A true-blue Calcuttan...

You cannot be a real Calcuttan unless you have been baptized in a coffee house adda.

You can love an adda, or hate it, but you cannot ignore it.

If you find yourself in a situation where you have to wait for someone who is deep in adda - either propounding his theory, or silently listening, you will see that nothing, but nothing, but nothing is going to make him/her budge from there till the adda is over. And not rushed over, but properly over...

Gradually you realize that since the adda just won't go away, you might as well gracefully give in and: join in, go away, or wait meditatively...

Charming lanes...

                                Full of goodies.....

Favorites still...

The faithful rickshaw puller - he offers the surest and safest transport on the roughest, busiest, water-logged roads...he will never let you down, that's for sure...











Spanking new, yellow ambis...no width of road is a challenge - they're quite at ease anywhere...

A quick prayer en route...

The gorgeous banyan tree with a platform built around it. Pictures/idols of gods and goddesses on the platform complete a mini shrine for a quick prayer and blessing en route to wherever...
















  

Aladdin's cave...

A veritable treasure house!

 

 

 (the Sir Stuart Hogg has become SS Hogg)

It still chimes - should you close your eyes, you'll think you are listening to the Big Ben!

Welcome!

What better time to start, than now....

                              What better way to start, than with these pictures of 2 Kali Puja pandals...

Talk about creativity? craftsmanship?  skill?
                                                                      ...utterly fabulous...

Boat - detail

Dolls - detail