Want to make Bengali Machher Jhol or Kerala Mutta Roast? YouTube channel The Metronome can tell you how. But with a twist! This singing blog by singer-songwriter Sawan Dutta plays on your gastronomic ...

The huge Godfather poster assures me that I have reached the right house. After all, what is a Bong without Godard and Godfather? So I am expecting to meet a Bong boudi in cotton sari, sleeveless ...

Sawan Dutta in a still from ‘Machher Jhol’ Monkeycaps. Bhinter (a.k.a. what non-Bengalis call winter). Boroline. Fish. Singing. No, these are not a few of my favourite things. These are ...

It is apt that video blogger Sawan Dutta begins her recipe for kosha mangsho, a Bengali mutton curry, in the minor key. Kosha mangsho is not the sort of food you can trivialise with a sunny waltz. Her ...

That’s from Sawan Dutta’s cheeky ode to the multipurpose cream, favoured by Bengalis as a cure-all. Dutta is a Bengali herself, and a singer and music director. and has taken to creating ...