Kolkata (Calcutta) Tip
by edachsund
Never thought in my life, that I went to visit The Great late Mother Theresa buried. This may sound yargghh!!! to you guys but for me it was such a great chance while I was still hanging around in this such big city of Calcutta. I just wanna try to experience whatever I've read, listen and wondering whether I would ever have a chance to.
I am sure evryone must have a same feeling like I am when heard about the dead of Mother Theresa just right the dead of our beloved Princess Diana.
54A A.J.C Bose Road, Calcutta 700016 India. Thats the only Info I can provideto anyone who interested in doing some charity or voluntery work for Mother Theresa Mission and pls refer to Sister Nirmala Maria.
Cricket & sports clubs
by Willettsworld
As you walk around you'll no doubt encounter locals playing small cricket games and people taking picnics. The whole area is home to many of Kolkata's sports clubs and other institutions that date from the time of the British Raj. In fact, many of them are the oldest outside of the British Isles.
Kolkata Book Fair 2009.
by goutammitra
Kolkata Book Fair is the largest Non- Trade Book Fair in the world about 2 million people visit this fair and buy books.It is the world's third largest annual conglomeration of books after the Frankfurt Book Fair and the London Book Fair. Many Calcuttans consider the book fair an inherent part of Calcutta, and instances of people visiting the fair every day during its duration is not uncommon. The fair also has a typical fairground experience with a book flavour - with the presence of picnickers, singer-songwriters, and candy floss vendors on the fair premises. With a total footfall of over 2 million people, it is world's largest book fair by attendance. This year the Theme was Scotland.
Over the years it has now become part of life for Calcuttans, who wait for one full year for this fair. The fair traditionally starts on the last Wednesday of January, and ends on the first or second Sunday of February (to ensure that the duration is always 12 days). It was initially a week-long event but popular demand forced authorities to extend the duration to 12 days in 2005. Even though there is usually an extended holiday in Calcutta during the period of January 23 (Netaji's birthday) to January 26 ( Republic Day of India) the fair is held at the beginning of February to overlap with the payday of most Calcuttans.
The fair typically overlaps with the Hindu festival of Saraswati Puja. Saraswati is the Goddess of Learning, and hence many Hindu households observe the day by worshipping books on that day and not touching books for any other purpose. This practice causes a lower footfall on the corresponding day in the book fair.
We visited the fair twice in 12 days and many books were purchase for Munu, who is a great book lover. We missed our Australian VT friend Lynne, who visited Kolkata in January but missed the fair but managed to get some books from Collage Street of Kolkata.
I am dedicating this tip and video clips to my dear friend Lynne Hugo Hamman Lynnehamman in VT)of Sydney. I am putting more pictures of book fair in Kolkata Travelogue.
Taxi Driver Scheme #4
by Guantanamera
Having failed in all previous efforts, the taxi driver's next gambit was to go into a rage. He started shouting and acting really angry, saying that I had better pay the extra amount and if I didn't like it, he would let me out and I could take a different taxi the rest of the way to the airport. Obviously, this would have been a big inconvenience for me and could cause me to miss my flight. I had had enough. I finally said, in a terse tone, "just take me to the airport." I followed with a threat of my own, "You know, I can call the hotel and tell them what you are doing here." As soon as I made it clear that I would report this to the hotel, everything changed 180 degrees! Suddenly, he was talking very polite again, pleading to convince me that I had to pay more because he had taken the bypass. I quit talking to him.
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by goutammitra about Marco Polo
Yesterday ( 14th April'2008) was our Bengali New Year's Eve, we decided to treat ourselves with some Typical Bengali delicacies. We decided for Marco Polo at Sarat Bose Street, Kolkata. This place we have never tried before but we have had Chinese at their main place at Park Street, which is known as Marco Polo in China. At this place they serve mainly Bengali speciality food and Continental dishes. The decor is very nice, atmosphere is cool and cozy. The place caters to only deluxe( ?) crowd as the prices are very very expensive and sometimes not worth value for money. From their menu I could not find a single dish which is less expensive. The prices are five star but not the place! The potions are also very very small. Why I am writing this? As we had Bengali treat in several restaurants in Kolkata all are better and bigger than this place with star facility ( Such as Peerless Inn, Sourabh's, The Autrium at The Park, The Hayatt Regency), if you add up the price and the nos. of dishes we had in ratio we paid more than double amount for lesser quantity and lesser nos. of dishes.
May be they are getting clientele at the moment but in my view they will have a tough time to survive the competition as the star hotels have started offering weekend buffet or festive buffet at about Rs.1500/- plus tax or say about USD$ 40 for two! The menu is far far elaborate. Even their a la carte menu works out to be cheaper! We started our meal with Sugandhi Bhetki ( Beckti Fish), fish fillet marinated and cooked in special Bengali spices & condiments. It was the best dish we had but the potion was very small compared to the price. Then we had Sorshe Koi with rice ( Koi fish coocked with yellow mustered paste) and Hing Diye Mangshor Korma ( Mutton cooked with Asafoetida) a great dish in taste. The Koi fish was again very tasty but the potion was again small.
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Soft spoken Mr.Lakhvinder Singh at the counter
Bengal Art, Kolkata
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