The Maha Shivaratri festival in Nepal is a festival dedicated to the great Lord Shiva – the chillum-smoking Hindu god of preservation and destruction. This ancient festival was celebrated on ...

But Dasgupta’s character is far moved from the original. With long locks, round Lenonesque glasses and a chillum for company, the modern-day Taranath Tantrik is a different man from Bandopadhyay ...