Diwali with Missionaries of Charity and Flying Lanterns.
I wish you all a very happy festive season. Warm greetings on this auspicious occasion of Mahavir Nirvan Diwas, Kali Pujo, Naraka Chaturdashi and what is popularly known as [Read more...]
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Anirban Saha photography
Meghalaya: Color-ob
What did it feel like? It felt like a cacophony of colours, colours everywhere.. the lush green fields, the darker green of the forest.. the wild red berries, the kids and their enthusiasm. The sky [Read more...]
The newer world of mobile phone photography and instagram.
Mobile phone photography is not really new. A lot of people have been doing it since long back. I remember, back in 2007, when DSLRs were not much of a craze, my friends used mobile phone cameras to [Read more...]
মহালয়া এবং আরও কিছু ছবি
I avoid crowded places, given my weak health now. But I had to give in to the demands of Saimantick. Sayan too joined in and we left for the ghats at 3:30 AM on Mahalaya. I never thought the day would [Read more...]
কিছু ছবি, কিছু গল্প।
A fistful of short incidents and interactions, I had in the last couple of weeks. I hope you like them. প্রথম It is quite common to see young and mid aged chess [Read more...]
Good Photographs | Better Photographs
One day I was quite low in the office as I could not solve a problem. It was late in the evening when I gave up. I called Harish Mittal (a senior colleague), who stays in UK, seeking help. During the [Read more...]
What does Happiness mean to you?
A proper definition of happiness remains as ever, elusive. There has been scholars and thinkers who have spent ages wondering what it could mean. I asked the same question to my friends yesterday on [Read more...]
I’m the creative blogger! Err, not the photographer.
"Hi, this is Anirban Saha, a photoblogger based in Calcutta.." "Photo..what? Blo.?" "Umm, blogger." "But you photograph right ? And you have an expensive camera." - Duh! Not every one with [Read more...]
Murshidabad: Hazar duari and around.
One of the chief attractions in Murshidabad is the Hazarduari complex. I would not write about the history of the Hazarduari palace as my knowledge is particularly limited to the Wikipedia [Read more...]
Murshidabad : In search of Bauls (Part 2)
Part 2: A day with Baban Das Baul. “Who was the first man on earth?", asked Baban Das Baul. After a moment of silence, I said, “Manu?”. Ramasish rubbished the idea and said, “It is Adam and [Read more...]