When a Food Journey Turns Into Poetry I had packed my bags with one goal — to indulge in the celebrated flavors of Bengal’s monsoon queen, the Hilsa fish. I expected plates of ilish cooked in golden mustard, boat rides, a few selfies with the mangroves, and maybe a story or two to share […]
A Scent That Binds Memory and Soul Some memories don’t just live in the mind—they linger in the air, in the skin, in the breath between the rains. And one such memory, etched forever in my senses, was born in the quiet, magical folds of the Sundarbans. “There’s a smell—fish, woodfire, rain—that only exists during […]
A Sunset, a Sizzle, and a Story Etched in Time There are moments in life that imprint themselves on your soul — not for their grandeur, but for their simplicity, warmth, and truth. For me, it happened on a quiet boat in the Sundarbans. 🌇 The sun was melting into the horizon, painting the river […]
🌧️ The rain whispered first… I didn’t arrive in Sundarban looking for a festival.I arrived looking for silence. But as the boat swayed gently on the Matla River, the drizzle wrapping the world in a misty hush, I heard it — laughter from the jetty, the rhythmic clang of a ladle on a brass pot, […]
🌧️ It started with a song… “…ধু-ধু বালুচরে, তুমি আমি হেঁটে চলি… ইলিশের গন্ধ বাতাসে ভেসে আসে।”The boat rocked gently. The rain had just stopped. The sun dipped low, casting a golden reflection on the creeks of the Sundarbans. I was humming an old Bengali tune my grandmother used to sing during monsoon. And that […]
They said the Sundarban Hilsa Festival is about fish, but for me, it became a journey back to myself The Burnout Before the Boat 🌆➡️🌊 It started with silence — not the good kind. The silence that follows exhaustion. My inbox was overflowing, my sleep was broken, and joy had started to taste like […]
A Dreamy Beginning on the Water 🌧️🛥️ It wasn’t planned. Not really. We didn’t have an itinerary printed out or a checklist of spots to cover. We only had two things: an invitation to the Sundarban Hilsa Festival 2025 and a quiet craving to escape the city. As the boat left Godkhali jetty and sliced […]
A Letter from the Delta 🌿✉️ Dear friend, When we packed our bags for the Hilsa Festival 2025, we thought we were just chasing a food trail — a weekend indulgence into Bengal’s monsoon delicacy. But the Sundarbans had other plans for us. What began as a search for ilish curry turned into something far […]
A Journey Triggered by Smell 🐟🌾 The first thing I noticed wasn’t the river. It was the smell. A sharp, familiar scent — mustard oil warming on a rural stove, mingled with the faint metallic freshness of river fish. That aroma, almost nostalgic, floated through the humid air as our boat rocked gently on the […]
A Journey Into the Heart of Hilsa Heaven 🐟💛 It was a misty monsoon morning when I first stepped onto the deck of the boat at Godkhali Jetty. The river shimmered in soft silvers and greys, and somewhere deep in the mangroves, a kingfisher called out as if welcoming us into its world. I was […]