22/11/2022
The Significance of the Myth of CITY OF JOY is profoundly lying in its story, I found couple of times. Linke many of backpackers, I also couldn't ignore its unfettered enthusiasm for its culture, traditions, literature, history, food, people and nature. On my personal, medical, family visits, I found me amused seeing it's EPIC story, a city of urbanization carrying the tradition of 100s of years like a mellifluous blend. So far I traveled around the city, found every nook and corner is filled with stories, bound to mesmerise me.
Like a fairy tale, how history of people's habitat , cultural harmony explaining natural, religious, eco- social phenomenon is really a divine story. Ramzan, Eid, Durgapujaa, Diwali or Christmas revealed with its
Belief and Beauty. Traditional small Tea Cup , Kaathi Roll, Egg-chicken Chowmein with traditional sauce, Paav Bhaji are unique for mouth watering. Prinsep Ghat, Maaydaan, Fort William, Raajghat, Marqees Street, New Market, Park Street Jessore Road, Hawrah Bridge... each of places still stands out with herritage and green after decades.
Kolkata, an ethnic beauty... Kolkata, an amalgamation of new and old, as I told at start up, the perfect blend modernity and tradition... Kolkata, an emerging city towards progression with an amazing speed and motion without compromising its root connection.
Earlier I talked about Roadside tea makers. cup initiates like a story in theatre. Fires are stoked and fanned, spices crushed with added sugar , tea and milk poured from ever greater and more improbable heights. And the tea is served in a crudely formed clay cup. The dusty pink clay cup.
Its KOLKATA. The CITY of JOY, an EPIC CITY, indeed ..!
On my different trips, shots I captured in this vdo, travelling my series of KOLKATA visits, are not enough crafting her legacy. Just added here very few of Kolkata's beauty.
Kolkata Food Lovers Kolkata Chowringhee Kathi Roll
