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Christmas 2012

December 26, 2012 / Leave a Comment

Merry Christmas to all who happen to see this ! I am yet to understand what Christmas is to my city of Kolkata ! I see, the Cathedral Church and the Church beside - jammed, all places for food and [Read more...]

Posted in: Christmas, Colours, Culture, Dalhousie, Esplanade, Explore Kolkata, Kolkata, Kolkata Exclusive!, Kolkata Street Photography, Park Street, Photography, Portraits, Random notes, Season, State, West Bengal, Winter Tagged: akshay, christmas, deeptish lahiri, kolkata, saurish lahiri

Peace Protest at Kolkata

December 22, 2012 / 4 Comments

Too many things to scribble down, too many photographs to fit into one singular blogpost. I shall start with an apology : I apologise for behaving like a pessimist, and to a certain extent - [Read more...]

Posted in: Guest Posts, Random notes, snapshots Tagged: gangrape, kolkata, peace protest, stop this shame

Kolkata morning blues (2)

December 16, 2012 / Leave a Comment

Umm, the last set of photographs were not really good. I have taken them down. I present to you a new set of photographs. This is the second part of the series, shot in Kolkata over 3 days.. from 7 am [Read more...]

Posted in: Black and White, Colours, Dalhousie, Esplanade, Explore Kolkata, Kolkata, Kolkata Exclusive!, Kolkata Street Photography, Maidan, North Kolkata, Park Street, Photography, Portraits, snapshots, State, Street Photography, Travel, West Bengal Tagged: esplanade, kolkata, kolkata morning, new market, park street, sealdah

Solace

November 28, 2012 / 1 Comment

S o l a c e . ~ Amrita Bhattacharya. The world might fall on me, yet I sleep on. This innocent sleep, which nourishes life, which takes away anguish and fills up with an unfelt sense of contentment, [Read more...]

Posted in: Colours, Esplanade, Explore Kolkata, Guest Posts, Kolkata, Kolkata Exclusive!, Kolkata Street Photography, Photography, snapshots, State, West Bengal Tagged: amartya saha, amrita bhattacharya, kolkata, solace, surya shekhar chakravarty

Kolkata and Rickshaws (5)

November 22, 2012 / 1 Comment

Fifth part of the series. These photographs show the Rickshaw pullers busy in their morning schedule. The business includes, preparing for a day.. cook for themselves ( yes! I visited one of their [Read more...]

Posted in: Black and White, Explore Kolkata, Kolkata, Kolkata Exclusive!, Kolkata Street Photography, Photography, snapshots, State, Street Photography Tagged: hand pulled rickshaws, kolkata, morning, sealdah

Durga Puja’ 2012 photographs

October 26, 2012 / 4 Comments

"First comes knowledge, then - observation, then comes photography.", said one of the most renowned photographers in Kolkata. I started contemplating about it. "Lets know our traditions", he said [Read more...]

Posted in: Autumn, Black and White, Colours, Culture, Durga Puja, Explore Bengal, Explore Kolkata, Festival, Kolkata, Kolkata Exclusive!, Photography, Random notes, Season, State, Street Photography, Travel, West Bengal Tagged: durga puja, durga puja 2012, kolkata

Kola Bou snan ( Durga Puja )

October 21, 2012 / 1 Comment

The "Kola Bou" (কলা বউ) of God Ganesha, fascinates any Bengali kid. One of the first rituals of Durgapuja is of the Kola Bou. It is the  "Kola Bou Snan". Kola Bou: Popularly known as the wife of [Read more...]

Posted in: Baghbazar, Colours, Culture, Durga Puja, Kolkata Street Photography, Kumartuli, Photography, Street Photography Tagged: durga puja, durga puja 2012, ganesha, india, kaol bo, kola bou, kolkata, west bengal, wife

Mahalaya and Tarpan

October 15, 2012 / 2 Comments

For your peace, I pray to you and the Almighty (Shot at near 4:45 am, Mullick ghaat, Kolkata) Surprisingly the very few days of Durga puja when every traditional Bengali has a smile on the face, and [Read more...]

Posted in: Autumn, Colours, Culture, Durga Puja, Explore Bengal, Explore Kolkata, Kolkata, Kolkata Exclusive!, Kolkata Street Photography, Photography, Portraits, Random notes, Season, snapshots, State, Street Photography, Travel, West Bengal Tagged: durga puja 2012, ganga, ghaat, ghat, kolkata, mahalaya, mullick ghat, street shots, tarpan

Kolkata and Rickshaws (3)

October 8, 2012 / 6 Comments

Third part of the series. These photographs were shot at Kumartuli. The beauty of these Rickshaws is that they enter any nook and corner of the city, without being hushed now. Once a prime mode of [Read more...]

Posted in: Culture, Kolkata, Kolkata Exclusive!, Kolkata Street Photography, Photography, Random notes, snapshots, Street Photography, Travel, West Bengal Tagged: hand pulled rickshaws, heritage, kolkata, kumartuli, north

The crowded by lanes of Kumartuli

October 8, 2012 / 8 Comments

Reigning over the chaos. ( version 2.0 ) Chaotic as one white skinned exclaimed, the chaos of the lanes of Kumartuli got on my nerves, when a big fat lady blocked the background of my subject, [Read more...]

Posted in: Random notes, snapshots Tagged: durga puja, kolkata, kumartuli, rush, tourism
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