Pitha Utshob: a winter festival in Bangladesh
By SHAGUFTA HAQUE – Winter in the United States implies hot chocolate, snow, and Christmas. Winter back home in Bangladesh is much more different. The word “pitha” in Bangla refers to an indigenous food item that is nationally popular. Sweet dishes like bhapa pitha, patishapta, dudher shondesh, etc are the most common examples. “Utshob”, on […]