Category: stories

That Girl From Kalighat

Published by on October 3, 2022
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Kolkata always reminded me of old black-and-white movies. With its bare and faded structures, rickshaws pulled by hands, the streets that served tea on terracotta cups, the trams that rattled along its path… Kalighat was where our pursuit for photographs ended. The place was uncharacteristic from the other temples around, lacking the usual calm one […]

Life. Cycle

Published by on October 3, 2022
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I had been familiar with the sight of Rahiman. He was 78, and he was on a cycle whenever I saw him in town. Mostly, he’d be going around selling his own books. Books on travel that were locally published, with almost nothing to catch one’s eye. But in these books were the most extraordinary […]

A Photo by God

Published by on October 3, 2022
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Long back, while a fine arts student, I used to roam around with a camera in bag. A shaky one, which would often stop working. And so, I was in good rapport with all the repairmen in the town. Once on such a visit to a shop, a stunning photograph on the wall caught my […]