Bapi da is lonely man living in the pilgrim town of Tarakeswar in West Bengal District, India. He has no close relatives, no close friend. He is an just another ordinary beggar. But that’s not how I found him when I met him in the bus stand in Tarakeswar. He…
Every year ‘Hujur Saheber Mela‘ is held annually along the international border between India and Bangladesh on 5th and 6th day of the Bengali Calendar month of Phalgun (February). This fair serves as a unique bridge between the two nations, just near the zero-line on the India-Bangladesh International Border at…
“Behind every face is a mask and behind that is a story.” – Marty Rubin What is a mask? A mask is a tool that one may use to alter one’s exterior appearance, and sometimes one’s personality also, temporarily. The influence of a mask may be very personal or have…
It was just another Sunday and time for us photopals for an outing; this time we decided to explore the middle class travel on the Badampahar special. This train travels to Badampahar, a small mining area in the Mayurbhanj district of Odisha. This is the only train moving from Tatanagar…
Dhobighat in Mumbai is the largest open-air laundromat in the World, attracts many visitors who come to Mumbai. Being the biggest laundry caterer to many big hospital, hotel industries and even private homes, Dhobighat has been honored with a World record certificate too. The 140 years old Dhobighat is equipped…
It covers various environmental and health problems in India and tries to convey the message through the photographs. I visited Varanasi in November 2015 and was shocked to see the scene at Manikarnika Ghat (also known as Burning Ghat), where pyres are burnt 24 hours a day seven days a…
The nomadic Rautes are the last hunters and gatherers of the Himalayas. The Rautes, who call themselves Kings of Forests, subsist on langur and macaque monkeys, wild yams, rice and a few kinds of vegetables traded from local farmers. Their main occupation is to trade and exchange of wooden items…
In remote mountains like Uttarey, number of schools are very limited and as a result, it’s not a very easy for children to achieve proper education. Children have to walk miles to go to a school daily through rough hilly roads. But these difficulties cant stop them to be educated…
The Pongala festival which is celebrated every year around late Feb and early March at the renowned Attukal Bhagavathi temple in Kerala’s capital city of Thiruvananthapuram is an experience with euphoria of religion, faith and beliefs. The festival has entered the Guinness records for being the largest single gathering of…
It took me more than seven years to bring out this story. It started one evening when I stumbled upon a set of photographs which I had taken while my wife was battling cancer. I don’t know why I took those images, perhaps I wanted to freeze a dying moment…
This is Varanasi, but not the one I used to perceive. While having lassi, a sweet Indian drink made from yogurt, seating in a tiny restaurant in an alley of Varanasi near Manikarnika Ghat, I witnessed that people were carrying dead bodies for cremation and chorused “Ram Naam Satya Hain”…
Nasik Kumbhmela 2015 | Maharastra, India Sadhu, Smoking weeds, and holy bath are the most common scenarios when the word ‘Kumbhmela‘ strikes our mind. I did not rule out capturing them but tried in different and less visited area like Gangadwar where better experience is encountered in various ways. Exploring…
Our precious Life. “We want to be normal (sane) like you.” This is what they wanted from me from their world. “I want to be normal, normal and normal.” These are the words of the pure heart. Words coming from mind which we call to be not in control. I…
Phulia is a small town in the Nadia District of West Bengal, approximately a hundred kilometers from the main city of Kolkata. It bodes clusters of Tant, Jamdani and Dhakai; the latter two found majorly in parts of Bangladesh now. The art form showcases intricate and detailed hand-stitched work from…
The disappearance of the travelling cinema in the outskirts of our cities can be alluded to several factors – the least of which is not the real estate boom because vacant land is swiftly being built upon. But, seen along with the rise of the multiplex, it also suggests the…
In 2003, a group called the Durbar MahilaSamanwaya Committee started a residential home for kids from various brothel colonies at Baruipur, a small town near Kolkata. The group, long active in advocating for the rights of brothel workers in Kolkata, felt the need to do something for the children of…