Sweet Memory: How a Kolkata Durga Puja Is Retelling Bengal’s Love Affair With Mishti

In central Kolkata, two Durga Pujas have turned the humble mishti into a theme. “Mishtanna Puran” traces a thousand-odd years of milk, sugar and ingenuity—from temple offerings to the rosogolla—and reminds the city that no other cuisine has made sweetness so central to its identity. Reporting and w…