Saturday, December 7, 2013

Reflections on Kolkata

Reflections on Kolkata

Kolkata has colour and clamour to keep it simple. A pace and perseverance defined by those who reside here, the walking template is the best way to bring circulation to legs and keep you in the best frame of mind. Pedestrian space may be hard to define at some places, still the walk vault can hand you immense immunity. Mornings tend to begin early, with conversations setting the tone around tea stalls and those adjacent to big halls.
Lodge botheration taken care of, most day to day enterprises would be a smooth ride. Sweet shops could be discovered here and there with fewer willing to divulge the lull and liberated existence the contents have and their share. Rush to these flavour of fortitude, given the likeness the residents have for them, could still make some spell the truth; likely way for people to release their pent up emotions is better illustrated following a dose of tea and cake.

In and around Bentinck Street
In and around bentinck street tea and toast can be spotted in plenty. Even in college street and faraway S P Mukherjee road, the task to trace tea and toast can't be bothersome. Insistence on a tea not laced with sugar may not draw attention as there are collection of those who prefer to have the same with no sugary affection.
Traffic and those in tearing hurry can't missed either. Metros preserve that picture with a clarity in the morning; afternoon/ late evening giving way to a relaxed template. A dash to office and those trying to escape from oscillating fortress defines the rush; some among the adventurous leaving the same enterprise for late night litter and a well drawn list.
Seated on a wooden desk, mornings begin with a toast ; some preferring egg toast which they wash it down with tea and the previous night tale. Similarly toast taken in the afternoon/evening sets in motion the measured response they gave to their seniors and those who vent mobile songs to convey they held no grudge and arrears. Evening toast conversations have rarely adapted to the capacity to hold toast in one hand and cell which some have retrieved from sea adjoining sand. Cell conversations are rare around toast tale bringing to reality a mind that does not waver nor been subjected to wear and tear.

Bipin Behari Ganguly Street has a good collection of tea vendors coming on either side with a sole cyber cafe on the left. Though there are terminals testifying to a large number of clients it may cater to at some point of time,the seat you take and another terminal you stare makes space rare. Anmol restaurant provides you the tea you desire. The restaurant has been renamed. Here trams too can be seen plying coming at intervals when they could be passenger kind. A tram trajectory is a treat indeed for the ringside view it hands you on a platter provided it is not stuffed. A good number of them originate from BBD Bag, a desolate stretch on a sunday. As for College Street, trams too make their way coming along with a handful of buses that head towards Dakshineswar via Hathibagan.  The best way to reach Dakshineswar is through a local taken from Howrah station. Taking a bus that goes through B T Road, one among different junctions which has air pollution that endures. As for Howrah station the roof looks sturdy but some portion could need reignition/strengthening depending the tried and tested the template it has been. People's book centre on S P Mukherjee Road, Ras Behari Avenue has three typists working at any given time and no different is the picture in Surya Sen street.  

The majestic howrah bridge brims with vendors of different scale; some continuing their tale of success right beneath the bridge and some positioned right on the bridge. Vehicle movement is defined by their scale of preference; some at breakneck, some at tuk tuk speed. 

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