Kolkata: A Historic Site in the Age of Smart Cities By Pooja Bhatia
Kolkata: A Historic Site in the Age of Smart Cities
We live in an age of smart phones and smart cities. At a time when speed, aggression and competition are the dominant ways of relating to the world, does a city like Kolkata have a meaning or a reason to exist?
Pooja Bhatia did her Masters in Political Studies from JNU...
Gandhi in his Lighter Moments
Gandhi is the iconic symbol of peace, on-violence and communal brotherhood. On his birth anniversary we pay tribute to the man whose humility and simplicity have continued to inspire many genrations.
Photo | How Bulbul Cyclone Affected the Lives of Ordinary People
The cyclone Bulbul has truly battered the state of West Bengal and brought about the deaths of 10 people and affected more than 4.5 lakh people.
Rabindranath Tagore’s 159th birth anniversary: A walk through his paintings
On Rabindranath Tagore's 159th birth anniversary, here is a walk through some of his painting.
In Pictures: Does the heavy burden of ritualism enable us to have the fragrance of religiosity?
In Pictures | Weekly images
A Walk through the Clouds in Ramgarh
Ramgarh is a small hamlet located in the Nainital district of Uttarakhand. An undisturbed view of the Himalayan peaks can be enjoyed from this place. Here is a photo-essay on the myriad emotions and existential dilemmas that the abundant natural landscape of Ramgarh invokes in every traveler prepared to walk the path less traveled.
The Fading Shades of Childhood
The Fading Shades of Childhood
The camera speaks….And these visual representations have their owm narratives. With words and images we find ourselves in a situation that makes us feel the institution called school, and its impact on childhood.
The essence of education is to make us come closer to the infinite world of possibilities that lies unexplored inside us. Education is...
The Continual Play of Learning and Unlearning
Travelling gives us the insight to climb the mountains, and cross the rivers within. The photo essay emanates from this moment of awakening in a Himalayan hamlet.
The Himalayan landscape is a treasure of wonders; each moment comes alive with the unique play of light and shadow, sunshine and rain. As the traveller proceeds on her journey, she is both amazed...
Local Creativities in Times of Market Hegemony
VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY
This photo essay is an exploration of a living heritage museum, Dakshin Chitra, located in Muttukadu, 25km from the southern part of Chennai.