Durga Puja; its carnival time at Kolkata... Bhog, Food, Theatre, Songs, Dance, Band, Dhak - Dance, Puja, Creativity, lights, and the magic in the environment.
Food (Chop, Muglai Parothas, Fish, Bengali Sweets, Jhal Muri..)
Band
Ready to experiement even with Amchi Mumbai's Bhelpuri
Pandal
Ma
Vahan
Creativity
Effects..
Married women playing Sindhur with
Asur.. Jaise ko Taisa Mila
Six Pack
I think I had enough food for the day..
If you are looking at late late night dinner.. this is the place. We had dinner at 3am here.
Deserted streets.. the day after Durga Puja.
Best place for English breakfast at Kolkata.
Yellow cab of Kolkata
Bloddy hell we missed our train by a wisker.. caught in Durga Puja traffic.. Not to worry we reached Silliguri next day morning. But that another big adventure..
Checking out alternate transports .. all direct buses heading to Silliguri had already left for the day.. So working on Plan C..
Maa Durga to Rescue
Goodbye tram.. Hope you are still there when I visit Kolkata next time. M. Asif www.natureknights.com