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in bengal, our halloween isbhoot-chaturdashi

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two selected pieces for you to experience the bengal style of halloween

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One smiling orange pumpkin basket with a handle and gamcha ribbon

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cute spooky
pumpkin basket

We’ve tucked our DIY jhalmuri kit into this cute pumpkin basket, giving your favourite Kolkata snack a Halloween costume. It glows in the dark, hangs as a little lantern, and takes up very little space. Keep the basket long after the last crunchy bite.

what’s inside

A pumpkin basket with a handle and gamcha ribbon, packed with our DIY jhalmuri kit.

The DIY kit includes muri, our 18+ spice masala, dhania-pudina chutney, chana, chanachur with peanuts and papri, mustard oil, and sev. Plus two stickers, handmade notes and a how-to guide, a jhalmuri story card, and a feedback QR note.

Contains peanuts and mustard.
₹99
One black pointed witch hat with a wide brim and gamcha ribbon

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long witchy hat

Our DIY jhalmuri kit comes tucked inside this long witchy hat: a little snack, dressed for Halloween. Unpack the treats, put on the hat, and click a few spooky pictures. Keep it for your next party or dress-up moment.

what’s inside

A reusable black witch hat with a gamcha ribbon, packed with our DIY jhalmuri kit.

The DIY kit includes muri, our 18+ spice masala, dhania-pudina chutney, chana, chanachur with peanuts and papri, mustard oil, and sev. Plus two stickers, handmade notes and a how-to guide, a jhalmuri story card, and a feedback QR note.

Contains peanuts and mustard.
₹99

a little story from bengal

bhoot-chaturdashi

Bhoot Chaturdashi is basically Bengal’s own Halloween, and it falls the night before Kali Puja (the same night the rest of India marks as Naraka Chaturdashi). The story goes like this: long ago there was a super generous demon king called Bali who got so powerful that the gods got nervous. So Vishnu showed up as a tiny, cute brahmin boy named Vamana and asked Bali for just “three steps of land.” Bali laughed and said sure. Then the boy grew massive, covered the earth in one step and the sky in the second, and with nowhere left for the third, Bali offered his own head. Vishnu pushed him down to the underworld, but because Bali kept his word so gracefully, he got a gift: once a year, on this one dark night, he and his whole crowd of spirits and ghosts could come back up to visit earth. That’s why Bengali homes light 14 little lamps (choddo prodip) in every corner on this night, partly to keep the wandering ghosts away and partly to guide your 14 generations of ancestors home. And at lunch, everyone eats choddo shaak, a mix of 14 kinds of leafy greens, which is meant to protect you from all the spooky stuff floating around.

regards,
dhurrbaabaa