Arati Rao

Arati Rao

I write on current affairs

I write on current affairs

Dasgupta & Co. is believed to be the oldest bookshop on College Street, the mecca of book-lovers in Calcutta. The business started in 1886, with just 50 books, and the stalwarts of Bengal Renaissance such as Saratchandra Chattopadhyay and Ishwar Chandra V

Old curiosity shops

A journey set on the lookout for the oldest bookshops around the country

The forest is a haven for bird watching

Top trees

Borneo's Danum Valley Conservation Area - one of Asia's oldest primary forests - still survives precariously