Bazaar

Photo Story By : Arunita Datta Photography: Arunita Datta Location: Udupi Fish Market, Manipal, Karnataka, India This fish market in Udupi, Karnataka is unique. It’s spotlessly clean, huge, well stocked and solely run by women. Even the majority of the buyers are ladies. In the true sense it’s a market “of the women, by the women, for the women.”   ...

Story: Amrita Banerjee, Photography: Saugata Banerjee Happy roasting and brewing The other day I expressed the desire to enjoy the world’s top tea or what Bengalis lovingly call “Chaa”, with an ecstatic aroma and a Himalayan backdrop. So, why not visit the queen of hill stations with its rich tea estates! Happy Valley Tea Garden nestling in the foothills of ...

Article: Amrita Banerjee, Photography: Saugata Banerjee Haat Predominant in rural areas, ‘Haat’ is a common market place where buyers and sellers meet once or twice in a week to sell whatever is grown in their farm or sometimes sell as intermediaries. Due to lack of customers, there is no permanent market, so the sellers meet at a fixed place on ...