A safer Kali Pujo night
Cotton clothes, water and sand, and one person in charge of lighting.
Tubri, chorki and rongmoshal
The three things every Kolkata Kali Pujo night begins with.
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Notes from Shyama Baji Ghar
Guides, care tips and stories from behind the counter.
Planning a para show by budget
What ₹5,000, ₹15,000 and ₹40,000 buy for a club or housing society.
Keeping tubri dry in a Kolkata October
Late rain and river damp are hard on clay tubri. How to keep a box dry from delivery to Kali Pujo night.
Where our clay tubri come from
Clay pots, a family of potters and a filling season that starts in August: how the tubri on our counter are made.
Bhoot Chaturdashi to Bhai Phonta: the week in Kolkata
Fourteen lamps, Kali Pujo night and the sibling day after: what each day of the week asks for, and what to order.
Your first WhatsApp order with us: what to expect
From the first list you send to the van at your door: how ordering by WhatsApp and UPI works, step by step.
Visiting our Canning Street shop in the season
Burrabazar in October is crowded and slow. How to reach us, when to come and what to expect at the counter.
What is inside our ₹2,650 Kali Pujo family box
Forty-five items for a family of four to six, with the count, burn time and value of each part of the box.
Duds, misfires and the twenty-minute rule
What to do when a tubri, chorki or sky shot does not go off, and the common mistakes people make with duds.
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