It is second nature to Bengalis to identify as khadyoroshik — the word being a distillation of sensibilities. Khadyo, simply means food, while roshik, stems from the Sanskrit ‘rasa,’ the word for essence, taste, and pleasure. To be a khadyoroshik is not merely to love food, but to embrace it as an aesthetic pursuit, where every meal becomes a confluence of innovation, inheritance, and culture. And at no other time does this indulgence declare itself more prominently than during Durga Puja.

The pavement platter:

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The festive season ushers in the endurance sport that pandal-hopping has long become, fuelled by delicacies simmering in the rustic corners of Calcutta’s streets. Crackling iron cauldrons give life to timeless telebhajas, ranging from beguni to alur chop: savouries

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