Kolkata: Shopping hubs in the city, including New Market and surroundings, which usually close by 9.30pm, have been staying ...

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: The hawker vs hawker fight at New Market reached a new height as two ... 10-20 men and asked me to remove my dala. I refused. At night, one of his aides, Rehan, called and threatened ...