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East, Expat Life, Growing up in Calcutta, India, Photo Essays, Travel Extras, Trip Photos, West Bengal

Photo essay of Calcutta Rajbaris

According to the dictionary, a Rajbari is a mansion or a palace that was built as a residence for a Hindu […]

January 3, 2024 By maverickbird
East, Expat Life, Growing up in Calcutta, India, West Bengal

Kolkata Fun Facts

Kolkata or Calcutta as it is still fondly called is the capital of India’s West Bengal state. Founded by merging […]

March 7, 2023
East, Expat Life, Growing up in Calcutta, India, West Bengal

Growing up in Jhargram: red earth country and wildflowers

Jhargram is now a city, a district, and a tourist destination of growing repute. However, that is not what I […]

March 6, 2023
East, Expat Life, Growing up in Calcutta, India, Photo Essays, Travel Extras, Trip Photos, West Bengal

Workers of Kolkata and their jobs

“He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a […]

January 1, 2023
East, Expat Life, Growing up in Calcutta, India, West Bengal

Calcutta loves to read: a photo essay

Calcutta or Kolkata as it is known now is perhaps India’s most literary city. Calcutta loves to read and every […]

December 31, 2022
East, Expat Life, Growing up in Calcutta, India, Photo Essays, Travel Extras, Trip Photos, West Bengal

Kolkata photo essay

I don’t know what made me think of sharing a Kolkata photo essay at the fag end of this year. […]

December 26, 2022
#Kolkata #Travelbloggerindia #Travelblog #Kolkatatravelblog #WestBengaltourism
East, Expat Life, Growing up in Calcutta, India, Top Experiences, West Bengal

Top fun things to do in Kolkata

My posts on Calcutta are definitely not comprehensive enough as a guide, but are fondest memories of a place called […]

October 19, 2018
#Kolkata #Travelbloggerindia #Travelblog #Kolkatatravelblog #WestBengaltourism
East, Expat Life, Growing up in Calcutta, India, West Bengal

This is Kathleen’s Kolkata

‘Some may say that film-makers romanticise the old world charm of Kolkata and that they are not painting the true […]

October 19, 2018
These are streets of Calcutta
East, Expat Life, Growing up in Calcutta, India, West Bengal

Calcutta through Brian’s eyes

In continuation of the “This is my Brian’s Calcutta“, author Brian Paul Bach shares some interesting observations on one of […]

October 18, 2018
life in kolkata is about golden mornings
East, Expat Life, Growing up in Calcutta, India, West Bengal

This is Brian’s Calcutta not Kolkata

‘Howrah Bridge!’ I utter in a stunned whisper. It’s out there somewhere, closer than I think, and it is the […]

October 17, 2018
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