Photostory
When the City Meets the Rain
Reflections appear on the asphalt, umbrellas become moving shapes, puddles mirror the city and people adapt to the rhythm of the monsoon.
October 9, 2026
Reflections appear on the asphalt, umbrellas become moving shapes, puddles mirror the city and people adapt to the rhythm of the monsoon.
Radio repair shops have almost disappeared. A few can still be found in Kolkata, but travelling across India, I found them increasingly difficult to locate.
The TV set does not belong to us. It is the prized possession of one of our better-off neighbours.
Beneath Magnolia Skies is the latest addition to a growing number of books that highlight life in the hills of North Bengal and in Sikkim. And a welcome addition it is, indeed!
Around 750 CE, a few powerful men raised Gopala from chaos; today, millions enter the polling booth to decide who will govern.
A local tradition attributes the quarter’s vivid facades to an old Portuguese-era practice of repainting houses regularly.
Rural women in Bengal, layered old cotton clothes together, binding them with simple running stitches to create warm wraps and blankets called lep kantha.
A poignant story about memory, love, preservation, and loss, revealing how protecting cherished objects can sometimes distance us from their living essence.
She wasn’t just the voice of an era. She became a part of India’s cultural memory.
Birthday Tribute to Lata Mangeshkar…
AI can help you plan the journey — but it can’t smell the first rain over Darjeeling for you.
Barti Bill is not merely a wetland. It is a living fragment of Bengal, carrying within it the quiet rhythms of life.
In modern retellings, Pratapaditya is neither history nor fairy tale, but four centuries of memory reborn: delta lord, fallen hero, literary myth, regional icon.
