This shop shutter on Manoharpukur Road is beautifully painted with the iconic landmarks of the city. We spotted an upcycled tyre with the heritage tram etched on it at the Tyre Park in Kolkata. Have ...

“While listening and learning from the Sunderbans and Kolkata situation, we are hoping to provoke global citizens to bear witness to the challenges here, and pressure societies to act justly and ...

The Kolkata Tram, Asia’s oldest operational tram transport system, has silently witnessed 152 years of transformation — from the days of British colonial rule to India’s independence and the rapid ...

Kolkata Traffic: Observing that trams are a part of the cultural ethos of Kolkata, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed that tram tracks which were illegally bituminised in the city be restored ...

Kolkata: Observing that trams are a part of the cultural ethos of Kolkata, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed that tram tracks which were illegally bituminised in the city be restored.

More than public utility, the tram had become Kolkata’s romanticised street cars for long. They rumbled through the streets of a choc-a-bloc city with the signature clanging sound of their bells and ...

Kolkata is divided. This time it is not along political lines; it is along tram lines. One faction insists that the 151-year institution needs to be phased out in favour of mass rapid commuting ...

Kolkata: Days after reports about the Bengal government's announcement to discontinue Kolkata's historic trams faced widespread criticism, a senior transport official on Tuesday clarified that the ...

Kolkata's trams ... use culture to save trams. Since 1996, filmmaker Mahadeb Shi has been organising the Tramjatra festival, often in collaboration with Mr D’Andrea. Art students paint the ...

A link between life and literature — that’s how Sabyasachi Chatterjee describes the Kolkata tram, which has served the city for 151 years but whose exit appears an inevitability at the moment ...

Against a grey sky, the camera follows a trolley connecting a tram car with an overhead cable. The shot spans about two minutes as the opening credits roll for Mahanagar — one of Satyajit Ray’s ...