12 June 2026 · 4 min read
How the momo conquered the para
It arrived from the mountains in the 1960s, met Kolkata's chutney, and never looked back. A short history of the city's favourite adopted child.
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Reading material for the queue
The Blog
Street-food culture, in servings small enough to finish before your momos steam.
24 June 2026 · 5 min read
The fish fry canon: a field guide
Bhetki or nothing. Kashundi within reach. Crumb that cracks like a monsoon thunderclap. The unwritten rules of Kolkata's crispiest institution, written down.
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1 July 2026 · 3 min read
₹20 economics: the coffee that refuses inflation
Every economist who visits asks the same question. Every answer involves the word 'principle'. On pricing a legend like it's still 2019.
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