A stall in Dilli Haat – buyers aplenty! [Image source] Each major city in India has emerged as a center of export of one commodity or other. While Kolkata ranks high for export of tea, and certain leather and jute items, Delhi is the preferred export center of handicrafts compared to other cities. One advantage […]
Kolkata’s US Consulate
Till mid-90s the most favorite place for the left parties to stage protests against the ‘expansionist programs of the diabolical west’, specially the US, has been in front of American Consulate on Harrington Street. When the name of the street was changed to Ho Chi Minh Sarani, it so much affronted the US that it […]
Slurppp!
Slurp is Yahoo!’s web-indexing robot. But slurp is also how you sound when you try to control your tongue at the sight of a mouth-watering food. Those who relish the juicy crunchy jalebi that is dished out at every sweetshop of the city twice a day, would need no telling the concept of slurp. I […]
CSE’s new suitors
Once upon a time, the Calcutta Stock Exchange (CSE) was the foremost center after BSE in the country to trade in stocks and shares. Brokers and investors doing it in BSE would invariably have close contact with their fraternity in CSE. On some days the total turnover at CSE would be very close to or […]
Corneal Revolution
When my son was born with defects in his eyes (technically called, Limbal Dermoids) in 1990, we were living in Delhi. One of the attending doctors suggested that we immediately take him to LV Prasad Eye Institute in Hyderabad for further treatment. He cited 2 reasons for that. One was that eye treatment was better […]
Quantum jump
If everything goes as per plan, then 3rd week of this month is going to see a watershed development in the history of Kolkata. No, it’s not the opening of another giant mall or plaza, nor it’s the unfurling of a grand plan to revive the city’s infrastructure. We’re by now practiced to hear these […]
He plans remedial action
This is what Rajdeo Goala, the CMD of Calcutta Tramways Company (CTC) has to say when a German expert analyzed the laggardly lacunae CTC is suffering from. Mr. Goala is a seasoned politician, and though he’s a trade union leader yet CMD of a century-old once-glorious company, there is no reason to doubt his incompetence […]
Bidding adieu
It’s time for yet another nostalgic account of Kolkata – this one from Martin Waelde, the outgoing director of Max Mueller Bhavan. To his credit, Martin doesn’t spin the usual run-of-the-mill ‘city of joy’ story. Instead, he focuses on what Kolkata is actually perceived as in the eyes of a keen observer. Martin has spent […]
Kolkata burrps!
Considering erstwhile Kolkattans are fairly distributed in every nook of this country, when I study the log-files of this blog, it amazes me to see that apart from this city, the most number of visitors come from Bangalore and Hyderabad. Occasionally, there’ll be ones or twos from Mumbai and Delhi (the latter rather preferred to […]
Can trains shun hawkers?
Street hawkers – luckier lot! [Picture source] In a somewhat landmark judgment 2 days back, the Calcutta High Court has ruled that the railways must stop beggars and unlicensed hawkers from plying their trade in platforms and trains. This was in response to public interest litigation (PIL) by a daily train passenger who felt harassed […]
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