Collection: Buy Poila Boishak Gift Hampers

Gift happiness. Gift memories. Gift Bengal.

Every Poila Boishak carries the smell of something familiar. The crinkle of fresh muri. The dark sweetness of nolen gur. The quiet warmth of a Darjeeling brew. At The Happiness Story, we curate hampers that carry more than gifts. They carry Kolkata. They carry Bengal. They carry the moments your loved ones will talk about long after Subho Noboborsho morning passes.

This Poila Baisakh, surprise someone you love with a hamper built entirely around authentic Bengali flavours — beautifully packed in The Beautiful Bengal Box or the traditional Dala, personalised with your name and message, and delivered same-day across Kolkata or shipped to any address in India or abroad. 

Pohela Boishakh 2026 falls on April 15. Order early — same-day Kolkata delivery is available for orders placed before 12 noon. Corporate and bulk pre-orders for the Haal Khata season are now open.

Starting @799₹. Personalised to your story. Ready to ship today.

Why gift with The Happiness Story this Subho Naba Barsho:

• Same-day delivery across all Kolkata areas on orders before 12 noon

• Authentic Bengal only — Sundarban honey, nolen gur, Darjeeling tea, Kolkata muri, nimki, tok jhal chanachur , mango pickles , umbrellas and lot more 

• Ready-to-ship in The Beautiful Bengal Box or the Aam Baishaki box  — personalised with your name & message

• Hampers from ₹1,000 to ₹1,500 | Corporate bulk pre-orders with item customisation available

• Walk in & collect at Tearaja, 1, RN Mukherjee Rd, below Martin Burn Building, Lal Bazar, Kolkata 700001

• Trusted by Kolkata families, NRIs, corporates, resellers, and Haal Khata gifting programmes

The Pohela Boishakh Hamper Collection — Taste of Pure Bengal

What makes a gift truly Bengali? It is not the price. It is the provenance. It is the knowledge behind the choice.

When you order a Pohela Boishakh hamper from The Happiness Story, you are not ordering a generic gifting package with a Boishakhi label printed on it. You are ordering honey that came from the mangrove forests of the Sundarbans. Jaggery that was poured during the date palm harvest season in rural Bengal. Tea that was grown above 6,000 feet in the Darjeeling hills. Snacks that are specific to the streets and sweet shops of Kolkata.

"Every product in our Pohela Boishakh hamper passes a single test: would a Bengali elder recognise it as the real thing?"

What Makes an Authentic Poila Boishak Hamper

Authenticity in Bengali gifting is not a marketing claim. It is a standard that every Bengali person carries in their memory. Bengalis know their muri by texture — the Kolkata variety is lighter, airier, more fragrant than anything made outside the city. They know their nolen gur by the season in which it was made — the winter harvest from date palms gives a darker, more complex sweetness than summer jaggery. They know Darjeeling tea by its flush — the vegetal freshness of first flush, the muscatel depth of second flush.

At The Happiness Story, every product in our Poila Boishak hamper collection passes this test of recognition. Sundarban honey and honeycomb from the UNESCO World Heritage mangrove biosphere. Nolen gur made from date palm sap during the brief winter harvest window when the flavour is at its peak. Darjeeling tea from Geographical Indication-certified gardens in the mountain district. Kolkata muri with the specific toasted airy texture that no generic brand replicates. Tok jhal chanachur with the characteristic Kolkata sourness. Nimki, the diamond-cut Bengali savoury that has been made in the same way for generations. Chocolate cookies as a nod to the modern Bengali palate. 

The Beautiful Bengal Box — Red, Gold & Made for Gifting

The Beautiful Bengal Box is The Happiness Story’s signature Poila Boishak packaging — a red and gold foiled mono carton with a custom cut-out interior designed to hold every product securely and display it exactly as it was packed. The colour palette is deliberate: the red and gold of a Bengal festival morning, the richness of a traditional Kolkata occasion.

When the Beautiful Bengal Box is lifted out of the delivery bag, the recipient stops. That pause — before the box is even opened — is what a gift is for.

The Beautiful Bengal Box is available for all ready-to-ship orders. Personalised name card and handwritten message included at checkout. For corporate orders, custom brand inserts and logo integration are available on pre-order.

Seven Products. One Story. Every Happiness Story Hamper.

Sundarban Honey & Honeycomb

Harvested from the mangrove ecosystem of the Sundarbans — a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most biodiverse regions on the planet. The bees of the Sundarbans draw nectar from mangrove flowers that grow nowhere else in the world. The result is a raw honey with a dark, complex flavour that no cultivated or commercial honey can replicate. We include Sundarban honey and honeycomb in every Poila Boishak hamper because it carries the specific flavour of Bengal’s most extraordinary landscape.

Nolen Gur

Nolen gur — date palm jaggery — is one of the most seasonal and irreplaceable products in Bengali food culture. It is made from the sap of date palm trees during the brief winter harvest window, typically between December and February. The sap is collected before dawn, reduced over fire, and set into the distinctive dark sweetness that every Bengali associates with winter mornings and Poila Boishak memory. By April, the season is over. What we put in the hamper is the last of the winter’s finest.

Darjeeling Tea

Single-origin, from Geographical Indication-certified gardens in the Darjeeling district. The GI tag on Darjeeling tea is one of India’s most significant intellectual property protections — it guarantees that the tea in your hamper was grown in the Darjeeling hills, at altitude, with the specific terroir that creates the muscatel character no other tea in the world produces. A cup of this on Shubho Nababarsho morning is not a luxury. It is a ritual that the recipient will repeat every morning until the packet is finished.

Kolkata Muri

Not the generic puffed rice found in any supermarket. Kolkata muri has a specific preparation — the rice is toasted in heated sand at high temperature, creating a lighter, airier, more fragrant grain that bears little resemblance to the commercial variety. It is the muri of jhalmuri, of afternoon snacking on a para balcony, of Poila Baisakh mornings when the neighbourhood is still waking up. There is no substitute, and we do not use one.

Tok Jhal Chanachur

The chanachur of Kolkata is not the chanachur of anywhere else. It is sharper, sourer, more aggressively spiced than the generic variety. The tok — sourness — comes from the specific blend of dried mango powder and citric acid used by Kolkata’s established producers. The jhal — heat — is calibrated to Kolkata’s palate, which has strong opinions about spice. This is the chanachur that disappears from the hamper first. We have accepted this as a fact and simply ensure it is the finest version available.

Nimki

The crisp, diamond-shaped Bengali savoury that has been made in Kolkata homes and sweet shops for generations. Lightly spiced, fried to a precise crispness, impossible to eat just one. The nimki in a Happiness Story hamper is made the traditional way — no baking as a health compromise, no flavour modifications for a mass market. Just the real thing, in the quantity that ensures it reaches its destination before anyone who is packing the hamper can eat too much of it.

Chocolate Cookies

A nod to the modern Bengali palate. Rich, buttery, indulgent — the kind of thing that pairs with the Darjeeling tea in the same box and makes the Pohela Boisakh morning feel like an occasion rather than just a morning. For the recipient who has grown up between Bengal and everywhere else, the chocolate cookies are the product that bridges both worlds without apology.

Hamper Price Range — From ₹1,000 to ₹1,500

Every The Happiness Story Poila Boishak hamper is priced from ₹799 . This is not the cheapest Bengali New Year hamper you will find online. It is the most authentic one.

At ₹1,000 to ₹1,500, you are getting Sundarban honey sourced from a UNESCO World Heritage ecosystem, nolen gur made during the winter harvest season, single-origin Darjeeling GI tea, and four additional authentic Bengali products — none of which appear in mass-market gifting hampers at any price point. The value is not in the number. It is in the provenance, the sourcing, the curation, and the story it tells when it is opened on Nababarsho morning.

For context: a generic gifting hamper at the same price point typically contains commercial chocolate, off-the-shelf dry fruits, and a printed card. The Happiness Story hamper contains Bengal.

Who to Buy a Poila Boishak Gift Hamper For

In Bengali culture, Poila Boishak gifting is relational. Every relationship in a Bengali household carries its own gifting language, its own expectation, its own emotional register. A gift for your Ma and Baba on Nababarsho morning is a different act from a gift for your bondhura, which is different again from a Haal Khata hamper for your most valued client. The Happiness Story hamper collection is built to speak every one of those languages with the same authentic Bengal inside each box.

Poila Boishak Gift for Parents — Ma & Baba

On Subho Noboborsho morning, the first thing a Bengali child does — regardless of age, regardless of city, regardless of how many years have passed — is seek the blessing of their parents. Pronam. Touch the feet. Receive the ashirbaad that carries the weight of everything your Ma and Baba have given you.

The Happiness Story Poila Boishak hamper for parents is built to follow that blessing with something that shows the same depth of thought. The nolen gur your Baba remembers from his childhood. The Sundarban honey your Ma has been meaning to try. The Darjeeling tea they will open the next morning and every morning after. These are not random premium products. They are specific Bengali memories in a box.

Bring the hamper when you go to take their ashirbaad. Or send it same-day so it arrives on their doorstep before you do — because sometimes the gift that arrives first tells the most complete story.

Same-day delivery across Kolkata. Next-day delivery to Howrah, Siliguri, Burdwan, and all West Bengal cities.

Pohela Boishakh Gift for Grandparents — Dadu, Dida, Thakuma & Thakurda

Your dadu remembers when nolen gur was made in the house, poured straight from the clay vessel into a bowl on the winter morning before Poila Baisakh. Your dida has been drinking the same Darjeeling blend since before your parents were born. Your thakuma keeps Sundarban honey on the shelf because she was told, long ago, that it was the finest honey in Bengal. Your thakurda’s opinion of chanachur is specific, exacting, and entirely correct.

A Happiness Story hamper for your grandparents does not surprise them with novelty. It surprises them with recognition — the authentic Bengali products they already know and value, presented in a way that tells them you remembered what matters to them. The Beautiful Bengal Box arriving at a door in South Kolkata or being sent to Howrah for the Nababarsho morning is the gift that says you were paying attention. 

Poila Boishak Gift for Siblings — Dada, Didi, Bhai & Bon

Your dada who moved to Bengaluru three years ago and misses Kolkata muri. Your didi in Howrah you will not see this Pahela Baishakh. Your bhai who will eat the entire packet of nimki before you can photograph the hamper. Your bon who calls at midnight on Noboborsho to say Subho Nababarsho and then mentions she never received a gift.

The Happiness Story hamper for siblings is the gift that knows exactly who it is going to. Pan-India delivery in 3 to 4 days means your bon in Mumbai wakes up on Nababarsho morning to the smell of Darjeeling tea and the crunch of tok jhal chanachur. Your dada in Bengaluru opens the Beautiful Bengal Box and remembers the para exactly as it was.

Poila Boishak Gift for Wife, Husband & Partner

The best Nababarsho gift for a partner is not the most expensive one. It is the most considered one.

A Happiness Story hamper in The Beautiful Bengal Box with a personalised name card and a handwritten message from you is the kind of Subho Nababarsho morning your partner did not expect but will remember. Two cups of Darjeeling tea. The nolen gur opened together. The nimki shared over the morning paper. The tok jhal chanachur that starts an argument about whether it is too spicy, then proves not to be. This is not a hamper. It is a ritual the two of you will repeat every Nababarsho.

Personalise with your message at checkout. Same-day delivery across Kolkata on orders placed by 12 noon.

Poila Boishak Gift for Children — The Little Ones

On Poila Boishak morning, children in Kolkata receive new clothes, a blessing, and pocket money. The Happiness Story hamper adds the kind of edible treasure that makes a child look at a gift the way only children do — with total absorption, complete present-tense delight, and zero patience.

The chocolate cookies disappear first. Always. Then the nimki. The tok jhal chanachur is approached with great seriousness and eaten with great speed. The Kolkata muri is examined, tested, and consumed by the handful. The Darjeeling tea is offered to the nearest adult with maximum generosity and minimum sincerity. The Sundarban honey is opened, dipped into, and declared the best thing they have ever tasted.

The Beautiful Bengal Box does the work that all good gifts do for children: it makes the opening as important as the contents. A Pohela Boishakh morning that begins with this box is a morning they will describe to someone twenty years from now.

Bengali New Year Gift for Extended Family — Uncles, Aunts, In-Laws & Cousins

Bengali New Year is a festival of the extended family. The Nababarsho morning call to kaka in Dhakuria. The visit to mashi and mesho in Jadavpur in the afternoon. The hamper sent ahead to pishi and pishamoshai in Burdwan because the drive is long and the gesture should arrive before you do. The Dala carried to sasur-bari in Howrah because you married into a family that keeps these traditions and you have learned to keep them too.

The Happiness Story can carry all of these errands for you. Multiple delivery addresses. Personalised name cards for each recipient. Ready-to-ship same-day across Kolkata or next-day to any West Bengal city. For the year your bon got married and you want to send something to the new jamai’s family for their first shared Subho Nababarsho, the Beautiful Bengal Box is the gift that crosses that threshold gracefully.

Poila Baisakh Gift for Friends — Your Bondhura

Poila Baisakh in Kolkata is not a private festival. It is a collective one. The addabazi at the street corner. The spontaneous gathering at a friend’s house in the afternoon. The group chat that starts at 12 midnight with Subho Nababarsho from fifteen different people, each spelling it differently.

A Happiness Story hamper for your bondhura is the gift that arrives before the adda does. The tok jhal chanachur already open. The Darjeeling tea brewing. The nimki passed around before anyone has made a plan for the day. It is the kind of Pohela Boishakh gift that your friends do not thank you for in the moment — they are too busy eating — but mention for the rest of the year.

Same-day Kolkata delivery means the hamper reaches your bondhura on the morning they need it most. Order before 12 noon on Poila Baisakh day for same-day dispatch.

Bengali New Year Gift for Neighbours — Your Para

In the Kolkata para, Nababarsho begins with the neighbour next door. The knock on the wall at 7am. The plate carried across the courtyard. The ashirbaad exchanged over the balcony railing. The children running between flats. Neighbourhood gifting is not an afterthought in Bengali culture — it is a tradition older than the festival itself, rooted in the way Kolkata has always organized itself around shared courtyards and adjacent lives.

A Happiness Story Poila Boishak hamper for your neighbour — in the Beautiful Bengal Box or the traditional Dala — carries that same energy. The nolen gur and Sundarban honey make it something worth discussing over the next morning’s tea, which will probably also come from the Darjeeling packet in the same hamper.

Pick up from Tearaja at 1, RN Mukherjee Rd, Lal Bazar for a same-day para delivery. Or order online for same-day dispatch across all Kolkata areas.

Poila Boishak Gift for Teachers, Gurus & Mentors

In Bengal, the relationship between a student and their teacher — their guru — carries a weight that few other relationships match. The guru is not just an instructor. The guru is the one who shapes the student’s relationship with knowledge itself. On Subho Nababarsho, acknowledging that relationship with a gift is not a formality. It is a statement about what you carry forward.

The Happiness Story Pohela Boishakh hamper for a teacher is built to carry that statement with dignity. The Darjeeling tea that a guru will savour through long marking sessions. The nolen gur that carries the flavour of a specific kind of Bengali contemplative morning. The Sundarban honey that speaks of the attention to quality that any serious teacher would recognise.

Present it personally on Nababarsho morning when you take their ashirbaad. Or send it same-day so it arrives before you do, with your name card and handwritten message.

Subho Noboborsho Gift for Your Boss or Manager

Bengali New Year gift for manager Kolkata | affordable Pohela Boishakh hamper for boss

Gifting a boss or senior manager on Subho Noboborsho requires a hamper that understands two things: respect and restraint. The Beautiful Bengal Box delivers both. The red and gold foiling communicates premium quality without being ostentatious. The authentic Bengali products communicate cultural intelligence — a knowledge of Bengal that goes beyond buying whatever is trending on a gifting platform. The personalised name card and handwritten message communicates that this was not a last-minute decision.

The Happiness Story Pohela Boishakh hamper for a manager lands on their desk or doorstep on Nababarsho morning and does what a well-chosen professional gift always does: it tells them something about the person who sent it.

Order online before 12 noon for same-day Kolkata delivery. Walk in to Tearaja to select and personalise in person.

Nababarsho Gift for Colleagues & Coworkers

Not every Nababarsho gift needs to carry the weight of a major relationship. Some gifts are simply about the pleasure of working alongside someone and wanting to mark the Bengali New Year in a way that feels genuine rather than obligatory.

A Happiness Story hamper for a colleague — the tok jhal chanachur they have been eating at their desk since October, the Darjeeling tea that makes the 10am meeting slightly more tolerable, the nimki that everyone in the office reaches into the moment the box is opened — is that kind of gift. No grand statement. Just the right things, presented the right way.

For team gifting of 5 to 9 hampers, order online with personalised name cards for each recipient. For 10 or more hampers, contact us for our corporate bulk Nababarsho pre-order programme.

Haal Khata Gift Hampers for Clients — The Bengali Business Tradition

Every year on Poila Boishak, Bengali businesses open a new ledger book — the Haal Khata. They invite their most valued clients, their most loyal vendors, their most trusted business partners to mark the fresh beginning together. They offer sweets. They exchange Subho Nababarsho wishes. They begin the new year’s accounts with the same ceremony their fathers and grandfathers observed.

The Haal Khata ceremony is not simply an accounting ritual. It is a relationship ritual. It is the Bengali business community’s annual acknowledgement that commerce runs on trust, and trust is renewed with presence, with ceremony, with the right gift at the right moment. The jewellers of Burra Bazaar, the textile traders of Metiabruz, the chartered accountants of Esplanade, the real estate developers of New Town, the financial advisors of Salt Lake — all of them observe the Haal Khata tradition. All of them need the right gift to mark it.

The Happiness Story Haal Khata gift hamper for clients is built with exactly this context in mind. Sundarban honey and honeycomb that communicate the care taken in sourcing. Nolen gur that shows cultural fluency — a Bengali business person receiving nolen gur as a Poila Boishak gift from a client or partner understands immediately that they were thought about with real knowledge. Darjeeling tea presented in the Beautiful Bengal Box with a name card that carries your company’s Nababarsho wishes.

This is the hamper that a Bengali client opens and recognises. Not a foreign gifting brand’s interpretation of what Bengalis might want. The real thing, from people who understand what the real thing means in a Haal Khata context.

For individual client gifts: order ready-to-ship online with personalised name cards. For bulk client gifting across multiple addresses: contact us for our corporate Haal Khata pre-order programme with custom branding and minimum 10 hampers per order. 

Corporate Bulk Poila Boishak Hampers — Pre-Order Programme

Your clients remember the gifting that felt personal. Your employees remember the brand that did not forget them on Nababarsho morning.

The Happiness Story corporate Pohela Boishakh bulk pre-order programme serves every sector in Kolkata’s business ecosystem — IT and software companies in Salt Lake and New Town, banking and financial services in Dalhousie and Esplanade, healthcare and pharma in Alipore and Behala, retail and FMCG across all commercial districts, education and hospitality, manufacturing and logistics, media and real estate. Every corporate gifting requirement for every industry, built around the one thing that connects them all: authentic Bengal.

Our corporate Poila Boishak hamper programme includes:

• Bulk pre-orders from 10 hampers per order

• Item selection customisable for bulk orders — build a brief and we curate accordingly

• Custom brand inserts, company logo, and personalised name cards for each recipient

• Multiple delivery addresses on a single order — pan-Kolkata, pan-West Bengal, or pan-India

• Trade pricing for procurement managers, gifting agencies, and corporate resellers

• Minimum lead time: 7 to 14 working days. Confirmed timeline at order placement.

Contact us for a corporate Haal Khata hamper quote. We respond within 24 hours.

For NRIs — Sending Subho Nababarsho Home to Bengal

You cannot always be in Kolkata for Pohela Boisakh. But your gift can be there before you even finish your morning coffee, wherever in the world you are.

The Happiness Story ships pan-India in 3 to 4 days to any address across the country. For the Bengali diaspora in the UK, USA, Canada, Australia, Singapore, Dubai, or anywhere else in the world, we arrange international shipping at checkout. Your family in South Kolkata, your parents in Howrah, your in-laws in Burdwan — they receive the Sundarban honey, the nolen gur, the Darjeeling tea, and your personalised name card, as if you had walked in yourself.

The Shubho Nababarsho gift from an NRI child that arrives in Kolkata on the morning of April 15 is the one the family talks about at the Nababarsho table.

Order international Poila Boishak hamper delivery by March 31 to guarantee April 15 arrival.

For Gifting Resellers & Trade Partners

If you source gifts for corporate clients on a commission or margin basis — as a procurement specialist, gifting agency, event company, or trade reseller — The Happiness Story is built to work with you at scale. Consistent quality. Competitive wholesale pricing. Pan-India delivery capability. Authentic Bengali products that your clients cannot find on any generic gifting shelf. Hampers that your clients will remember and your corporate relationships will benefit from.

Contact us to discuss trade terms, sample hampers, volume pricing, and bulk order lead times ahead of Pahela Baishakh 2026.

Poila Boishak Hampers for Every Occasion

Poila Boishak does not occur in isolation. It falls in mid-April, which in Bengali calendars is also the season of birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, and new beginnings. The new Bengali year begins at the same time as the academic year ends, when promotions are announced, when retirement ceremonies are held, when new houses are entered for the first time.

The Happiness Story Nababarsho hamper is the gift that works for all of these occasions simultaneously. The colleague who is retiring on Pohela Boishakh week. The cousin whose birthday falls on April 15. The new couple who moved into their first home just before Subho Nababarsho. The student who cleared the board exams in March and deserves something that celebrates both their achievement and the new year beginning at the same time.

One hamper. Every occasion. Because authentic Bengal is always the right thing to give.

Why Choose Authentic Over Generic for Nababarsho Gifting ? 

the major national gifting platforms — FNP, GiftsMyNtra, and others — have Poila Boishak category pages. They offer flowers, cakes, and generic hampers with a Boishakhi label. Their products are consistent, their delivery is reliable, and their brand recognition is strong.

What they do not have is Sundarban honey. They do not have nolen gur. They do not have Kolkata muri. They do not have a section explaining what Haal Khata is or why it matters for client gifting. They do not have a store in Lal Bazar where you can walk in, smell the Darjeeling tea, and carry your hamper home on Nababarsho morning.

The Happiness Story exists for the Bengali gifter who knows the difference. Not because we are anti-platform, but because authentic Bengal requires a different supply chain, a different sourcing relationship, and a different level of cultural knowledge than a national platform’s gifting category can provide at scale.

This is what you are choosing when you order from us. Not just a hamper. An argument, well made, for the real thing.

Eco-Friendly, Vegan & Artisan Poila Boishak Hamper Options

Several products in our standard ready-to-ship hamper are naturally plant-based: Darjeeling tea, Kolkata muri, tok jhal chanachur, nimki, and the Sundarban honey. Sundarban honey is a natural product with no additives, preservatives, or processing beyond filtration. Nolen gur is pure date palm jaggery — no refined sugar, no artificial sweetener.

For customers looking for a fully vegan Poila Boishak hamper — with confirmed vegan-friendly items replacing honey and cookies — this is available as a corporate or bulk pre-order. Contact us with your dietary brief and we will build a hamper that meets your requirements without compromising on authenticity.

For artisan additions — terracotta items from Bishnupur or the Bankura horse, handmade dhakai jamdani textile pieces, or other traditional Bengali craft elements — these are available exclusively on corporate and bulk pre-orders where the sourcing lead time can be accommodated. Contact us with your brief and we will source accordingly.

Eco-friendly and sustainable packaging options — including reduced-plastic wrapping and the natural Dala basket which is itself a sustainable choice — are available on request at checkout.

Same-Day Poila Boishak Hamper Delivery — Kolkata, West Bengal & Beyond

We know that sometimes the most important thing about a Subho Naba Barsho gift is that it arrives exactly when it should. The Happiness Story’s delivery infrastructure is built around exactly this requirement.

Same-Day Delivery Across Kolkata — Every Area, Every Corner

Order before 12 noon for guaranteed same-day delivery anywhere across Kolkata. We deliver to every area of the city — from Ballygunge and Bhowanipore in the south to Shyambazar and Dum Dum in the north, from Salt Lake and New Town in the east to Behala and Tollygunge in the southwest, from Park Street and Esplanade in the centre to Jadavpur, Gariahat, Garia, Kasba, Dhakuria, Lake Gardens, Alipore, Regent Park, Anandapur, Mukundapur, Patuli, Naktala, Bosepukur, Sonarpur, Rajpur, Barasat, Rajarhat, BBD Bagh, and every address in between.

For festival-day delivery on April 15 (Poila Boishak 2026), order at least 48 hours in advance. Same-day delivery on April 15 remains available for orders placed by 12 noon on that day.

Walk in to Tearaja at 1, RN Mukherjee Rd, below Martin Burn Building, Lal Bazar, Kolkata 700001 to pick up same-day without placing an online order.

Next-Day Delivery to Every City in West Bengal

Next-day delivery across all major cities and districts in West Bengal. Order by 12 noon today for delivery tomorrow to:

• Howrah, Shibpur, and all adjacent districts

• Siliguri, Jalpaiguri, Alipurduar, and Cooch Behar in North Bengal

• Darjeeling, Kalimpong, and the mountain districts

• Durgapur, Asansol, and the industrial belt

• Burdwan (Bardhaman), Krishnanagar, and Nadia district

• Midnapore, Kharagpur, and Haldia in Paschim Medinipur

• Bankura, Bishnupur, and Purulia

• Bolpur, Shantiniketan, and Birbhum

• Malda, Raiganj, and Balurghat in North Bengal

• Berhampur and Murshidabad district

For Nababarsho delivery to any West Bengal address, order by 12 noon on April 14 to guarantee next-day dispatch on April 15 morning.

Pan-India Delivery in 3–4 Days — Mumbai to Guwahati

Pan-India delivery in 3 to 4 days to any address across the country. The Bengali communities of Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Gurugram, Noida, Chandigarh, Coimbatore, Kochi, Indore, Bhopal, and Nagpur all have their Nababarsho traditions, and all of them can now receive a Happiness Story hamper with the authentic Bengal inside.

Order by April 11 for delivery by April 15. For all pan-India orders, add your personalised name card and message at checkout.

International Shipping for the Bengali Diaspora

International shipping timelines and costs are confirmed at checkout based on your destination country. For deliveries from the UK, USA, Canada, Australia, Singapore, and Dubai to Bengal, order by March 31 to guarantee April 15 Nababarsho morning delivery. For same-day Kolkata delivery of an order placed from abroad, contact us directly and we will arrange dispatch confirmation.

All delivery tiers:  all major digital payment methods accepted.

Shubho Noboborsho Your Way — Ready-to-Ship & Corporate Custom Hampers

Every person on your gifting list has a different story. Here is how The Happiness Story handles personalisation across both tiers.

Ready-to-Ship — Personalise with Your Name & Message

Every ready-to-ship Happiness Story hamper comes with the fixed seven-product Bengali curation, packed in your choice of The Beautiful Bengal Box or the Dala. Add your personalised name card and handwritten message at checkout.

Your hamper is packed, personalised, and dispatched same-day across Kolkata or shipped to your delivery address. No pre-order required. No minimum quantity. Available directly on the website or in person at Tearaja.

Ready to ship. Ready to personalise. Ready to be yours.

Corporate & Bulk Pre-Orders — Full Item Customisation

For corporate and bulk orders of 10 or more hampers, item selection is fully open. Choose the products, quantities, packaging, and branding specific to your gifting brief. Add your company logo, custom brand inserts, and individual name cards for each recipient.

These orders are taken on a pre-order basis with a minimum lead time of 7 to 14 working days. Your confirmed timeline, pricing, and customisation scope are agreed at order placement. Contact us for your Haal Khata gifting brief or corporate Nababarsho programme.

Visit Tearaja — Our Kolkata Store for Walk-In Orders & Pickup

Can’t wait for delivery? Walk in.

Tearaja is The Happiness Story’s Kolkata store, at 1, RN Mukherjee Rd, below Martin Burn Building, Lal Bazar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700001 — a short walk from BBD Bagh and Dalhousie Square, near Esplanade, accessible from any part of central Kolkata. Browse the full Poila Boishak collection in person, personalise your name card and message on the spot, and take your hamper home the same day in The Beautiful Bengal Box or the Aam Baishaki Box .

Store Name:

Tearaja

Address:

1, RN Mukherjee Rd, below Martin Burn Building, Lal Bazar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700001

Landmark:

Below Martin Burn Building, Lal Bazar  |  Near BBD Bagh / Dalhousie Square / Esplanade

Google Maps:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/7qmVvpg8SQygE5PR7?g_st=aw

When is Poila Boishak 2026 and what is the delivery deadline?

Poila Boishak 2026 in West Bengal falls on April 15. For same-day Kolkata delivery, order by 12 noon on April 15. For next-day West Bengal delivery, order by 12 noon on April 14. For pan-India delivery, order by April 11. For international NRI shipping, order by March 31. Corporate pre-orders should be placed by April 1 at the latest.

Is Poila Boishak a public holiday in West Bengal?

Yes. Poila Boishak is a state public holiday in West Bengal, observed on April 15 in 2026. It is the Bengali New Year and marks the beginning of the Bengali calendar year. The festival is widely celebrated across Kolkata and all of West Bengal with new clothes, family gatherings, and gifting.

When is the best time to order a Poila Boishak gift hamper for same-day delivery in Kolkata?

Order before 12 noon for guaranteed same-day delivery anywhere in Kolkata. For festival-day delivery on April 15, place your order at least 48 hours in advance to guarantee timely dispatch during the high-volume festival period.

How do I order a same-day Bengali New Year hamper in Kolkata?

Go to our website, select your hamper and packaging option (The Beautiful Bengal Box or the Dala), add your personalised name card and message at checkout, select same-day Kolkata delivery, and place your order before 12 noon. Alternatively, walk in to Tearaja at 1, RN Mukherjee Rd, Lal Bazar, Kolkata 700001. 

Do Poila Boishak gift hampers arrive on time for Subho Nababarsho?

Yes. Our same-day Kolkata delivery and next-day West Bengal delivery are specifically designed for the festival window. Same-day delivery on April 15 is guaranteed for orders placed before 12 noon. For next-day delivery to other West Bengal cities, order by 12 noon on April 14.

Can I get a Poila Boishak hamper delivered to Howrah or Siliguri on festival day?

Yes. We deliver next-day to all West Bengal cities including Howrah, Siliguri, Durgapur, Asansol, Burdwan, and Krishnanagar. For festival-day delivery to these cities, order by 12 noon on April 14.

What is included in a Poila Boishak gift hamper from The Happiness Story?

Every ready-to-ship hamper includes: Sundarban honey and honeycomb, nolen gur, Darjeeling tea, Kolkata muri, tok jhal chanachur, chocolate cookies, and nimki. Seven authentic Bengali products in your choice of The Beautiful Bengal Box or the traditional Dala.

Is Sundarban honey authentic and what makes it special for Bengali gifting?