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From Red Bari to Skinny Mos: Inside Kolkatas heritage revival

What happens when a 109-year-old bungalow becomes a jazz bar, an Edwardian office hosts flamenco, and forgotten mansions find new audiences? A new generation of entrepreneurs is restoring Kolkatas historic buildings and transforming them into thriving cafs and cultural hubs, proving that adaptive reuse can be an alternative to demolition.

18 Jul 2026 8:43 am