Tag : Indian Photography

Prajapati: The Kumbhar Community Of Delhi By Jai Thakur

Prajapati: The Kumbhar Community Of Delhi By Jai Thakur

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…

Wall Paintings Of Bengal: Beautiful Photo Series By Saumalya Ghosh

Wall Paintings Of Bengal: Beautiful Photo Series By Saumalya Ghosh

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 Lungs Of Kolkata: Photo Series By Pritam Sen

The Lungs Of Kolkata: Photo Series By Pritam Sen

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…

My Nostalgic Streets By Arup Biswas

My Nostalgic Streets By Arup Biswas

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…

Trance, Vision, Imagination By Pritam Dutta

Trance, Vision & Imagination By Pritam Dutta

“You don’t need an ocean to feel like you’re drowning. You feel it, between your chest and your throat, the weight of it stretching you outside yourself, like a dead fish on the shore.“ I am a part of a time where an entire generation is stuck in a traffic…

Destruction Of Coastal West Bengal Due To Fequent Cyclones Caused By Global Warming

Destruction Of Coastal West Bengal Due To Frequent Cyclones Caused By Global Warming By Jit Chattopadhyay

A few days ago, cyclone Amphan swept over Bengal. Last year, cyclones ‘Fani’ and ‘Bulbul’ also hit West Bengal. Bengal has never seen such frequent cyclones in the history of the last few decades. Various parts of the country are in a state of devastation due to successive cyclones. Especially…

Life Around The Ghats Of Howrah By Pritam Sen

Life Around The Ghats Of Howrah By Pritam Sen

My name is Pritam Sen and I am 28 years old and I belong from Kolkata. I have taken up photography as my hobby since 2016. Street photography is the primary genre I am attracted to along with travel and landscape. The ghats and the markets of Howrah have always…

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