Water, water everywhere, no place to stand without getting wet. This in short what Ultadanga has looked like at least till this afternoon. The watery deluge took the city by surprise last weekend, and the onslaught continued up to Monday last. It was respite yesterday, and today the Sun shone. But at Ultadanga, as in […]
Making over Prinsep Ghat
Prinsep Memorial Heritage Site. This is the name given to the Indian Army’s ambitious plan to turn the area around Prinsep Ghat into a world-class heritage site. Nowadays any new plan to facelift Kolkata’s image is promptly termed world-class whether it deserves so or not. But that doesn’t mean the city lacks incredible landmarks that […]
Elliot Park
Opposite Tata Center a big expanse of southeast part of the Maidan is where the Elliot Park is situated. It is built and maintained by the Tata Steel. During his first spell as CM of West Bengal, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee inaugurated the park on 22nd November, 2004. As the images below indicate the park is well […]
Howrah station from the river
If you haven’t seen Howrah station for a long time from the place this image has been shot, blame it on the authorities. They are callous, and everyone knows that. But can they be as callous as hiding a beauty from the view and promote some ugly shanties in its place? They do that as […]
Victoria Memorial
If you’re in Kolkata, you’ll not likely to miss the Victoria Memorial. Built from 1906 to 1921, the elegant white marble edifice is located at the southern end of the Maidan, surrounded by the vast expanse of a sprawling garden. It is a memorial of Queen Victoria, who was Empress of India when she passed […]
The majesty of Vidyasagar Setu
We the Kolkattans are fortunate to live in a city by which flows the mighty Hooghly. My choice of the word ‘mighty’ is not to mean that the Hooghly is one to be afraid of like the Brahmaputra at Dibrugarh in upper Assam. The mighty Hooghly river to me is like a motherly entity, an […]
Rabindra Sarobar
Kolkata is blessed with lakes and waterways like few cities are. But apart from naming them after luminaries, we do precious little to take care of them. Rabindra Sarobar at Dhakuria is an example. Till a few years back the settlers along Budge Budge railway track used to wash clothes and utensils and take bath […]