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Mar 1
3 min

1961: Coffee Dreams/Park Street Scenes

It’s 1961… A newly married, 25 year old Sushma Seth steps out of an Ambassador car at the head of Park Street in Calcutta. Trincas is her...

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Feb 19
4 min

The Savages and the Summer of '69

“Cabaret”, before we imagine too much, is the term used for live floor-shows. The show at Trincas features music, magic, dancing, drama and

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Nov 21, 2020
2 min

The Magic of Time and Film

In 1952, a film, Do Bigha Zamin, was shot in Calcutta. It was the first film to win the Filmfare Awards and the second Indian film to win...

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Jul 22, 2020
5 min

The Girl From Lahore

I’m standing on a rooftop in Calcutta watching armies of storm clouds tumble across the western horizon – gunmetal grey and full of...

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Jun 4, 2020
3 min

Swiss Whispers and The Origins of Trincas

I step into the long verandah-room of my apartment on Park Street. It’s 5 AM on a morning in June 2020. If you’re from Kolkata, you’ll...

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May 18, 2020
3 min

Trincas 1965 - of Musicians, an Actor and a future Prime Minister

It’s a hot and humid May 18th in Kolkata. In a locked-down Trincas, in a (mostly) locked down world, a tiny crew has been busy at the...

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Jan 17, 2020
3 min

The Story of the Black Knight Bar

I moved back to Kolkata in May 2019 after a spell of 13 years away. Brushing off all the minuses that came on whispered wings, I started...

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Dec 21, 2019
2 min

1962 - a Calcutta Christmas

What was Christmas like on Park Street in the early 1960s? I found an old advertisement, a Christmas card, tucked into the back of my...

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Dec 6, 2019
3 min

Mr. & Mrs. Trinca

It’s December 2019. The band is tuning up for the evening – a guitar strums and a keyboardist trills through notes. Sitting huddled...

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Dec 5, 2019
4 min

Park Street Memories of the 1950s

In 1959, two young hospitality professionals - Puri & Joshua - quit their jobs at the Oberoi Hotel in Calcutta and took ownership of a...

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Nov 18, 2019
2 min

The Story of Chimoo Aunty

OP Puri and Ellis Joshua started to convert Trincas in 1959 from a bakery into a restaurant. As food lovers they enjoyed cooking and had...

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Nov 16, 2019
2 min

TRINCAS TIMELINE PROJECT

It’s only fitting that the first blog post on Trincas’ new site is about the origins of Trincas. In an attempt to piece together the...

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