Calcutta Con-fusions

Photo of Calcutta Con-fusions 3/27 by bidisha — movies, wall artists and sleuths

Photo of Calcutta Con-fusions 4/27 by bidisha — to look at Ma Durga being imeresed

Photo of Calcutta Con-fusions 5/27 by bidisha — bidding adieu

Photo of Calcutta Con-fusions 6/27 by bidisha — Bhasan-the immersion of durga

Photo of Calcutta Con-fusions 7/27 by bidisha

Photo of Calcutta Con-fusions 8/27 by bidisha

Photo of Calcutta Con-fusions 9/27 by bidisha

Photo of Calcutta Con-fusions 10/27 by bidisha

Photo of Calcutta Con-fusions 11/27 by bidisha — land anemones

Photo of Calcutta Con-fusions 12/27 by bidisha — the goddess and the demon

Photo of Calcutta Con-fusions 13/27 by bidisha — preparation fpr diwali

Photo of Calcutta Con-fusions 14/27 by bidisha — all in a days game-mallikbazar ghat

Photo of Calcutta Con-fusions 15/27 by bidisha — Ganga Arati

Photo of Calcutta Con-fusions 16/27 by bidisha — Bagbazar Ghat

Photo of Calcutta Con-fusions 17/27 by bidisha — pitri-torpon,mahalaya

Photo of Calcutta Con-fusions 18/27 by bidisha — Chasing the Monsoon

Photo of Calcutta Con-fusions 19/27 by bidisha — rest

Photo of Calcutta Con-fusions 20/27 by bidisha — children collect coins from Ganga

Photo of Calcutta Con-fusions 21/27 by bidisha — A Majhi cooks his meal on his boat

Photo of Calcutta Con-fusions 22/27 by bidisha — An evening of colours

Photo of Calcutta Con-fusions 23/27 by bidisha

Photo of Calcutta Con-fusions 24/27 by bidisha — flower market

Photo of Calcutta Con-fusions 25/27 by bidisha — the golden hour

Photo of Calcutta Con-fusions 26/27 by bidisha — New Market or Hoggs Market

Photo of Calcutta Con-fusions 27/27 by bidisha — Howrah bridge by moonlight

The City of Joy..The City of Palaces....Cultural captal of India....these are the adulations to Calcutta, we often hear of. But Calcutta truely, madly, deeply is a celebration of Souls and lives and the enormous festive struggle called "Life". Spending most of my life in Calcutta, I have had a love-hate relation with it. The many times the city frustrated me were equated by the same number of times, the city held me in awe.

No, Calcutta is not the metropolis one expects it to be. It has malls, true.But it also has the pre-colonial concepts of one merchandise paras or localities that sell one kind of good....like Kumortuli which sells most of the earthen idols and other utensils to the thriving city, like the milk and cheese colonies in north Kolkata, like the gold shops in Boubazar...

With the buzz around most festivals, Calcutta is truely a secular city. We enjoy our kebabs in ID ,bhogs in Durga Puja and cakes in Christmass.

We also love our buildings, our bridges and our people.

We celebrate our people.

This album is just the begining of chronicling the life,which possibly will not end...

Enjoy and Welcome to Calcutta!!!