Kolkata Impressions

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So this was really it. All I had heard and more.

Manic taxi rides
Traffic so close you can touch the next car or lorry
People saying yes they understand and taking you somewhere else for a different amount than the agreed fare
Noise. Lots of noise, blaring car horns, shouting, talking and the ever present traffic
Crumbled remnants of a decadent past. Buildings sprouting trees, rusted, peeling, cracked, mildewed, dirty and dusty.
People everywhere; bathing on the street, cooking on the street, washing clothes on the street, sleeping on the street.
Rickshaw wallahs with skinny, leathery legs asking for business
Hawking and spitting, anywhere, anytime
Oases of calm and gentility amidst squalor and mayhem

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Photos

City traffic
Just imagine the noise

Victoria Memorial
Chance for a sit down after a hectic day's sightseeing.

Indian Museum
Times of quiet and contemplation

Rosgolla
Sweets from Mummy's childhood enjoyed by all generations!

Jain temple
This all looked somewhat like confection

Victoria Monument
Sunset

The Indian Museum
The courtyard interior where we spent half an hour observing them cleaning the fountain. More riveting than it sounds!

M and G
Lunch somewhere

Justine and Grandma
Wandering along into Tagore's house

Tagore's house
Rabindronath Tagore, Indian renaissance poet, writer and philosopher

Comments

[andré]

thanks
thanks to tou. Partaged yours feelings, it's for me an honnor. Many emotions,I suppose with your mother and history of your family kiss, bests regards, and happy new year andré daumel de France