This article explores pizza’s journey from a humble Neapolitan street food to a global cultural icon. It highlights World Pizza Day celebrations, pizza’s rich history, international adaptations, modern trends like fusion toppings, and why it remains a beloved comfort food symbolising togetherness, community, and universal joy.
This piece reflects on how earlier generations learned respect and acceptance toward imperfect parents, without labeling them as toxic. Today, therapy culture and social media often encourage blame over balance. While boundaries matter, healing must also include accountability, maturity, and understanding parents as flawed humans doing their best.
This lively slice of life captures Bengalis’ dramatic love-hate bond with winter. From monkey caps, shawls, Boroline, and sunbathing rituals to indulgence in nolen gur, pithe-puli, fairs, picnics, and book festivals, Bengali winter becomes a season of warmth, food, adda, and culture.
Bengali winters may be harsh, but they bloom with warmth through pithas, dudh pulis, nolen gur, and lively melas. Rooted in childhood memories, family rituals, and festive aromas, these seasonal delights turn cold days into celebrations of nostalgia, joy, and togetherness—comforting the heart long after winter fades.
A playful, dialogue-driven ode to Bengali food culture, where nostalgia, humour, and history simmer together in a kitchen that celebrates flavour, memory, and timeless culinary companionship.
A humorous, nostalgic take on Bengal’s iconic bitter dish, shukto, this piece turns a simple recipe into a dramatic rant. The writer personifies the vegetables, mocks the bittersweet flavours, and reflects on childhood torture turning into adult comfort, celebrating how this quirky dish mirrors the contradictions of Bengali life.
After Delhi’s first showers, a fresh samosa and a tangy chutney fall into their familiar, playful banter at Sharmaji’s tea stall. Though different in texture and temperament, they realise they’re incomplete without each other. Briefly united on every plate, they create magic—an eternal, irresistible pairing savoured in countless memories.
At a bustling wedding feast, Chutney and Papad lament being placed last, doubting their importance. Through banter, reassurance, and a mischievous act of revenge, they rediscover their value. When guests return to them for relief and flavour, the duo proudly embraces their irreplaceable role as the perfect, inseparable pair.
The article challenges the outdated belief that women undermine one another, highlighting instead everyday examples of loyalty, empathy, and solidarity—from sports icons uplifting peers to beauty contestants walking out in protest. Across friendships, families, and digital spaces, women are choosing collaboration over competition, redefining sisterhood as strength, support, and shared empowerment.
A charming love story unfolds in a café where proud Coffee and tender Croissant share a subtle romance. Their bond falters when flashy Donut wins Coffee’s attention, leaving Croissant heartbroken. But when a customer seeks warmth and comfort, Coffee and Croissant reunite, realizing true connection lies in quiet companionship, not glitter.
