Stories written by

Nilosree Biswas

How a writer, a businessman, and a king in Bengal pioneered cookbook publishing in India

An excerpt from ‘Calcutta On Your Plate,’ by Nilosree Biswas.

Nilosree Biswas
· Jan 06, 2023 · 08:30 am
No heroes or villains, only different shades of grey: Revisiting Satyajit Ray’s cinema in 2023

His films are about the human condition and the ‘dailiness’ or undramatic aspects of life with no simple winners or losers.

Nilosree Biswas
· Jan 05, 2023 · 09:45 am
‘A Taste Of My Life’: Chitrita Banerji’s memoir makes little distinction between food and living

The result is a delicious book about navigating life and the Bengali kitchen at the same time.

Nilosree Biswas
· Dec 18, 2021 · 08:30 am

‘The Banarasi sari will never die, despite all the lows. It’s about every girl’s dream’

An excerpt from ‘Banaras: Of Gods, Humans and Stories’, Nilosree Biswas and Irfan Nabi

Nilosree Biswas
&
Irfan Nabi
· Jul 22, 2021 · 08:30 am