A View of a Village in West Bengal

When I got this view, I said to myself, "This is an archetypal picture!". I got down from taxi and shot this. You can find almost all the autumnal activities in the picture: cows grazing on the stubs and left-outs, white cranes coming down for rich meal, the fields left to themselves after a rich crop. People are busy somewhere with other fields. The rural Bengal is still beautiful, but I am sorry to say that the 'poets' of Bengal do not know this.

An Autumnal Landscape of Rural Bengal

This autumnal landscape in rural Bengal reminds me of Keats's Ode to Autumn. It is time for harvesting. After massive floods and many other difficulties, the year is going to a close with the rich reward of ripe golden corn. As I shot this I smelt a rich fragrance coming from the paddy fields. Does it resemble that which we get in our babyhood at our mother's lap? I cannot remember, but it makes me feel that there will be no hungry child whose father carries these stacks home.

A Village Sunset

I took this picture going deep inside villages. It was autumnal landscape, paddy fields slowly maturing.

A Smiling Santhal

We met this man belonging to Santhal or Sanotal tribe of West Midnapore. (Paschim Medinipur) He was bathing in a huge pond. As we sought his permission to take pictures from the place he was standing, he gladly invited us. He finished his bath and answered our queries in cordial manner. It seemed he was very happy to see us shoot. We requested him to stand in front of the camera and readily agreed. We captured his picture and showed to him in the LCD screen of the camera. He was as glad as a child.