In Bengal, Gajan and Charak stand unique in the scenario of Bengal festivals and in today’s modern age. Hindus celebrate the festival mainly on the last two days of the month of Chaitra, just before Bengali New Year. Basically this falls around mid-April. Although it is celebrated mostly in rural…
Bahurupi is a Bengali word, closest English word should be chameleon; meaning – something which changes its colors/textures often. It’s a dying art in West Bengal and only a handful of family still practices it and earns living out of it. they dress up as a Hindu God/Goddess look-alike and…
We asked Manu Ghosh what it feels like to be a widow in the ancient holy city of Benares. The look on her face told us… nothing. Because the scriptures solemnly forbid a widow from feeling anything. The life mission of a widow is to pay for her bad karma.…
Most certainly an out of the box concept, Kishor Krishnamoothi is a travel & commercial photographer based in Hyderabad, India. His idea of photography has always been to capture the world around him with fresh perspectives all over. Adding to that, this photo story is a spectacular concept and shows…