Puchka wallah.. neater surely and serving dishes are better now.. but same taste....
ha ha ha... .our own gangajal pump.. the great hand pump of Calcutta.... It works...
Our dear street cop.. .wonder how they keep their clothes so white.. all the time.. and how they keep their motivation levels....
Mishtir Dhookaan... Sondesh, Molen Gooder Sondesh.... wow..
Wow our own special colour Taxi... the slow speed giant... you will be surprised at the fares they still give....
The great mini bus......
Our rikshaw- wallah... he can teach a few lessons to our spiritualists...look closer.. he may be the same guy who took you to school and the same rickshaw too....
Puja to the new bike... I think they do the same 'sorvo mongola mongolye' to the bike also.....
The Royal Ride.. near Victoria Memorial ....
The balloon shooting man.. he has a trick up his sleeve always, he makes you shoot more and more somehow.. and he is the best marksman possible..
The monkey trick man.. he talks to the monkeys ... they talk to him.. he is more hungry than them.. but he feeds them first..
Chana Choor Garam.... remember those clean white uniformed chaps.... still they go on. Serious guys, who simply walk around for people to call them.. they have a grace about them.
Approach road to Kali Mondhir.... can't miss these fortune tellers.. they told the future of so many people for generations and remained in the same place.
Choola and Chai kettle
Solid floaters in Hoogly... the anchor bases.... must be 100 years old...
Marwari Dhuakan.. the corner grocery shop...
bullet with a side car.. normally used by Inspectors of Police, but then a common sight with others too. Only in Calcutta...
the famous Sardarji Bus
CHIRMOOR little modernized with a better leaf plate and a wooden spoon, same great taste
Shorbat wala
Khalighat lane
This switch still operational, with the typical wooden box still works and is in place... must be older than me (60+)
Remember the flush tank?
The 'kokki' thazpaal - typical Calcutta icon
The windows with a wooden bar in the inside to open the slides....still in place and working well.
Strike and posters. .... in Park Street.... interesting posters
Exploiting labor till they reach the breaking point... 20 years kept casual workers!!!
Corner chai bread shops with bakery biscuits and Alu sobji - notice the old type stove.. still working.
Bader Chai... Chai Kaben?
