From East to West, the gastronomic tradition of a Bengali New Year and more
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Even during the second wave of Covid and electoral extravaganza, Bengali restaurants offered full platter meals this year with sweets this poila Boisakh. I wonder where this tradition actually came from.
It is believed that king Shoshangko of ancient Bengal began the Bengali calendar which later got modified by none other than emperor Akbar to help the taxing of harvest year.
Even though the calendar (mostly with pictures of Hindu deities and festival and astronomical events in it), was the main attraction in the middle class households, the significance of the sweet box was immense