Kolkata rivers like the ebullient Hooghly and calm Haldi are a part and parcel of Kolkata. They are there for everyone, ...

It’s a daily reality. Lack of proper lighting, poor maintenance and pollution have long plagued Kolkata’s ghats. Instead of being grateful for these public spaces lining the city that are aesthetic ...

Kolkata: Tea sellers, muri and snack vendors, sweepers and barbers—those who live and make a living on the banks of the Hooghly—have been named ‘River Ambassadors', entrusted with the job to ...

“Please do not litter, use the dustbin,” tea seller Pradip Das tells visitors to the Champatala Ghat, near Sovabazar. Fifty-year-old Das is a “river ambassador”. Sixteen people, including Das, who ...