
The Nawab’s Calcutta
BY VIBHA MITRA Calcutta Heritage Collective started its schedule with a ‘Walk in Metiaburj’ during the Heritage week in November. In the Garden Reach area near the docks, it was not an area we frequented and the legendary opulence and folklores of Wajid Ali Shah, the Nawab of Oudh, had us all trooping there early in the morning. Metia Burj, not Metiabruz as it is … Continue reading The Nawab’s Calcutta