When she had begun to work at a very young age, never had Supriya Mancherji, then Supriya Dattagupta, ever thought that she would be running a Parsi eatery. But that is what she does now. Her bustling...

As a child, Sudipto Saha did not feel any different from other children, except for one or two things. One of those was the mode of transport he used for school. “I used to go to school in a mi...

So the people kept coming. There was no place to sit, except when perhaps a bench was caught hold of or even balconies in neighbouring houses or just the pavement, which was always called “footp...

“Our first office was at the Moulali bus stop,” laughs Debojyoti Mukhopadhyay, who, with his friend Saurav Dey, runs Debovasha, an art gallery and book store in Fern Road in south Kolkata&...

Arun Ganguly has been photographing his garden for some time. These are lush images of plants and flowers, captioned meticulously, sent to his friends and acquantances. Ganguly, 83, has been well-kno...

Binod Jha, one of Thakur’s fellow drivers on the Ballygunge-Tollygunge route, was in agreement on the greater convenience of driving in the past. “Previously, we could complete a trip from...

Stationery promises order. Buying pens, paper or notebooks makes you feel it is possible to organise your dispersed thoughts, your scattered life. Files, clips or glue can suggest that it is possible ...

Putul Das, 35, is seen every day at a prominent spot in Hindustan Park in south Kolkata’s Gariahat area selling flowers. On Sunday, Mother’s Day, she had to make a second trip to Mull...

Painter Soumitra Kar is sitting in the small room that is his studio at his family home in Betor, Howrah. A large painting rests on the floor. But all around him are shelves overrun by small dolls (pu...

Where the fuchsia sky meets the zardosi pink and the twilight catches fire from the diamonds on the women’s necks, and music and dance are whipping up the air, and the young couple steps out of ...