"The tradition is one of iconic crossings across the river Hooghly in the stretch of the river falling within the enla…"

"‘Kali’ means “Kalichun” (a kind of lime produced from local snail shells) and ‘kata’ implies heaps of burnt shells. T…"

"When Calcutta was attacked by Siraj ud-Daulah in 1756, the city was too valuable to abandon and a few months later Ro…"

"Bullock carts formed the eight - thirteenths of the vehicular traffic (as observed on 27th of August 1906, the heavie…"

"The New Howrah Bridge was re-christened as the Rabindra Setu in the year 1965, in the honour of the country's first N…"

"The great thoroughfare, which commencing in the extreme south, assumes the various names of Russa Road, Chowringhee R…"

"Even their enemies admit their courtesy, and a generous Britisher sums up his long experience by ascribing to the hig…"

"Kolkata is a great city, has great food and great people. We had some problems finding the kind of old buildings we w…"

"The pleasant surprise that awaits the visitor to Calcutta is this: it is poor and crowded and dirty, in ways which ar…"

"The red lights did not forbid, Yet the city of Calcutta stopped suddenly in its tempestuous rush; taxis and private c…"