The annual cattle race in Canning, Kolkata is one of the most horrifying examples of torturing animals for the sake of entertainment. The cows are kept on empty stomachs to make them run faster. They are also injected with drugs

There are places in my mind where I have never been. When I write I often feel like a creator, It is the same when I take pictures. The urge is to create something new or maybe to discover something

The photographer Razaq Kottakkal created his art manually, with a virtuosity that is perhaps impossible to reproduce by today’s digital technologies. Yet he was optimistic about the social and artistic possibilities that new technology might bring. Some thoughts on the

The snow had melted. Sutluj was proudly preoccupied with ferociously flushing out a lot of debris. At an altitude of 11,000 feet in the spring of 2011, when the valley of Spiti was recovering from an onslaught of aridness, in

Bengal might be covered in lush green foliage but its past is peppered with catastrophic famines. By the end of 18th century, millions of people had died of hunger. The Great Famine of 1943 alone had taken thousands of lives.

Migrants are great fodder- for politicians, industries, cities, aspiring writers for their stories and of course history- for migration changes the demographic landscape and with that much else. If they happened in a sudden wave (remember partition), local and national

Rupa Majumdar is a photographer who loves travelling across the country and keeping the best moments alive through her lens. On this occasion, she gives us a candid representation of a Transit Camp en route to the Ganga Sagar Mela. 

In the labyrinth of South Calcutta, you may find Surajit behind the receptionist’s desk, as you sit amongst agonized men and women at the dentist’s chamber. In front of you, past issues of India Today and Femina are heaped on