Calcutta is one of the last places in the world where rickshaws remain a common mode of transportation. The International Herald Tribune reports that after 60 years of half-hearted attempts to ban man ...

Calcutta’s map has seen Clive make way for Netaji and Harrington for Ho Chi Minh, with successive governments leaving the imprint of national pride and ideology on the city’s streets and buildings.

Born into Brothels, a new film documentary, tells the story of children growing up in poverty in Calcutta's red-light district who find hope in a newfound skill -- photography. NPR's Melissa Block ...

CALCUTTA -- Almost every night, when the workday ends and this crowded, crumbling city comes alive with evening shoppers, two boys push a battered metal cart through the streets, looking for a place ...

Sankar brought Kolkata (then Calcutta) to life from the corridors of the Calcutta High Court to the bustling streets of ...

I'm a Bengali girl who grew up in Calcutta (renamed Kolkata in 2001) and for me, Christmas is the most special festival. Many of the schools in the city – including the one I attended – are run by ...