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Rickshaw Puller – Calcutta, India

Rickshaw Puller – Calcutta, India

  • September 28, 2020
  • Black and White / Calcutta / Culture / Fine Art Photography / India / Monochrome Monday
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A rickshaw puller rests while his fare tends his shrine in Calcutta, India. The rickshawalas, or rickshaw pullers, are a dying breed in Calcutta and Northeastern India and Bangladesh. Brought…

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Shave and a Haircut…50 Rupees

Shave and a Haircut…50 Rupees

  • July 15, 2018
  • Culture / India / Photography / Street Photography / Travel Photography
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Much of life in India happens on the streets. Most goods and services are available along the sidewalks on busy thoroughfares, or in the shade of an ancient mango tree…

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Rickshaw Pullers of Calcutta

Rickshaw Pullers of Calcutta

  • June 27, 2017
  • Black and White / Calcutta / India / Photo Essay / Rickshaws
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For most of us, it is difficult to watch a person being used as a beast of burden pulling another person and their belongings. It seems inhumane, all the more…

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The Bauls of Bengal.

The Bauls of Bengal.

  • May 17, 2015
  • Calcutta / Culture / India / Religion / Tradition
  • 8 Comments

India never ceases to leave me in wonder. The diversity and devotion and spirituality. Take for example the Baul sect of ascetics that roam the Bengal area of Eastern India…

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Angles and Elbows

Angles and Elbows

  • October 20, 2014
  • Black and White / Calcutta / Culture / India / Photography / Street Photography
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Calcutta, India. Two men finish washing pots and pans in an alleyway behind a neighborhood eatery. As they straighten and give me an understandably quizzical look, I am drawn to…

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Coffee with Friends and Books by the Thousands

Coffee with Friends and Books by the Thousands

  • January 20, 2014
  • Calcutta / Culture / India / People / Photography / Travel / Travel Photography
  • 13 Comments

Friends meet for coffee at the landmark Indian Coffee House on College Street in Kolkata, India. Also known as the College Street Coffee House, the cafe is located across from…

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Serving Up Curry and Naan in Kumartuli

Serving Up Curry and Naan in Kumartuli

  • December 18, 2013
  • Culture / Durga Puja / Food / India / Street Photography
  • 16 Comments

Down a narrow, winding lane in Kumartuli (Potter's Town) in Kolkata , India, a vendor is busy serving up curry and naan to the lunch time crowd. The potters here…

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The Potters of Kumartuli – Where the Durga Puja Story Begins

The Potters of Kumartuli – Where the Durga Puja Story Begins

  • October 10, 2013
  • Black and White / Calcutta / Culture / Durga Puja / India / Photography / Travel Photography
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Durga Puja, the annual worship of the Hindu Goddess Durga, is about to begin in Calcutta, India. The festival lasts the better part of a week and is embraced by…

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383 Bose Lane, Kolkata, India

383 Bose Lane, Kolkata, India

  • July 29, 2013
  • Calcutta / India / Kolkata / Photography / Travel Photography / Travel Writing
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 ...there was no doubt that Calcutta produced more writers than Paris and Rome combined, more literary reviews than London and New York, more cinemas than New Delhi, and more publishers…

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Of Entrances and Exits – What’s Behind the Green Door?

Of Entrances and Exits – What’s Behind the Green Door?

  • April 4, 2013
  • Architecture / Calcutta / Color / Daily Post / Durga Puja / Festivals / Hinduism / India / Kolkata / Photography / Sunday Post / Travel / Travel Photography
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Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in....Aesop The stairs, the shaft of light, and…

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