[jazzy_2cool]

Tirthankar, Excellent pics and brilliant captions...
Bro you took my heart ...I am also from the same city,you made me Go Back to time ......
Missing kolkata bro now ... got nostalgic after seeing chandni chowk ka metro station.Thanks a lot of this trip...keep the good work coming.
Good Job Tirthankar, appreciated.

Rest of the pals back in Calcutta (Bhp members),we would love to see some thing more from your end.

[vnabhi]

Originally Posted by mjothi

Hey I see a board which reads "Congested Area Ahead". Interesting man, is it common over there? I dont remember seeing such boards anywhere here. May be they need to put in all cross and junctions of Bangalore. Lol.

I guess they need to put those boards on every street in Calcutta, except perhaps Salt Lake. I spent 6 months in Cal way back in 1984, and have experience nightmarish traffic jams even in those days.
My my colleagues start cursing the traffic jams in Hyd, I keep telling 'em that I am a seasoned guy owing to my Cal exposure !

[Sudipto-S-Team]

Welcome back to team-bhp Tirthankar. The pic quality has really improved in this latest lot. The one about the man taking a nap in a truck while holding a rope is international award quality.

Dhakuria Lake used to be one of my most favourite hang out zones and I quite like the recent changes that are happening there whose pictures you have taken.

@Vnabhi - Have you ever been to Bombay in the last 24 years?

[btirthankar]

Kolkata Nightreat:

Pictures of DH Road and the unexpected beauty and cleanliness of North Kolkata.

[devnull]

As usual, Tirtha Da, quality stuff from you. Every year I visit Kolkata during the XMas-New Year week 'coz that really is one of the best times to visit Kolkata - nice crisp cold winter, lots of melas, festive atmosphere (Kolkata has a very prominent Anglo presence), ridiculously early sunsets (I love this part..seeing the night fall at 4:45 pm! It's like city wants you to stop all your work, get out and enjoy), onset of Naler gurer sandesh (what a sandesh!) and yes, the onset of that foggy yellow tinge all over the city at night time. That sepia mode of Kolkata night life is very characteristic of "Communist" cities like in Russia and East Europe. And I just love it. Has got that spooky yet very cosy feel to it.

Alas, this year I can't make it to Kolkata during this time. Have some important work and used up all leaves during Pujo.

As we admitted, Tirtha Da, in another thread of yours (or was it this one only?) - you get out of Kolkata and you realise what magical stuff you have left from.

[getsurya]

Tirthankar, You are a verstaile man! Your writeups, phrases, captions, pics, drives all in all tell that you have taste...taste to be unique in life.


Keep them coming!! Awesome!

[ASHISHPALLOD]

hi basu,
in the post no 72, that light pics are amazing.
i was in kolkata in the first week of nov.
this amazing city is disciplined compared to other metros.
whatever i have seen in kolkata, i had good impression about this city.
amazing and simple people, clean roads, less traffic mess up, few two and three wheelers compared to other metros, not costly.

[btirthankar]

Originally Posted by getsurya

Tirthankar, You are a verstaile man! Your writeups, phrases, captions, pics, drives all in all tell that you have taste...taste to be unique in life.


Keep them coming!! Awesome!

Surya,

This is one of the best compliments that I have ever received.

Whether this uniqueness gives me peace or not, I keep coming back to post pictures again and again, due to the patronage of all of you.

Originally Posted by devnull

As usual, Tirtha Da, quality stuff from you. Every year I visit Kolkata during the XMas-New Year week 'coz that really is one of the best times to visit Kolkata - nice crisp cold winter, lots of melas, festive atmosphere (Kolkata has a very prominent Anglo presence), ridiculously early sunsets (I love this part..seeing the night fall at 4:45 pm! It's like city wants you to stop all your work, get out and enjoy), onset of Naler gurer sandesh (what a sandesh!) and yes, the onset of that foggy yellow tinge all over the city at night time. That sepia mode of Kolkata night life is very characteristic of "Communist" cities like in Russia and East Europe. And I just love it. Has got that spooky yet very cosy feel to it.

Alas, this year I can't make it to Kolkata during this time. Have some important work and used up all leaves during Pujo.

As we admitted, Tirtha Da, in another thread of yours (or was it this one only?) - you get out of Kolkata and you realise what magical stuff you have left from.

Another one! Let me tell you: 'You have been very precise in your statement' and it matches my thoughts as well.

Originally Posted by ASHISHPALLOD

hi basu,
in the post no 72, that light pics are amazing.
i was in kolkata in the first week of nov.
this amazing city is disciplined compared to other metros.
whatever i have seen in kolkata, i had good impression about this city.
amazing and simple people, clean roads, less traffic mess up, few two and three wheelers compared to other metros, not costly.

Well, Kolkata has improved by leaps and bounds and it was so gradual that we never felt it did. Thats all I can say. I am glad you loved it. But it gets very uncomfortable during summer, mind it.

[getsurya]

Dont we all want to be unique in some way or other? YES!!

So do you! Have a great time and Season's greetings for Christmas & New year too!
Whenever you are touching Hyd, please PM me and I shall do the same when I plan Blr next!!

[btirthankar]

Probably the last lot this year

[btirthankar]

continued.. and wishing all patrons a Prosperous New Year 2009.

[Sowmya]

Getup of Kolkata Police has been Improved man !!!

[btirthankar]

Some more illustrations

[btirthankar]

over to Kolkata Photoblog 2009

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/travel...ml#post1247774

[Lancer.ized]

i'm new here so never came accross this thread btirthankar just two words "awsome" "awsome"