Kolkatta holds g8 mysteries

Hi All
I just returned from the beautiful city of Kolkatta. It holds many mysteries. The colonial city houses so many aristocratic buildings that you feel you are centuries back. All houses are mansions. No hotel looks like a hotel, no office looks like an office, no school looks like a school, no bank looks like a bank. All buildings are like the ones made by Britishers. U peep in a city and you get the feel of London, Peep in another u feel its Paris. People are so simple in looks and dress. This city must be having lots of money, as i am told and can also make out from the big mansions, but in general, they are such simple looking people. That is why that superfluous thing, as seen in other big cities is missing there. This city reminds you of classic Hindi cinema. Big mansions converted into hotels have corridors housing rooms on both sides. The roads are jam packed with yellow taxis. But it seems people became conscious of pollution cause u see green trees on all roads. Roads remind me- there are sooooooo many streets with mostly English names. And narrow streets, but so much in use. When at Kolkatta you start wishing you were one of them- all speak Bengali very comfortably- not like back home where there is regional language and we switch over to national language and English with the press of remote buttons. They all- whether on streets, parks, taxis, offices, buses speak their language. I than wished i could speak their language. The Victoria building is amazingly magnificent. Saw the boundary of Eden Gardens, the race course, park street, chowrangee lane, dalhousie, creek road, NS Road, Ganesh chandra Avenue. All such interesting places. And then, also took a ride in the Hoogly. Crossed the Howrah bridge, still narrating millions of stories. SAw the Setu bridge also. And ate rosogullas, gol gappe, and delicious chinese food. The continental breakfast was also good. M forgetting the typical chicken briyani. Coke and Miranda accompanied me everyware. People drink warm water everyware- cud not really understand why. Here we have chilled water. No one seemed to object it there. The city of communists is growing slowly. Even though u see all headoffices of big establishments there, the city is growing so slow, and believe me, it was such a refreshing change to see the slow progress. Simple ppl there- dint mind the pace. The absence of multiplexes made me feel m in home country- no pretensions needed. Is it really a big city of India? The city has class and culture of its own- asw glimpses at Nandan. Tomorrow if anyone from Kolkatta will come this side, i wonder what he'l feel about my city- its so different. I wish to go back again sometime and explore more. The retained architecture adds to the beauty of the city. I hope and wish they retain it for long.
Must go again, sometime