This story appears in the May 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. A few years ago I was on an assignment in India. I had a day off, so I went to the Mullick Ghat flower market in Kolkata.

Kolkata’s Ganga ghats are becoming a lively canvas of rituals, reunions, and festive cheer as Durga Puja draws near. With ...

Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams, currently touring India as part of his So Happy It Hurts Tour 2024, performed in Kolkata on Sunday. After the show, he explored the city and enjoyed its sights.

Just when everyone was trying to put the pandemic nightmare behind, the Agri-Horticultural Society of India (AHSI) has dashed all hopes of nature lovers enjoying Kolkata’s much-loved heritage flower ...

The West Bengal Government on January 15 claimed that pilgrims visiting the Ganga Sagar Mela this year ... about 120 km from Kolkata has an area of about 280 sq km. The State Bharatiya Janata ...