tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post6735072740472600500..comments2024-03-12T17:38:31.180+05:30Comments on Calcutta Chromosome: Calcutta: A Love StoryDiptakirti Chaudhurihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00296396674255584499noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-33141683254873279322013-02-21T02:00:41.570+05:302013-02-21T02:00:41.570+05:30Am new here. Just wanted to say that your impressi...Am new here. Just wanted to say that your impressions of Kolkata read very nicely, and are probably representative of Bongs who grew up there. But you don't seem to know much about people who grew up in the other cities. I can certainly speak for Bangalore and even Delhi/Bombay/Chennai to a certain extent. For instance, old Banglaoreans do not look forward to hitting some pub when they return to the city. That would be the new crowd composed of Kolkata bongs among many others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-37518017275741734442011-05-30T16:36:35.287+05:302011-05-30T16:36:35.287+05:30A good read, yet to discover your city though. See...A good read, yet to discover your city though. Seems like the Bengali dinner last night did little to lift your spirits and make you forget home for a while.Dhiru Rabhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03449211005456872701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-84660177727088955472011-05-30T13:16:50.755+05:302011-05-30T13:16:50.755+05:30No matter how far I go, the only place that is hom...No matter how far I go, the only place that is home for me is Calcutta. There is an inherent sense of belonging and freedom that I can't find anywhere else. using the metro, buying books at college street, just walking down park street and many more little activities give me an unmatchable warmth and sense of security. I love the city, way too much for any rational reasoning.Sampurna Rakshithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11938570520432112820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-91249772009537085602011-05-29T22:23:43.141+05:302011-05-29T22:23:43.141+05:30One of the best reads about Calcutta.I am Posting...One of the best reads about Calcutta.I am Posting this from Indonesia, and I could visualise my last scenes of the city as I was leaving it.<br />Would also like to add the intangible sweets, the street side foods and Durga puja to Calcutta's attributes .<br />Well, someday I will settle down in Calcutta, the city that gave me a reason to love, and live.rysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16287908284548863565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-42765878978462031372011-05-29T18:41:56.959+05:302011-05-29T18:41:56.959+05:30I migrated to blore from the city of joy in oct &#...I migrated to blore from the city of joy in oct '10 and i won't deny that i was excited to leave the city and go to the most happening city as per the Gen-X and Gen-Y novels. But the bubble burst in within a week. No matter how far i stay away from Kolkata, whenever i say Home it would mean the traffic snarls, the land of <i>phuchkas</i>, park street, em bypass, the <i> mashi-r cha-er dokan</i>, the <i>sholo aana bangali aana</i> mentality.. the City of Joy.. My Kolkataabhishake mitrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08021506977840750939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-7997750225480853242006-12-12T11:21:00.000+05:302006-12-12T11:21:00.000+05:30Awesome post. And the chello kabab analogy is so t...Awesome post. And the chello kabab analogy is so true. That's the place I took my wife, who is a Mumbai mulgi, when she visited Kol for the first time. My first live cricket game was the one where Salim Malik shredded Indian bowlers to pieces. There was a time when I would not miss a single East Bengal game. Calcutta, I miss youlurkingbonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656188305041193362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-16613879432249196972006-11-30T16:04:00.000+05:302006-11-30T16:04:00.000+05:30And all this while I was thinking it was only Shir...And all this while I was thinking it was only Shiraz and Nizam !!udayanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03778158585178187903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-76920296303151242752006-11-28T23:56:00.000+05:302006-11-28T23:56:00.000+05:30The first and only time I was in Calcutta, I thriv...The first and only time I was in Calcutta, I thrived on the sheer nostalgia hanging in the air. It was so tangible that an old-world freak like me was instantly drawn to it. My heart, I confess, will always belong to Bombay, but some little corner of my soul would be very grateful to contain the spirit of Calcutta :-) <br />Maybe it's my Bong connection...or maybe it's my fish and rosogolla fixation...or the vast open spaces of Maidan that drew an audible gasp from me...or maybe it is just a gorgeous old courtesan who retains her mystique among the brash young PYTs of the world.<br />Good going, Dipta! :-) Always a pleasure to read you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-148458482349691122006-11-28T18:21:00.000+05:302006-11-28T18:21:00.000+05:30ah, nostalgia...how it seizes you by the throat, n...ah, nostalgia...how it seizes you by the throat, no? i felt that way when i came back to hyd. eben though nothign stays the same here.<br /><br />some very evocative passages about cal in the last jet engine laugh. haev you read it?Space Barhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251329008160756254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-54148657188906585982006-11-28T18:15:00.000+05:302006-11-28T18:15:00.000+05:30you know i love calcutta too... though i have bare...you know i love calcutta too... though i have barely been around... and if it were not for reasons you will figure out for yourself.. i would have loved to settle down there... if you buy a place there, tell us.. we shall buy one next door...the mad mommahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535453643548976883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10102622.post-36630433989206653032006-11-28T11:48:00.000+05:302006-11-28T11:48:00.000+05:30this is one of the best posts i have read on calcu...this is one of the best posts i have read on calcutta.<br /><br />was smiling and nodding throughout yr post,..esp at this part "Ex-residents of Calcutta go back to Peter Cat for 157th time. (And needless to say, order Chello Kabab for the 156th time"<br /><br />for me the return route to home (darjeeling) is via Cal. and even if i'm in transit for only 4 hours i make the quick dash to PC...devour a chello kabab and somehow i HAVE to pop into oxford bookstore on park street too.<br /><br />when i tell people that i miss calcutta they look at me with disbelief. i have always maintained that "calcutta is a city with a soul"...and i'm sure you agree! <br /><br />(got here via mad momma)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com