Catnapping Rickshaw Puller | Calcutta
A rickshaw puller (rickshaw wallah) takes a catnap while waiting for his next fare in the heat of the day in Calcutta, India. The rickshaw and their drivers are vanishing…
Kusti by the Hooghly | Traditional Indian Wrestling in Kolkata
Kusti is India’s traditional form of wrestling that dates back over three thousand years. But it’s much more than just the sport of wrestling. Along with it comes a strict…
Rickshaw Pullers of Calcutta
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…
Angles and Elbows
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…
Coffee with Friends and Books by the Thousands
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…
One is the Loneliest Number, Or is It?
A young boy sits alone with his thoughts in Kolkata, India.What are his thoughts?What are your thoughts?All alone! Whether you like it or not, alone is something you'll be quite…
383 Bose Lane, Kolkata, India
...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…
Fresh Flowers for a Goddess
I believe that the civilization India has evolved is not to be beaten in the world. Nothing can equal the seeds sown by our ancestry. Rome went; Greece shared the…
Of Entrances and Exits – What’s Behind the Green Door?
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…
The Rickshaw Wallahs of Kolkata, India
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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