E Magazine
REPORTAGE
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4 May 2012 at 21 : 00 PM
Boat builders in troubled waters
Once, Thallarevu’s boat builders were renowned along the east coast. They went all the way to Rangoon to ply their craft. Now their horizons have shrunk as the changing environment has made their trade and that of their natural allies, the fishermen, almost unviable. BY G B S N P VARMA Down by the Athreya Godavari in Thallarevu, 18 kilometres south ...
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ESSAY / OPINION
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4 May 2012 at 22 : 46 PM
The genius from Bankura
Ramkinkar Baij, one of India’s greatest artists, developed a paradigm of his own. Marrying Indian techniques and western methods, he created a body of work—paintings, drawings, sculptures—that has few peers. A look at the man who was indifferent to wealth, and fame, which sadly eluded him in life and death. TEXT BY PARTHA CHATTERJEE PHOTOGRPAHS BY ...
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PHOTO STORY
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3 April 2012 at 19 : 40 PM
People of the vanishing land
The Sunderbans has a familiar sound for Indians fond of geographical tidbits—it’s the world’s largest delta. It ought to be a rich land but the people living here are among the poorest, watching helplessly as the hungry tides swamp their homes and destroy their livelihoods. PHOTOGRAPHS AND TEXT BY PETER CATON I first came across the Sundarbans ...
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