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West Bengal

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BidhannagarTwenty-four Parganas, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, 743425, IndiaKolkata

Travel Stories

PHOTO STORY

The Cemetery at the End of Park Street | Kolkata

The cemetery at the end of Park Street — kebabs first, then obelisks, Derozio, and February light between the tombs.

PHOTO STORY

Wings of the Tide: A Birdwatching Journey Through the Sundarbans

Wings of the tide — kingfishers, adjutant storks, and sea eagles on a Sundarbans boat, without the tiger narrative.

BLOG POST

Durga’s travelogue : The carnival de Bengal

Durga Puja, the most important festival of Bengal is coming soon. Christmas in New York, Rio Carnival in Brazil, and the La Tomatina Festival in Spain summed up cannot beat the magnitude of the Durga Puja celebrations in Kolkata, India. Pujo spans 10 days filled with packed elaborate rituals, great food and a stunning display of creativity and art in the form of innovative themed pandals and idols. People deck up in new clothes, flock to the pandals and soak themselves in the festive spirit. The whole city transforms to a festive mood, work comes to a halt as the Pujo spirit hits Kolkata.

BLOG POST

Prinsep Ghat, Kolkata — Timings, What to See & Where to Go After

Prinsep Ghat has a specific quality on a February morning — empty ghats, the Hooghly carrying a light mist, and the kind of quiet that Kolkata almost never...

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2017 – Flashback

2017 was filled with travel plans, visiting new places and new stories to share. I got to visit the Philippines too! A short summary of the 2017 that went by! Completed around 8 trips, a couple of them were quite long ones. The last one of the year, a 3000 km long road trip for 10 days from Srinagar to Kolkata covering the breadth of North India, was one of my finest.