FADING GRAFFITI
19 March 2015
It is often said that the nature of a city can be derived from its walls. The depictions on the walls portray the characteristics, the ideals, the history and politics [...]
MAYAPUR: CHANTS OF THE MYSTICS
15 January 2015
Approx 130 kms north of Kolkata, Mayapur is situated on the banks of the Ganges, at its point of confluence with Jalangi, near Nabadwip. Being regarded as a Holy place as [...]
Mandarmani: Whispering Waves
4 January 2015
Have you ever imagined a 13 km stretch of beach swarming with crabs?? What do you think it looks like? “Each will have a different name for it!” you may say. [...]
Cooch Behar: Unheard Tunes Of Nature
31 December 2014
The cool breeze. The beautiful scenarios. The bliss. The silence, far far away from the metropolitan’s cacophony. Fellow Traveller, if you are thinking about taking a short trip at [...]
Jhumri Telaiya: Calls From The Unknown
26 December 2014
The dance. The lake. The mythical name. The 60s phone calls on Vivid Bharati. Those who were lucky enough to listen to Vivid Bharati, during the 60s and 70s might [...]
Sunderban: Footprints of Magesticism
23 December 2014
The roar. The striped large cats. The mangroves. The legends. Fellow traveler, take guard! We are in the Sunderban. The den of Royal Bengal tiger, the second largest species of [...]
PURULIA: DANCE OF MYSTERY
20 December 2014
The Chhau Dance. The Ritwik Ghatak films. The wilderness. The hillocks. The tribes. The dense forests. The rustic landscape. The undisturbed silence. And, the red soil. The westernmost district of [...]
DARJ: The Fragrance of Beauty
18 December 2014
With each sip of tea every morning, with each Anjan Dutta song, comes back the Darj. And with its thoughts come the beautiful images of rhododendrons and magnolias, miles of [...]
Bishnupur: Carved in Terracotta
16 December 2014
152kms from Kolkata, lies a town called Bishnupur. Bishnupur reminds us of our waning culture, of our talented artisans, and the waning art of Terracotta….. Bishnupur cries out through its [...]
Bolpur – Footprints of Tagore
1 December 2014
Bolpur – The land of Bauls. The land of Visva –Bharati. The sacred earth that holds Tagore’s footprints. The land of red soil. The fragrance of poetry. The land that [...]
