Nijhumgarher Raykuthii

Tagore Association

Tagore Association works in batik, the old wax-resist way of dyeing cloth. Its stall carries batik-printed sarees in cotton and silk, bedsheets and wrap skirts, each worked by hand, so no two pieces come out quite alike.

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Aditya Pustakalaya

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Books

Charupath

Charupath publishes books that cross languages and centuries: Bengali translations of Bharatendu Harishchandra's plays and of the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, a memoir from a marginalised community of South India, a Pali-to-Hindi Theri Apadan, and writing about Kashi — its temples, ghats and people — including a puja annual and a book of poems by a Varanasi poet.

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Muktochinta Publication

Muktochinta Publication describes itself as a non-commercial rationalist publishing venture. Its books bring science and reason to everyday beliefs: astrology examined in the light of science, a critical look at alternative medicine, Darwin and evolution, field investigations of "supernatural" claims for adults and for young readers, the politics of Mother Teresa's public image, and plain facts about snakes.

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Srishtisukh Prokashon

Srishtisukh Prokashon publishes contemporary Bengali writing, much of it from newer voices: novels and short stories of the city, the mofussil and the border, fairy tales retold with girls as their heroes, travel to the Himalaya, writing about food, studies of Satyajit Ray, political cartoons, mysteries and memoirs.

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Hyale Highfy

Hyale Highfy makes wristwatches that tell the time in Bengal's own idiom: dials with Bengali numerals, Rabindranath, Netaji, Satyajit Ray and Feluda, Maa Durga with Kolkata's landmarks, and portraits of much-loved Bengali figures — in single and couple sets.

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