Yesterday, as the ruling party cadres enforced bandh on the street, I stayed put at home, destined to watch occasional passers-by hurrying along, braving the heavy downpour. Later in the day when the rains stopped for a while, a small cacophony coming from outside caught my ears. I came to my 3rd floor balcony and […]
E-W Metro approved at last
If Chennai and Bangalore – sorry, Bengaluru – have the privilege of central government’s participation for the construction of Metro links, why should Kolkata be deprived of that? So inquired Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, the I&B minister at the center, in today’s Cabinet meeting in Delhi. The Cabinet approved the East-West Metro project by permitting formation […]
Airport to be jumbo-ready by next year
It’s good that A380 has happened long before the closing of bid documents for the modernization of Kolkata airport. The time was sufficient for the mandarins to accordingly redo the plan. [Image courtesy TT] As things now stand, the airport is likely to see noticeable uplift in facilities, much of which has got to do […]
Car Avenue
Eastern Metropolitan Bypass, a.k.a EM Bypass, a.k.a Bypass runs from Ultadanga till Garia. There are plans to extend it further, maybe till Baruipur, and who knows, even beyond. A stretch of Bypass is also called JBS Haldane Avenue. Don’t ask which portion, for I’m not sure myself. Take for example the recently opened BMW showroom, […]
Worth of a Kolkattan’s life
For the benefit of my readers who do not know Bengali and who do not know how nightmarish the Kolkata roads are, the above script on the back of a nondescript city private bus reads: This year let’s not race against one another. The thought is noble, but is the picture real? I copied it […]
Twin flyovers at Jadavpur
As someone whose better part of childhood was spent in Dhakuria, I know how important the arterial Raja Subodh Mullick Road cum Gariahat Road South is. It connects the hitherto southern suburbia with Ballygunge and beyond, the once landfall point to the south of this great city. Up to late 60s the urban life of […]
No one is safe on Kolkata roads
You may argue you travel in a luxury sedan, air-conditioned, chauffeur driven, tinted glass, with less to bother what goes on outside. How can you feel unsafe on the city roads? True, you’re safe by say 75%, putting the figure arbitrarily. But suppose your car is hit by a bus whose brakes fail, or hit […]
Mega show store at Lindsay
Sreeleathers must rank one among the few Bengali-owned enterprises that have thriving businesses. Cheap yet good leather footwear have remained the hallmark of the company. This perhaps is one reason why people do not mind waiting for hours on the footpath in queues leading to their Lindsay Street showroom during puja. Talking about their Lindsay […]
IMAX in Kolkata
My first IMAX experience was nearly a decade back I saw a short film on wild life at Serengeti National Park in Tanzania at the Science City facility. I literally clutched onto my seat as the animals ‘almost’ rushed into us from the screen. The sound was exceptional as the roars of the lions seemed […]
The Metro story
Barely has the ink dried on the proposal to extend Metro to Dakshineswar from Dum Dum. But that hasn’t prevented the left MPs to make a fresh demand to have the Metro running till Baruipur from Garia in the southern fringes. Demands don’t need accountability, which is one reason why the politicians don’t impose demands […]
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