Birding should be treated separate from Wild Life. Here’s why!
What are the first things that come to your mind when someone says “Wild Life”? Tigers and other animals or perhaps the greenery, isn’t it? Around 25% of people who were [Read more...]
Explore Kolkata
Kolkata photographs and stories, as discovered by Anirban Saha
Paradoxes, Irrelevance and Chhapakhana Trails.
Did you ever pick up an engraved wooden block up, dip it into the colour and print that on a sheet of cloth? If you haven’t, you’ve no clue how incredible it feels. The Future of the Past’s [Read more...]
My introduction to Birding.
Sometime towards the end of 2014, I became friends with a kid; Souranil De. He is interested in good food and birds. "Because they are cute", was his constant response every time I asked him why. [Read more...]
St. Teresa of Calcutta – Places to see in a day’s trip
Even after the Sainthood, I'm sure she would still be more popular as "Mother" Teresa for her immense contribution to the needy in this part of the nation. Mother Teresa of Calcutta would remain an [Read more...]
16 Kolkata square frames as clichéd af.
Not always does a young Delhiite come all the way to Kolkata to meet me and see Kolkata around. But when he does, I should make sure he sees all things clichéd, be it the Howrah Bridge or the Victoria [Read more...]
The Parsi Fire Temple and 5 things about Parsi community in India
The Parsi Fire Temple in Kolkata is a place forbidden for any non-Parsi. But the forbidden things seem most tempting, isn't it? When the temple was under renovation last February, I decided to give [Read more...]
Christmas eve celebrations at Ramakrishna Mission Belur Math
"Blessed are the ones who know how to forgive". This echoes inside my mind when deep down I feel hurt. Hurt by people, I've often referred to as family and I simply wanted to escape. I [Read more...]
Kolkata’s youth theatre today.
Gone are the days when theatre meant spending leisure time with families and restricted to a chosen few theatre halls. The Kolkata youth has taken it upon themselves to break the stereotypical [Read more...]
Calcutta Times Passions Club – Photography Trail review.
- It is always fun working with any initiative of The Times of India, here in Calcutta. We had previously collaborated for the Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival 2015, Happy Streets and for Calcutta [Read more...]
Diwali with Missionaries of Charity and Flying Lanterns.
I wish you all a very happy festive season. Warm greetings on this auspicious occasion of Mahavir Nirvan Diwas, Kali Pujo, Naraka Chaturdashi and what is popularly known as [Read more...]