Kolkata – a Love story .
You flow effortlessly into the remainder of my nostalgia; a life of stamps on postcards, of sophisticated salons and bittersweet before-dinner drinks; of operas and foreign languages and relics from [Read more...]
Culture
In revelry and dissent, my Calcutta
This city of Calcutta, the city of an ever changing skyline.. the city that never stops, radiating from every corner - the exuberance of its colours, its enthusiasm, its spirit. "Tilottoma" Kolkata, [Read more...]
A tribute to Manna Dey.
Does this man require any introduction? He was the first superstar singer in Bollywood. He sang over 4000 songs from 1942 till 2013. Like most of the Bengali children of last 1980's, the first songs I [Read more...]
Gajan festival in West Bengal
Photograph #1: The street skit showing the dance of Lord Shiva. (Gajan | www.anirbansaha.com) A tale of belief: Gajan and Charak. - Anirban Saha & Sourav Halder, Krishnadebpur’ [Read more...]
Boshonto Utshob | Kolkata Jorasanko thakur bari’ 2014
Information: Boshonto Utshob 2018 celebration in Jorasanko Thakur Bari is scheduled on ____. ----- Like most other Bengali children, I got introduced to Rabindranath Tagore at quite an early age. As [Read more...]
The Sri Lankan Buddhist monk in Kolkata
While strolling on the streets of College street today, we stopped at the "Maha Bodhi Society of India" Buddhist temple and wished to photograph it. Any one who knows me, knows it very well - I love [Read more...]
Chandannagar (Trip 2)
This trip followed one week after the first. This time it was my college's classmate - Prashasti's marriage. I am better friends with Prayas (her brother) and his friends. They all are fascinated by [Read more...]
Tusu Parab (festival / parab), Purulia
(বাংলায় পড়ার জন্য এখানে ক্লিক করে।) (इसे हिंदी में पढ़ने के लिए यहां क्लिक करें) The Tusu festival ( also known as Tusu Parab or Tusu Parob or Tusu Puja ) is a tribal festival in rural [Read more...]
Kolkata Christmas 2013 – Photographs.
Pasting few photographs in this blog post. Shot at Bow Barracks, this is the kid Kaif whom I mentioned in my last blog post. Park street. Shot at Park street. Shot at [Read more...]
Kolkata Christmas Carnival and my experience 2013
I've a lot to say. Let me try organising my thoughts. 24th evening till 25th December midnight - was some crazy time. Not as crazy as my Maha-Kumbh experience, but just next to it. And now, what was [Read more...]