Kolkata

West Bengal

Looks like Calcutta has turned into Venice! Archival footage of a flooded Kolkata city. Hand drawn rickshaws can be seen being pulled through the water-logged streets.

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Kolkata is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly river, it is the principal commercial, cultural, and educational centre of East India, while the Port of Kolkata is India's oldest operating…

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The metered-cabs are mostly of the brand "Ambassador" manufactured by Hindustan Motors. Once in a while, one or two Maruti Omnis, and Tata Indigo can be seen painted in yellow.

West Bengal

Kolkata is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly river, it is the principal commercial, cultural, and educational centre of East India, while the Port of Kolkata is India's oldest operating…

West Bengal·sport

The Kolkata tram is a tram system in Kolkata, India, run by the Calcutta Tramways Company (CTC). It is currently the only operating tram network in India and the oldest operating electric tram in Asia, running since 1902.

West Bengal

Kolkata is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly river, it is the principal commercial, cultural, and educational centre of East India, while the Port of Kolkata is India's oldest operating…

West Bengal

Kolkata is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly river, it is the principal commercial, cultural, and educational centre of East India, while the Port of Kolkata is India's oldest operating…

West Bengal·sport

Kolkata also known as Calcutta is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly river, it is the principal commercial, cultural, and educational centre of East India, while the Port of Kolkata is In…

West Bengal·architecture

The Victoria Memorial is a memorial building dedicated to Victoria Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India located in Kolkata, India - the capital of West Bengal and a former capital of British India.

West Bengal·festival · politics

Varieties of paan in a paan shop near the Venue of Kolkata International Film Festival Location of Kolkata International Film Festival decorated with movie hoardings displaying pictures of actors and small food stall for visitors.

West Bengal·hills

Zebras are several species of African equids (horse family) united by their distinctive black and white stripes. Their stripes come in different patterns, unique to each individual.

West Bengal·ceremony · river

Devotees take blessings of Maa Durga in a Kolkata puja pandal. The actual worship of the Goddess Durga as stipulated by the Hindu scriptures falls in the month of Chaitra, which roughly overlaps with March or April and is called Basanti Dur…

West Bengal·highway

Kolkata traffic- with buses and trains and trams - all as loud as you get anywhere else in India, only perhaps worse!

West Bengal

Kolkata is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly river, it is the principal commercial, cultural, and educational centre of East India, while the Port of Kolkata is India's oldest operating…

West Bengal

Calcutta Taxis. OK, Kolkata taxis! Taxis in Didi - land... Calcutta, West Bengal. Of all the enduring icons that Kolkata so doggedly nurtures, the yellow Ambassador taxi is the most recognisable.

West Bengal

Kolkata is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly river, it is the principal commercial, cultural, and educational centre of East India, while the Port of Kolkata is India's oldest operating…

West Bengal

Kolkata is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly river, it is the principal commercial, cultural, and educational centre of East India, while the Port of Kolkata is India's oldest operating…

West Bengal

The Kolkata tram is the only transportation network of its kind in India.It is also the oldest operating electric tram in Asia operated under the Calcutta Tramways Company, popularly called CTC.

West Bengal·sport

Sourav Ganguly delivers a speech for his team Kolkata Knight Riders: "Shah Rukh, Lalit, it started with the 20:20 World Cup, after India winning it in South Africa. It is a concept that has come to Indian cricket.

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Bappi Lahiri wears gold chains aplenty and says: "I was born in Kolkata. My janambhumi is Kolkata and karambhumi is Mumbai! All my Bombay songs are hits! Bombay se aaya mera dost. Chandni Chowk to Chandni Chowk.

West Bengal·music · dance

Indian film actress Waheeda Rehman speaks about the song 'Jane kya tune kahi' from film 'Pyaasa', she says, "The song was mostly shot in Kolkata and the schedule of this song used to be at nights.

West Bengal·ceremony

Literature commands an impressive following and remains a passion with the educated Bengali middle class. Calcutta celebrated college street, houses bookstores which are thronged by the bibliophiles.

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Sudhir Mishra on his new film Calcutta Mail: "I was told that I did not make slow-moving films in the European style. I have a Bollywood commercial film touch, they said. Not pure art films. I never believed in that.