Soul Calcutta

Kolkata

is where India and England collide....lonely planet

North Kolkata  — the older area of the city, a fascinating district dominated by narrow little lanes and hundreds of century-old buildings. Includes Chitpur, Bagbazar,Belgachhia,Shyam Bazaar, Shobha Bazaar, Maniktala, Jorasanko and the famous College Street area. Also situated here are the Sealdah station, one of the largest train hubs in India, and the newly built Kolkata station.Mother House(Missionaries of Charity) is situated near the Sealdah Station. Kumortuli(The Clay Artisans Enclave), Joransanko Thakurbari(Ancestral Home of Tagore), Nakhoda Mosque,Marble Palace, Legendary Indian Coffee, Calcutta University, Kolkata Medical College and Hospital, Presidency University, numerous heritage theatres are located here.Dum Dum being the prime communication hub of Kolkata having International Airport, Metro Rail, Circular Rail, Ground Rail.

old spiral style stairs

This is the famous lane at Thanthania Kalibari 

Old tram

This is the only tram service in India that still exist. This transportation is the safest in the city now-a-days. It runs like did 100 years ago, if you have not experienced yet go for it nobody knows when it gonna stop.

Esplanade

Dhosa @Shyambazar

Maniktala Bazar Clock

Strike at Maniktala crossing

Graffiti of Maa Durgapur at Nimtala

Bagbazar ghat

Near Vidyasagar college 

College Street area

India’s second-biggest city is a daily festival of human existence, simultaneously noble and squalid, cultured and desperate, decidedly futuristic while splendid in decay. By its old spelling, Calcutta readily conjures images of human suffering to most Westerners – although that's not a complete picture of this 350-year-old metropolis. Locally, Kolkata is regarded as India’s intellectual, artistic and cultural capital. Although poverty is certainly apparent, the self-made middle class drives the city's core machinery, a nascent hipster culture thrives among its millennial residents and its dapper Bengali gentry frequent grand, old colonial-era clubs.As the former capital of British India, Kolkata retains a feast of colonial-era architecture contrasting starkly with urban slums and dynamic new-town suburbs with their air-conditioned shopping malls. Kolkata is the ideal place to experience the mild yet complex tang of Bengali cuisine. Friendlier than India’s other metropolises, this is a city you ‘feel’ more than simply visit.

Deep Convesation

Gully cricket 

Wall posters have a long existence on Calcutta walls.

If you closely see you can find that walls have a thick layers of paper posters. 

 

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