(This Ghazal has a strong link with Calcutta in a strange way. The poet Fayyaz Hashmi was born in Calcutta in 1920. He lived in Hayat Khan Lane until the tumultous days of partition in 1947 when the family left for Lahore in Pakistan. The ghazal was immortalized by the Queen of Ghazals Farida…
Month: September 2025
5 Best Eating Places in Kolkata (Published in the Economic Times)
My five favourite eating places are Pan Asian at the ITC Sonar , Kewpie’s Kitchen, Peter Cat, Mainland China and ,last but not the least, the Dining Room at the Bengal Club. Pan Asian is an excellent restaurant that offers a wide variety of cuisines:Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Mongolian and one or two Korean dishes.They have…
