A rare American wood duck has been spotted at Bally, Howrah in West Bengal state of India for the first time. Colorful male duck at a water-body around 10 days ago was seen in a town around 25 kilometres from kolkata. Such ducks never have been spotted in India before.…
Commissioned by Attiko Metro and the Hellenic Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, ‘Unearthed’ is a new series of images taken at the construction sites of the underground metro stations in Athens and Thessaloniki in Greece during July 2020. The Line 3 extension in Athens will at its completion connect the…
Rice is one of the most popular staple food in India. It also forms a vastly popular food grain and plays a major role in satiating the appetites across the length and breadth of India. It constitutes a major role in the national foodgrain market. Rice cultivation covers 30% of…
COVID pandemic has entered India in the last week of March. It has changed our way of living. It has different phases, lockdown 1, 2, and 3, then unlock phases. Photographing these while maintaining social distancing and taking all precautions. Lockdown started with some activities like igniting lanterns to remove…
In the Indian subcontinent, the potter community is known as Kumhar or Kumbhar, derived from the term Kumharkar, literally, maker of kumbha (earthen pot). The kumbha is believed to have emerged from the cosmic ocean during the SamudraManthan (Churning of the Ocean), a mythological episode that finds mention in the…
Paintings on the clay walls of the tribal villages have been a long-prevailing practice in India. In West Bengal, this is known as ‘Deoal Chitra’ (means wall paintings). It is predominantly found on the walls of the dwellings of the Santhal (the largest tribal community in India) communities across Birbhum,…
The history of bodybuilding in Bangladesh is not very well known through Google. It is not known in which year Mr. Bangladesh competition started. However, the idea that it started from the 80s. Even in the ’90s, besides Mr. Bangladesh, Mr. Dhaka or 1 or 2 more contests were held…
During clicking lifestyle of people around us, I found the different lifestyle of village people especially who are engaged in paddy grain processing. So today I am going to tell the stories about the paddy grain drying process of village people. This is how the men and women dry grains…
My childhood passed in the Arasbaran forests and the intact nature of Azerbaijan. I still remember when I used to go to the homeland of my father on the foothills of the Savalan Mountain, solitary roads, apple trees, mountains full of snow and green valleys, sounds of birds and melody…
Even a decade ago, bricks were the main material used in building and road construction in Bangladesh. Now the days have changed, the stone is taking the place of the brick kiln as a sustainable construction material. How fast this change is happening is clear in one piece of information.…
Varanasi, also known as Banaras is a city on the banks of the Ganges and it is the spiritual capital of India. It is one of the holiest cities in Hinduism. The ghat refers to a series of steps leading down to a body of holy water, Ganges. These series…
Fusu is the Chinese term of the word “Recovery”. Recovery is one of the most used words in today’s world. This is a word of hope, a word of light. The entire world is at home for this deadly virus called Novel Corona (COVID-19). A virus that spread from china…
The Atlantic Forest, known locally as Mata Atlântica, is Brazil’s richest and most threatened forest land. At the Mantiqueira Mountains (Serra da Mantiqueira), not far from the country’s largest urban centres, some are leading by example and getting their hands dirty to restore the past and sow the seeds of…
Kolkata Maidan, a name that reminds the residents of this city of fresh air, sports, friendship, and a ton of nostalgia. Be it for early morning work or an evening stroll, nothing beats Maidan. This place holds a vivid range of picturesque landscape from season to season. In the winter…
Hello, I’m Riya Das, I’m a beginner photographer. I’ve started photography in 2018. I’m a learner. I love to take street moments and candids but in this quarantine, we aren’t able to go outside so I’m learning to self photograph my emotions and expressions. I got inspired by my father…
My City’s Streets has always been very nostalgic to me, whenever I go through on these, it’s every corner is so familiar to me that it evokes my emotions. Due to my work engagement, I don’t have any chance to shoot outside my city or another side of my country…