Posted on August 16th, 2008 by Ranjay Mitra
We had spent the whole afternoon taking candid street pictures & portraits of saints & sadhus along the holy river Ganges. The river runs through the city of Kolkata & has a whole culture & people developed around the banks. We were out taking street pictures in Nimtola, the burning ghats of Kolkata, along the [...]
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Posted on July 31st, 2008 by Ranjay Mitra
He is an extremely quite person. He was observing us as I & my brother were crouching close to him trying to take his portraits. His neighbors told us his name “Lalbaba“, which translates to “Priest in Red“, probably from the red clothes that he has always got on him.
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Posted on June 30th, 2008 by Ranjay Mitra
Kanika is just 4. With her ragged dress & tears in her eyes she stood in front of me asking me to take her picture. I obliged. She made me promise that I would show her picture to “everyone”. And for that, she brought out a naive smile.
Kanika is raised along the river Ganges that [...]
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Posted on June 24th, 2008 by Ranjay Mitra
Of the famous holy temples of Calcutta, Dakshineshwar has been able to maintain its glory & keep the annoying “pandas” out of the complex. Pandas have traditionally been the temple priests. But when one becomes a priest (or Pujari as they are called in the local language) just because it has been a family occupation [...]
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Posted on June 20th, 2008 by Ranjay Mitra
The streets of Calcutta (now politically rechristened Kolkata to inspire patriotic feelings!) is always beaming with life & activity. If someone were to give an impression of the city, they cannot leave the spirits of the city streets.
Apart from the fact that most of them are as old as the city itself, most of them [...]
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