“Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta The above quote by Ibn Battuta makes a lot of sense. We are all travelers through the pathways of life. Along these chequered pathways, we meet and leave friends, stay glued to our families and…
Jayanta Roy explores the unseen beauty of the mighty Himalayas from Ladakh. In this mindblowing photo series, there is no disguise for the pure art form and here these black and white photographs show more than the ultimate aura of the mountain range. This is eternal bliss and the photographer…
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…
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…
From the ancient ages oil massage is popular and well practiced in India for holistic healing and detoxifying body, mind and spirit. Hogenakkal Falls is located in Dharmapuri district of Tamilnadu on river Kaveri. Along with the majestic view of Hogenakkal Falls, Hogenakkal has some famous oil massages which is…
In July, 2014, Honorable Chief Minister of Sikkim, Mr. Pawan Chambling, announced that the State Govt. will waive off Graduation fees for all Sikkimese residents in Govt. colleges. This was just an addition to the fact that Education was practically free in Govt. Schools in Sikkim for a few decades…
Varanasi or Benaras, (also known as Kashi) in Uttar Pradesh is one of the oldest living cities in the world and one of the seven holiest places in india. The whole city is fascinated by ancient architecture painted walls, colourful narrow lanes which are connected to the several ghats of…
The Gangasagar Mela that takes place in West Bengal, every year on the auspicious day of maker Sankranti, is one of the largest congregations of Hindu Pilgrims in India. Commoners, huge in number, flock to the southern part of Bengal where the holy river Ganges joins the Bay of Bengal.…
18th May, 2015 turned to be the dooms day for New Market, Kolkata. The busiest market place at the heart of the city, as it got devastated by a rattling rage of fire. Life was shattered into bits. While the firefighters were trying to bring the disastrous situation under control,…
Kumbh Mela, the largest spiritual gathering of mankind on the Earth, is held every 12 years on the banks of the ‘Sangam’- the confluence of the holy rivers Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati. Millions of devotees take a holy dip in the sacred water during the mela. Maha Kumbha…