My Calcutta Chronicles column and illustrations for ‘Kolkata On Wheels’ magazine, December 2021 issue:

‘Calcutta – A 40-Year Retrospective’  Reflections on the great Bengali metropolis through the years.

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My latest Calcutta Chronicles column and illustrations for ‘Kolkata On Wheels’ magazine, November 2021 issue: ‘Calcutta – On The Screen!’ 

A few cinematic references to the Bengali metropolis.

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Recently I had the honour of being mentioned in the ‘E-Bulletin’ of the SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF ARCHIVAL MATERIALS & MONUMENTS OF CALCUTTA

…along with an essay I wrote for the Society in 1993. Included is a 2021 tribute to the Society’s founder, Prof. Nisith Ranjan Ray, historian, author, educator, sometime Curator of the Victoria Memorial Hall, Calcutta, and one of my gurus who introduced me to studying the city in depth.

Presented by my friend Abhik Ray, Society Member.

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My latest Calcutta Chronicles column and photos for ‘Kolkata On Wheels’ magazine, October 2021 issue: ‘So Much Talent In This City’ Notes on the city’s creative arts.

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My latest Calcutta Chronicles column and photos for ‘Kolkata On Wheels’ magazine, September 2021 issue: ‘Calcutta Poeticized’ Rabindranath Tagore’s thoughts on his city, here considered.

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My latest Calcutta Chronicles column and photos for ‘Kolkata On Wheels’ magazine, August 2021 issue: ‘Calcutta’s World-Class Phenomenon’ 

Sri Ramakrishna reconsidered by way of a new book.

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My latest Calcutta Chronicles column and photos for ‘Kolkata On Wheels’ magazine, July 2021 issue: ‘Onward To Narkeldanga!’

My walkabout continues through the city’s eastern territories.

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My latest Calcutta Chronicles column and photos for ‘Kolkata On Wheels’ magazine, June 2021 issue: ‘Traversing Punchanogram Via Beleghata’ A walkabout in the more spread-out eastern territory of the city.

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My latest Calcutta Chronicles column and photos for ‘Kolkata On Wheels’ magazine, May 2021 issue: ‘Down By The Nullah – Tolly’s Or Adiganga?’ Calcutta’s historic and somewhat elusive ‘other’ waterway.

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My latest Calcutta Chronicles column and photos for ‘Kolkata On Wheels’ magazine, April 2021 issue: ‘A Participant In History: Samaren Roy’ A tribute to a remarkable man of history, ‘who was there’ for many events of 20th-century Calcutta, and my guru, guide and fellow explorer of the city.

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