Art and Culture

Sweet Memory: How a Kolkata Durga Puja Is Retelling Bengals Love Affair With Mishti

In central Kolkata, the Wellington Nagarik Kalyan Samity’s Durga Puja has turned the humble mishti into a theme. “Mishtanna Puran” traces a thousand-odd years of milk, sugar and ingenuity—from temple offerings to the rosogolla—and reminds the city that no other cuisine has made sweetness so central to its identity. Reporting and writing by Sujoy Dhar and Aaheli Chakraborty; photos by Avishek Mitra

by Trans World Features October 15, 2026