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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...