West Bengal

highway

Kalimpong town gyro stabilized street walk-through in evening light: Darjeeling's younger twin in West Bengal. A CNG gas supply truck comes into town, for the cooking gas needs of the residents. A foreigner tourist walks in the bazaar.

forest · wildlife

An adventurous boat journey through the dense mangroves and forests of the Sundarbans in West Bengal. There is the constant threat of a tiger attack while you narrowly navigate the tiny channels and waterways...

aerial · river

Flying over the Sunama Park, Susni Island Mangroves and Bakkhali Sunset Point on the west of Sundarbans in West Bengal.

A day-long nationwide strike impacted normal life in various parts of the country with coal production, banking operations and transport services being hit the most, while violent clashes erupted in West Bengal resulting in arrest of over…

birds

Zoothera citrina or the beauteous but skulky and nervous of demeanour Orange headed Ground Thrush seen at Baghrol Basa in West Bengal The orange-headed thrush is a bird in the thrush family.

wildlife

A fully grown jumbo is filmed venturing into the residential area in West Bengal. With onlookers and locals shouting but the Indian Elephant with fully grown tusk does not seem to pay much attention until it falls into a ditch which may hav…

wildlife · birds

In the serene wetlands of Bakkhali, West Bengal, a Wood Sandpiper delicately probes the shallow water, searching for its next meal.

river

River rafting on the Teesta / Tista River below Kalimpong, in 1990's West Bengal and Sikkim

highway

Shop shutters down and no vehicle in sight on Hutton Road, Asansol during Corona Lockdown in West Bengal. The market complexes are shut with the small lanes devoid of even stray dogs.

livestock · monsoon

Villagers at the coastal areas rush after their livestock after heavy rains lash their shed in the wake of Cyclone Amphan in West Bengal. Owners running after thhe cattle and carrying the smaller goats and keeping them at a bust stand.

highway · wildlife

A grown tusker creates chaos on the highway in West Bengal as it closes in on two trucks loaded with grains and pulses. Onlookers try to film the swiftly moving elephant as it approaches the trucks.

river

Archival footage of Calcutta of yore, dating back to British times and Partition in West Bengal and around India. History of Calcutta and Kolkata.

coastline · river

Bakkhali Beach is a paradise for seafood lovers, fresh fish big and small, squids, crabs, and prawns are prepared in front of you. Bakkhali is located on one of the many deltaic islands spread across southern Bengal.

birds · coastline

In the Sunderbans region sits this lovely global Indian kilikili. Sitting on a wooden stump and hiccuping away, this most colourful Common Eurasian Kingfisher sits on a machhi vigil at Bakkhali beach in West Bengal.

farmland · wildlife

The camera sweeps across a sea of green rice paddies, as it approaches the sylvan boundary of the Sunderbans Tiger Camp Aerial View amid rich green paddy fields in West Bengal, at the edge of the Sundarbans Forest Reserve and mangrove zone.…

Glossy Ibis, White / Openbill stork and Black-winged Stilt feed in shallow brackish waters of a Sunderbans estuary in West Bengal.

coastline · architecture

Bakkhali is located on one of the many deltaic islands spread across southern Bengal. Most of the islands are part of the Sundarbans, barring a few at the fringes. Some of these are joined together with bridges over narrow creeks.

hills · farmland

West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants.

Bengali women play Sindoor Khela during annual Durga Pooja Festival in West Bengal in India. All married women apply vermilion on each others; faces. Even western visitors get some on their foreheads!

Parikhali Cottage is 90% mud construction for travellers looking for authentic places to stay in Sundarban, West Bengal

festival · river

Hindu pilgrims travel on vessels to cross the Muri-Ganga or Channel Creek on their way to Gangasagar. Gangasagar Mela is the largest fair celebrated in West Bengal, India.

festival · temple

A large gathering of Hindu pilgrims is seen at the Gangasagar Mela in West Bengal. Devotees assemble in huge numbers near the coastal area, participating in ritual bathing and religious activities.