West Bengal

river · boats

Diamond Harbour to Haldia by boat ferry in West Bengal, up the Hooghly or Ganga river: See climate change in action by way of the smaller and disappearing islands in the Bay or Bengal off India's West Bengal coastline.

coastline · bazaar

Octopus and Sea fish stalls at Bakhali Beach in West Bengal: Is Octopus also a jal tori vegetable of the sea?

birds · hills

A melange of Himalayan birds: Himalayan Blue Whistling Thrush or the Whistling School-boy at Latpanchor in West Bengal. Types of Birds during spring time in the lower Darjeeling hills.

aerial · coastline

In the misty wintery fog there is a certain foreboding feel to an aerial view of this riverine island. Ghoramara Island in West Bengal is sinking due to rising sea levels, and may disappear due to climate change.

coastline · aerial

Ghoramara Island in West Bengal is sinking due to rising sea levels, and may disappear due to climate change. See this aerial view of the Island in the Sunderbans region.

industry · flowers

Musa velutina is a vertically-growing pink banana type strange pretty plant, seen in Latpanchar, in India's West Bengal. Musa velutina, the hairy banana or pink banana, is a diploid species of wild banana.

wildlife · birds

The Black Baza also trips over and loses balance as it tries to poach on ants on its branch, in addition to the green locust treat in its talons! This Black Baza eats ants that pass on a small tree branch, all the while consuming a rodent t…

forest · wildlife

The Black Baza also trips over and loses balance as it tries to poach on ants on its branch, in addition to the green locust treat in its talons! This Black Baza eats ants that pass on a small tree branch, all the while consuming a rodent t…

birds · wildlife

The rather orange White-browed Piculet as seen in a rare sighting from West Bengal's Rongtong - Latpanchar - Mahananda birding belt.

politics

The then Union Telecom Minister Sukh Ram and the then Chief Minister of West Bengal Jyoti Basu speak to each other using handheld mobile phones on July 31, 1995. Mr. Modi, Chairman of the Smart Group, is in attendance.

politics

Residents in West Bengal are seen on the streets in thousands are seen marching with placards and effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Amit Shah are consigned to flames.

wildlife

An elephant's carcass lay near a courtyard with betel but trees and the mouth of the elephant slightly open looking like it was biting down on one of the tree branches when it collapsed. Villagers surround the scene while some film it.

railway · politics

Families participate in the rally against CAA / NRC in the eastern state of West Bengal. Boys and girls are seen with their parents and adults at the railway tracks as they prepare to stop trains crossing the railway tracks.

music

Electioneering with gusto, Bharatiya Janata Party and Trinamul Congress workers take out rallies in different parts of West Bengal.

sport

Fandom is taken to the next level in this house at Icchapur in West Bengal, India where a man has painted the entirety of his residence and tea stall with the colours of the national flag of Argentina.

aerial · village

Ghoramara Village and its unlucky residents in West Bengal : Climate change is melting this island into the Bay of Bengal's waters.

hills · aerial

Dr. Graham's Homes in Kalimpong, on outskirts of Darjeeling hills, in brilliant aerial view, West Bengal

snow · industry

Imagin walking with huge chunks of melting ice atop your head! Coming out of an industrial ice making facility, these men fetch large blocks of baraf to preserve recently-caught fish on a boat barge, for a longer riverine journey.

river · industry

Big ships and boats dock alongside and offtake goods and supplies from Haldia Port and Docks in West Bengal, India: Aerial view of Hooghly River industrial maritime zone, in Mamata Banerjee's state's industrial maritime corridor at the mout…

Surely one of India's most colourful, mysterious, shy and retiring birds, this Red-headed Trogon can be seen with a green grub in its beak, meant for its chicks, as seen at Latpanchar in the Dooars region of West Bengal.

railway · hills

The Toy train of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway winds so slowly through Ghoom and Kurseong that pedestrians walk on the train track, and just step aside for the train to pass, and then casually step back onto the train tracks! See a drive…

highway

Strong winds at high speed hit Digha in West Bengal along with flashes of heavy rains which also lead to flash floods. Trees uprooted, electric cables fallen off in the middle of the road and houses completely destroyed.

highway · wildlife

A large herd of elephants is chased by locals across an open forest as the elephants try to cross over the highway. Locals are heard shouting and using noises to run off the elephants.