Photographs not taken...

1.     Crows bathing in water. In the water that overflew from a park tap.

2.     Two groups of birds—shalik (shrike) and dull grey brown ones with patches of blue at the tail end,  having a party on the lake grounds.

3.     A man bathing the bound area of a tree, on the sidewalks of Southern Avenue.

4.     A man with a cycle which had many white jute bags hanging from the handles.

5.     A young crow tentatively reaching out to the world through its beak, in a tree nest, that I happened to see as I went over the Chetla bridge.

6.     Two sparrows on the electric cable close to the bridge.

And now the ones that I did take.... 

Infinite variety in the metropolis that is Kolkata. Home to so many people. So many people.Sub- economic and sub -ethnic layers. So many time frames and consequently so many world views. 

So many values and evaluative systems..

And of course, gender norms. The drama always unfolds over gender norms. The constitution of women’s being/subjectivity/ontology/identity/agency by what society thinks. 

So many womanhoods in India/Kolkata. I doubt the West can offer so rich a spectrum.