Calcutta 1983-1985
So in the streets of Calcutta I sometimes imagine myself a foreigner, and only then do I discover how much is to be seen, which is lost so long as its full value in attention is not paid. It is the hunger to really see which drives people to travel to strange places. Rabindranath Tagore
Stagecoach crossing Howrah Bridge.
Man dancing with captive bear.
A game of cards with spectators
A rickshaw carrying man with books.
A street puja pandal to Saraswati, Goddess of Art, Nature and Music, where worship may include merriment, dance and musical performance.
Two women collecting scraps from a dumpsite.
Man with children in old-fashioned perambulator.
Homeless families living on the streets
Homeless families living under a flyover, Howrah district.
Mother Theresa's Home for the Dying, Kalighat.
A boy in the male ward of the Home for the Dying, Kalighat.
Street scene with drawing of a devil.
Howrah bazaar.
Boy with tiffin can in Howrah bazaar.
Cobbled street in early morning light, Howrah.