Soon a new address is going to add itself to the list of city’s banquet destinations. But it isn’t just another. For one, it floats on water, and if that seems exciting, the icing on the cake is the panoramic view it commands any which way you gaze. It’s the Floatel, or the floating hotel […]
Land to whom
Starting tomorrow, peasants in Singur, Hooghly who have pledged lands to the government will get compensation. Reports suggest that notwithstanding opposition, about 60% of total land asked by Tata Motors for their car factory has already been pledged. Tatas need nearly 1000 acres to build the factory, which – once it blooms fully – will […]
Barnaparichay – The Mall
Anyone who learns Bengali from early school days, has to be familiar with this gem from Pundit Iswarchandra Vidyasagar. Barna Parichay stands for learning the alphabets (Bengali alphabets here). Once the first barrier is crossed, the next course is a series of easy learners, Sahaj Path, created by Rabindranath Tagore. Without these preliminaries (or at […]
New Town for half a million
Kolkata has for long remained a geographically constrained metropolis. Life centered around a few downtown destinations, and anything beyond is simply not favored. Lack of growth severely curtailed its claim to be counted among top Indian metros. So much so that a few years back, there even was a government plan to downgrade Kolkata’s rating […]
2 suitors too many
This Monday it was when Salim group of Indonesia and Bengal government inked a deal to usher in a new roadmap of industrial rejuvenation. It’s a conglomerate of several projects and commensurate infrastructure development, among which is the proposed road-bridge across Hooghly (river Hugli in the map) that will connect Kukrahati on the eastern flank, […]
Bengal rejuvenates
It’s not often that one gets to write on ‘destination Bengal’. For long, Bengalis have rested on their past laurels. That those have been singularly path-breaking has never been in doubt. But the sheen was gradually wearing off until at last the bare bones were showing. ‘Nothing happens here’ became the buzzword. I remember once […]
House of steel
No, this is not an expressive idiom. It is not to describe the ‘rock-solid’ colonial mansions with magnificent archways that have stood the test of time. ‘House of steel’, for once, means house made of steel. Surprised, eh! Better, don’t. Come this December, and Kolkata is going to boast of having country’s first steel house […]
Cradling New Town
[First appeared on Sunday, February 05, 2006] New Town, to the east of Kolkata, is where the city is headed in its eastward drive. Action Area II & III of New Town need land development before amenities are built, and handed over later to prospective owners. The task of filling low-lying lands is mammoth and […]
The (in)famous canals of Kolkata
[First appeared on Sunday, October 30, 2005] Q: Who are those generous souls who give you more than they receive?A: The Kolkata canals. Their bellies are full and they have no place to consume any more. No wonder, the earliest sign of deluge send shivers down the spine of canal-side residents. And who do you […]
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