful heritage bow barracks quarters
East, Expat Life, Growing up in Calcutta, India, West Bengal

This is my Calcutta

During every Durga Puja festival time, I get inconsolably homesick. The grey cloud lasts until the week-long festivities are over […]

October 23, 2025

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