Watch video and photographs: Leopard in Darjeeling town area, had perhaps left pugmarks in snow earlier
A leopard was spotted in Darjeeling town on Monday evening, at Frymal village area, approximately 2 km from the Darjeeling Mall. It…
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There was snowfall in Darjeeling town today! Here are some photographs:
There was snowfall in Darjeeling town on Friday afternoon. It started snowing from around 4.45 pm, and has been snowing till the…
Photographs of Park Street on Christmas evening
Here are some photographs of the lights and people from Kolkata’s Park Street. Christmas evening and December 31 are the two most…
Photographs from Darjeeling: this is what the queen of the hills looked like yesterday
There was heavy snowfall for the past couple of days in Sandakphu (11,930 ft), the highest point of the Sangalila Ridge in…
Kite flying: illegal metal coated strings pose danger as yet another biker’s neck slashed on Kolkata flyover
Kite flying. A seemingly innocent fun filled sport that has been popular in the country for ages. This battle in the sky used…
DURGA IN THE DIASPORA: Devi and the ring of the Nibelung — notes from Frankfurt, Germany
A Durga Puja that’s Bong in spirit, German in feel: that’s what the annual Puja in Frankfurt, Germany, organised by a Bengali…
Durga in the Diaspora: Four days of fun squeezed into a weekend festivity in Sydney, Australia
Durga Puja, the greatest and the most celebrated festival in the lives of the Bengalis all over the world, had a very…
DURGA IN THE DIASPORA: October is the cruellest month for a Bengali in New York City, mixing memory and desire
It’s been too long in this foreign place, long enough for the word “foreign” to feel strange now. New York City (NYC)…
DURGA IN THE DIASPORA: In New Jersey, Pujo is more about evolving with our heritage rather than merely recreating a nostalgic past
Autumn arrives ceremoniously in America. The foliage on deciduous trees approach the end of their annual tenure with shades of green morphing…
Durga Puja: in the narrow lanes and bylanes of Banamali Sarkar Lane, better known as Kumartuli
It is that time of the year. Durga Pujo is just a week away. It starts as soon as the Devi Paksha…