Category: Stories
Nakhoda Masjid | Kolkata
With a prayer hall the size of an indoor stadium (capacity for 10000 people), two large Ablution Pools and Three high Domes – The Nakhoda Masjid , standing at one of Central Kolkata’s oldest neighborhoods – the Chitpur Area of Burrabazar business district, rightfully earns it’s place as the Principal and the largest mosque in Kolkata. It…
The Beautiful Earth From Above
“Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for your children and your children’s children. Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance.” —Theodore Roosevelt While its a noble idea to…
Devil’s Den | Snorkeling at Florida’s Pre-Historic Underground spring
Right in the heart of North Florida lies a pre-historic spring known as the Devils Den, that houses pre historic artifacts from as early as the Ice age (~ 2.6 million years ago). Although the underwater chambers are not accessible to regular tourists, one can still enjoy the freshness of a swim in the calm,…
Tour de Cure 2016 | Biking for a cause
About Tour de Cure: Unlike it’s close namesake Tour de France, Tour de Cure is a not a gruesome bicycle race , rather a ride to raise money for diabetes research. In recent years it has gone from just a bicycling event to options like walking and running as well to include a wider participation. Apart from…
The Last 2 Years | Catching Up
Being decently active at maintaining and updating my blog at regular intervals (at least twice a month) to suddenly stopping adding new posts and then finally hanging up a maintenance page on it for almost a year and a half. It was not a random decision, definitely not an easy one. So why do it…
Kolkata Meets Florida
My journey from the City of Joy to the Sunshine State of Florida was a long and memorable one. It was also a journey of many Firsts. My First International Travel – My First journey through numerous Time Zones – My first epic 14 hours flight ( a major chunk of the 30+ hours Journey) ……
Crafting Gods and Demons at Kumartuli | Kolkata
The First of the 4 part Durga Pujo special series. It’s Pujo time 😀 !!! Devi Durga – the principle form of the Goddess, a symbol of power, affection and victory of good over the bad might have been created in the Heavens with special powers from multiple Gods to defeat the notorious Mahisasura (the Buffalo Demon) But Ma Durga – who resides…
looking back | Durga Pujo
The 3rd Part of the 4 posts series – This time only pictures – of what is probably the World’s Largest Open Air Art Carnival – an epic conglomeration of art, creativity, religion and faith. World renowned body painter and artist Sanatan Dinda decribes Durga Pujo as ” The biggest site specific installation arts in the world “ Crores…
The curious case of the Z Tree
Nestled amongst the vastness of Everglades National Park, Florida is a tree as iconic as the park itself. The dwarf cypress trees of Everglades are old and small when compared to their ‘peers’ but has stood firmly facing the atrocities of human beings as well as mother nature – harsh Florida summers, thundering monsoons, hurricanes, flooding to say…
A Day with Dali
I was quite surprised when I opened Google.com today. There was no doodle for one of the most celebrated artists of all times, rightfully known for this crazy and bizarre surrealistic works – Salvador Dali (born Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech). What I found on a little more digging was pretty interesting. It seems Google…