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 […]