Visited 21st Saras Mela in Newtown on 2025-12-22

Visited the 21st edition of Saras Mela, Block BF, Action Area 1, Newtown, Kolkata with Sandip Samanta and Rahul Sarkar on Tuesday 2025-12-22 afternoon. It's a fair to promote handicrafts from West Bengal and elsewhere in India. 

The mela was inaugurated on 2025-12-19 and will continue upto 2026-01-06. 

Thereafter, drove down to have coffee and fish fry at Cafe Ekante, Banglar Haat, Biswa Bangla Sarani. 

Kolkata sun has set well before 5.15 pm on 2025-11-09

It's just about 5.15 pm on Sunday 2025-11-09 and the sun has already set over Kolkata. It's almost impossible to drive without switching on the headlights of your car or two-wheeler after 5 pm. 

In 2025, in spite of a clear sky during the day, it started getting completely dark by 5.45 pm ever since mid October (viz. Diwali) between Kolkata and Balasore, Kolkata and Dhanbad, Kolkata and Baharampur towards North Bengal. 

People from rest of India should plan their drives accordingly. 

The attached photo is evidence enough. 

Jagadhatri Puja 2025 in Kolkata

Shubho Jagadhatri Puja wishes to all my friends and acquaintances 🙏🙏🙏 

It was Dashami on 2025-10-31. 

My own clicks of Jagadhatri Puja 2025 idol at Joramandir, Beliaghata, Kolkata 700010.  

Did you drive out to celebrate Jagadhatri Puja? 

Where to 🤔