Calcutta | A River, A Bridge & A Monument

Last evening I was passing by the river in Kolkata when I stopped near the Princep Monument.  From this location you can see the monument, the second Hoogly Bridge and the span of the river. It had just stopped raining and the sky had been washed clean of pollution and haze. It was a typical early monsoon evening by the river. Some photographs shot on my Iphone :

Trekking Gear in Kolkata

This is a list prepared by a fellow trekker Projjwal Das which mentions  the stores selling trekking and mountaineering gear in Kolkata. It should be useful to most trekkers and climbers who go to the mountains.

ALPINE
Contact #: +91-9830194296
Address: 18/6, Ballygunge Place (East), Jamini Roy Sarani, Kolkata 700 019 (Behind Dey's Medical)
Timings: 1 pm to 7 pm, Sunday and Monday Closed
Website: http://alpineindia.co.in/

UBAC
Contact #: (033) 2360-7970
Address: 34, M. G. Road, Sealdah,, Kolkata(near puravi cinema hall), Kolkata - 700009
Timings: Monday - Friday 1.30am to 6pm & Saturday 12noon to 6pm

THE ADVENTURE QUEST
Contact #: +91-9830022010
Address: Devi Market, #33, 83 S.P. Mukherjee Road, Kolkata – 700026
E-mail: sales@taqindia.com , partha@taqindia.com
Website: www.taqindia.com

CLIFFLINE
Contact #: (033) 2416-0155 / +91-9433279318
Address: A/70 Canal South Road, East Rajapur, Santoshpur, Kolkata - 700 005

RIA MOUNT SUPPORT
Contact #: +91-9432669894
Address: 4/2A, Waterloo Street, 2nd Floor, Kolkata - 700069
Timings: Monday – Saturday, after 11am
E-mail: satajitkar@gmail.com

ALPINE 360 DEGREE
Contact #: +91-9231581177 / +91-9830392103
Address: 40B, Gokul Baral Street, Kolkata – 700012 (Near Raja Subodh Mullick Sqaure Jagannath Bari)
Website: http://www.alpine360degree.com/

Calcutta Polo

Some photographs of the Ezra Cup Polo competition held in Calcutta in December 2011. For more Polo photographs  please do visit my web site www.sujoydas.com

Conversations with Raghubir Singh

In the summer of 1987 in Calcutta,  I had the opportunity of spending an hour with the late Raghubir Singh, one of the finest colour photographers of his generation. One of his photographs shot in Kumartuli, Kolkata is reproduced here.  For me the discussion was a revelation and possibly did more for my photography than anything else. For what happened in that one hour please visit
Conversations with Raghubir Singh