Walking in Kolkata ( Calcutta)
Kolkata known historically in English 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 India's oldest operating port as well as its sole major riverine port. As of 2011, the city had 4.5 million residents; the urban agglomeration, which comprises the city and its suburbs, was home to approximately 14.1 million, making it the third-most populous metropolitan area in India.
Calcutta (Kolkata) India : a walk
A walk around Calcutta or Kolkata. Mainly Chowringhee, BBD Bagh, flower market, Howrah bridge and the Maiden.
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Calcutta Walking Tour - Guide to Kolkata
In this film Jonny shows us around his favourite city in India, Calcutta... or Kolkata if you prefer! He illustrates a few walking tours you can take, visiting the Victoria Memorial, the flower market and the bathing ghats. Of course, he also features the region's outstanding cuisine.
Walking Cities, Kolkata
Walking Cities celebrates the centenary of Dylan Thomas by creating cultural exchange between poets from Wales and India, on the streets of their local cities. This walk took place in Kolkata in January 2015.
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Sights and Sounds of the City - Kolkata (Calcutta), India - March 2009.
Calcutta, India
Street Scenes from Calcutta (Kolkata) in West Bengal state of India.
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INDIA: CALCUTTA: RAILWAY PLATFORM FAMILIES
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Hundreds of rural migrants, including many children, live wretched lives under the platforms at Tollygunj railway station in the Indian city of Calcutta.
Despite official warnings that the structure is weak, they remain in constant danger of injury or death.
This is the story of the railway platform children, who grow up amidst the rhythmic noise of passing trains.
Their parents came to Calcutta in search of work and whilst the city gave them a livelihood, it gave them no place to stay.
In this bustling Indian metropolis, the only shelter they could find for their families was under a railway platform.
It is risky and dangerous, with local trains speeding along the tracks- perilously close to the fragile homes.
The platform structure has become weak over the years and these makeshift shelters shake every time a train passes.
The railway officials have put up a notice board warning that the structure is weak and dangerous.
Whilst the notice says it should be vacated for repairs, those living there have nowhere to move to.
Most of them barely earn enough to keep their families alive.
So they ignore the warning and continue living there - desperately holding onto the shaky roof over their heads.
SOUNDBITE: (Bengali)
It is of course dangerous to live here. When the train comes we remove our children. This is how we live.
SUPER CAPTION: Ghansham Das, Resident
The railway children have to keep diving out of the way of the passing trains.
The trains come and go, but a perilous and precarious life continues for these poor children and their parents.
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Calcutta, India
We have made our way to Calcutta, the center of all that is chaotic and crazy in the world. Every second is pure insanity, my eyes can't keep up with the movement.
A wild mixture of modern and traditional, Calcutta is perhaps the greatest location in the world for people watching. At night, when the temperatures drop, Indians and tourists take to the streets.
Strolling the filthy, steamy city, one cannot help being drawn into the manic sense of euphoria when the city comes alive. Night markets, street vendors, flashing neon signs, and hand-drawn rickshaws racing with yellow Ambassador taxis. It's like performance art on the largest scale imaginable!
Bangle Maker Kolkata Calcutta West Bengal
In Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, you can find many bangle makers. Wearing bangles is a tradition in India. Usually in north India, women wear bangles with different shapes and colors. For more details click -
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Life on the STREETS in KOLKATA INDIA - Travel Vlog Ep. 30
What's it like on the streets of India? It's INTENSE!
This is our first experience of walking around in India and I tried to keep it raw so you can really get a feel of what it's like to in Kolkata (or Calcutta), India.
Kolkata (previously Calcutta) is full of unique Indian culture. We walked for several hours during the day and night and witnessed so many interesting things. From almost getting kicked by a cow to dancing in the street with joyful children, Kolkata is definitely full of life.
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Calcutta and Northeast India Travel Guide
Wild Frontiers' Jonny Bealby presents a guide to Calcutta and the Northeast of India.
As far as Wild Frontiers is concerned Calcutta and the Northeast is a region that comprises pretty much anything east of Delhi, running along the Ganges flood plain to Calcutta and beyond to the borders of Bangladesh, Burma and Bhutan.
If most travellers coming to India head west out of Delhi to Rajasthan, most that don't head east down the Ganges to Varanasi.
Most of these travel by air or rail directly to Varanasi but if you are of an adventurous disposition there are many interesting places to stop off at along the route, such as Rishikesh -- where the Beatles stayed and wrote the famous White Album -- or Lucknow, a beautiful city packed with fabulous Moghul architecture. In fact if you're looking for a group tour you might like to try our Slow Down the Ganges trip, which, having spent some time in the Himalayas and at Corbett Tiger Park, takes a boat from Allahabad, spending two days and nights, on this spiritual aqua highway.
Whatever your preferred form of transport is to Varanasi, even the most seasons travellers among you are in for a shock when you get there.
Varanasi sits at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Sara Swati Rivers and as such is one of the most important pilgrimage centres in the whole country. Over 60,000 devotees a day come here to cleanse themselves in the rivers holy waters. Others come here to die believing death in Varanasi removes you from the cycle of rebirth and delivers you to heaven and the burning ghats, and the religious festivals that go on here, day and night, are an ever present accompaniment.
From Varanasi you can continue east to Calcutta -- personally my favourite city in India. Largely off the beaten track, Calcutta -- or Kolkata, as its now known locally -- is a quintessential Indian city; a place of bustling bazaars and markets, of epic historical monuments, amazing decaying architecture, great cuisine and above all a buzzing humanity.
And from here head north. First and foremost to the famous tea plantations of Darjeeling -- where you'll find an interesting town, some great accommodation, and wonderful views, particularly of the 8,000m epic mountain Kanchenjunga. And from here, you can continue east, perhaps on one of the famous river boats up the Brahmaputra River, to Nagaland and a very different India.
We have a number of group tours to this region; the afore mentioned Slowly Down the Ganges. Land of the Kama Sutra -- which among other things takes in the amazing Sonepur Elephant Festival -- and perhaps one of our most remote trips called the Nagaland Festival Tour -- which takes you right up into the far northeast. And of course, back in our offices in London and Delhi, we have specialist travel planners that know all these places inside out waiting to help you create the most perfect tailor-made experience.
Calcutta and the Northeast is a region that will require greater effort on the part of the international traveller. It is a region that is less visited than others, where the infrastructure is less well developed. But it is also an region that is home to some of India's most iconic attractions.
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KOLKATA CULTURE SHOCK: 8 THINGS YOU'LL LOVE OR HATE
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INDIA: CALCUTTA: CHINESE COMMUNITY
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The Indian city of Calcutta is home to one of the oldest and most deeply rooted Chinese communities in the world.
Despite meshing closely into Indian society, Calcutta's Chinese have maintained their identity and customs.
But now there are fears that the community is threatened with many of its younger members moving abroad to seek a better life.
The first Chinese immigrant is believed to have arrived in Calcutta around 200 years ago.
Since then, a 20-thousand strong Chinese community has settled around Calcutta's Tangra neighbourhood. Much of their commerce takes place in the so-called China market in Tangra.
The community's cultural heritage continues to flourish in the foreign environment.
Two Chinese newspapers, Yan Thoo Nyit Pao and the hand written Yin Thoo Shan Pao, keep them abreast of the latest news.
As in other parts of the world, Chinese cooking has proved popular with local people and Calcutta is home to a plethora of Chinese restaurants.
Though most of the Chinese community were born in India many of them have to leave the country periodically in order to get their visas renewed.
Many younger Chinese are now opting to stay abroad rather than continue the family business in Calcutta.
SOUNDBITE: (Hindi)
Though we are born in India it pains when we have to go abroad. We have to get a renewal, which takes time, about six to seven months.
SUPER CAPTION: Mrs Lee Layoung, restaurant owner
Calcutta's Chinese community also runs a thriving leather industry. Hides are treated at factories like this and then processed into finished products like leather shoes which are sold in shops throughout the city.
In a climate of tolerance, Chinese Buddhist temples stand side by side with Hindu shrines.
The Indian authorities have allowed the Chinese community to set up special schools where children study their own curriculum.
Though the children study their own language and customs they are also taught the local language. The younger generation is more Indian than Chinese.
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