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Chasing Neruda from Calcutta to Chile: La Sebastiana
A journey through the poet’s three homes across Santiago, Isla Negra, and Valparaíso in search of the poet I was lost in thoughts of Isla Negra, and before I knew it, the one-hour bus ride was over, and we were in Valparaiso. “Valparaiso, how absurd you are, what a lunatic, crazy port, what a head —…
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Chasing Neruda from Calcutta to Chile: Isla Negra
A journey through the poet’s three homes across Santiago, Isla Negra, and Valparaíso in search of the poet “Bury me in Isla Negra,in front of the sea, I know, of every rugged areaof stones and of waves that my lost eyeswill not return to see.” Neruda’s last wish made sense the moment I stepped into Isla…
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Chasing Neruda from Calcutta to Chile: La Chascona
A journey through the poet’s three homes across Santiago, Isla Negra, and Valparaíso in search of the poet It started in Calcutta around the early 1990s. I would read Pablo Neruda’s work from his poems to his memoirs and then refer to the Oxford Atlas to trace his world. Sitting in Calcutta, his descriptions of…
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Chasing Saramago in Lisbon
Join Manali Mitra on a slow travel journey chasing the ghost of José Saramago through Lisbon. Explore the literary heritage, museums, and culture of Portugal’s capital.
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Walking Through Yayoi Kusama’s Narcissus Garden
Immersed in the interplay of light and reflection in Kusama’s mesmerizing installation Naoshima Island is a magical place where art, nature, and architecture meet to create an immersive experience. One of the most compelling reasons for my stay on the island was to witness Yayoi Kusama’s celebrated and equally controversial installation, “Narcissus Garden.” Being an…
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Kandinsky & Abstract Art: A Journey Through Color and Culture
An enriching experience at the H’ART Museum “Color directly influences the soul. Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the hammers, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another purposively, to cause vibrations in the soul.” ― Wassily Kandinsky, Concerning the Spiritual in Art.…
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Calcutta: A Melange of Heritage and Joy
Weaving the memories of yesterday and today through a nostalgic journey during my few weeks in Calcutta Calcutta (now Kolkata) holds a sentimental significance for me — I ‘belonged’ to Calcutta. Life’s memories are not life’s history, but the original work of an unseen artist – Rabindranath Tagore, My Reminiscences I often reminisced about the eighties and…
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Behind the Bricks
A visit to the private museum — The LEGO® Idea House, where it all began At the ‘Global Community Meet’ of LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Facilitators at Billund, we get the chance to visit the private museum — The LEGO® Idea House, only meant for the LEGO® group employees. The LEGO® Idea House is diagonally opposite…
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Catalonia, Canvas and Cava
I walked towards Passeig de Gràcia. Life moves at a breathtaking pace in this city — pedestrians hurriedly walk past, cars zoom by, yet, in this urban setting emerge the celestial architectural marvels defying the ordinary! ‘Modernisme’ or Catalan Art Nouveau profoundly impacted the city, and the marvelous architectures are a tribute to the ingenuity of the movement’s…
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The Naoshima Narrative: Chronicles From Japan’s Art Island
Part-2 On my second day at Naoshima Island, I woke up to the sound of the waves and with a hangover from the sensory overload of art and beauty from the previous day. I pulled back the curtains and witnessed the most magical sunrise over the water. Being a morning person, I just love Japan’s…
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The Unsent Postcard | Travel Stories by Manali Mitra 