Bashir Hotel News Today

Over the years, during the holy month, the neighbourhood is particularly overrun with tourists, both from outside and from within the Kolkata metropolitan area, who are drawn here with the promise of Ramzan-special food

People from all over the city, many of them non-Muslims, were spotted at Zakaria Street and Colootola Street gorging on iftar delicacies

The rage is directed against “political leaders who come from Delhi on chartered flights and speak of hatred and polarisation every day” and hyper-nationalist TV anchors. However, a walk through Zakaria Street suggests an overarching belief in the secular fabric of Bengal, overshadowing all other emotions. Muhammed Samir and Muhammed Tahsin, brothers who trade in stones, own a small shop on the road. Bengali astrologers form the bulk of their clientele. “If a Hindu customer drops in durin...