Sixty-five ships anchored off Bombay for one man in 1984 — but the stamp commemorating it chose to show a submarine instead of the fleet’s new fighter jets. Here’s why that choice mattered.
A crescent of sand between a naval airbase and the Arabian Sea, given the highest denomination in a 1997 set about leisure. Why India Post chose the Bogmalo Beach stamp for its most expensive slot — and what the image leaves out.
A fishing village that once traded rice with Burma, reduced to a postcard-perfect beach on a two-rupee stamp. The Gopalpur stamp 1997 and what its denomination reveals about India’s coastal hierarchy.