Stop 07 on the SpiceRoute: wherever you're headed next
Some suitcases go to Bengaluru. Some go to Berlin, Dubai or Boston. But a Bengali suitcase always has the same secret contents: a packet of posto, a jar of kasundi, a sari or punjabi for the Durga Puja you'll celebrate far from home, and a bit of the city you can't quite explain to new friends.
The probashi feeling
There's a word for Bengalis who live away from Bengal: probashi. Every probashi knows the feeling. Pujo comes and you're in a hall in another city, hearing the dhak and smelling the dhuno, and for a moment you're home. Or you meet another Bengali at an airport gate, and within thirty seconds you're arguing about Mohun Bagan versus East Bengal like old friends.
For the wanderers
That's what our travel pieces are for. Kolkata, to the World is a luggage tag with a plane tracing a dotted path across a burnt-orange sun. Wanderlust has a gold compass on wavy navy, and the Wanderer badge matches it. They're small reminders that you can leave a place without ever really leaving it.
Before you fly
- Pack the kasundi in a zip-lock bag. Trust us.
- Put your name and number on your tag, and a bit of home on the front.
- Find your city's Pujo pandal before October.
Carry this story: Kolkata to the World Tag · Wanderlust Tag · Wanderer Badge
