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Ashis Ghatak

Ashis Ghatak is a teacher in senior secondary school of Kolkata. During his frequent trips to the mountains, he keeps company with folk music, his camera and a note-pad to record his journey. 

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A photo-essay by Ashis Ghatak: On the placid side of Kashmir and its infallibly hospitable mountain folk.

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Takes tea to tango

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A photo-essay by Ashish Ghatak on the striking parallels between Mumbai and his hometown Kolkata.

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The Varanasi mystique

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Songs of Durga puja

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Children of the Mountains

A photo-essay by the itinerant Ashis Ghatak on the spirit of the children who live and learn among the mountain valleys.

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Have camera, will travel

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