Snapshots – Calcutta downtown
Posted by dan on January 22, 2011
The first time I went to India was in 1991, arriving in Kolkata – then still Calcutta – from Bangkok. My friend and I said we’d never come back again to India – we were so shocked, even with South-East Asia and China behind us. Yet, a year later I was back, and then again in 2001. Most of the photos here were taken on the last trip, except the one of the beggar who buries his head in the foot path. That was taken in 1991, in front of the Indian Museum. The other images are also from the area (Chowringee, New Market and Sudder street) with the exception of the last one at the train station. Beggars were absent on my last trip; they were pushed out of the city center, although surely didn’t vanish. I wonder how much the city has changed in the last ten years. Massive and run down, I still love it – as much as any other Indian city, it has its own special flavor and vibe.
See also: Kolkata attractions pictures & videos
- Busy Calcutta road
- Semi-trailer double-decker bus in Calcutta
- Street scene with tram
- Calcutta street scene
- Taxi
- Street scene with rickshaw
- Resting rickshaw puller
- Little street
- Little street
- Street vendor
- Boy taking back sheep from grazing in the park
- Beggar with head in pavement
- Marx and Engels
- Lenin lives in Calcutta
- Train station – holy men and kid
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