Calcutta (Kolkata)

Where to Shop in Kolkata

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Jun 2003 07:16:47 +0000

1) Charnock City Charnock City in Kolkata's satellite township of Salt Lake is an air-conditioned shopping complex spread over three floors. A cafeteria in the ground floor and a multicuisine rooftop...

Kingdom of Tides

Anonymous — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:55:26 +0000

The muffled thrum of the boat is the only sound in the mist coated forests of one of the world's largest estuarine deltas. The mangrove forest of the Sunderbans forest breathes in an out in drips.

Kolkata's Rickshaws

Anonymous — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 14:06:24 +0000

KOLKATA, India, Aug 19, 2005 - India's communist West Bengal state says its plan to ban hand-pulled rickshaws in Kolkata is a long overdue step to end a backbreaking, "inhuman" form of work. But the...

Mother Teresa order began in India's humble Creek Lane

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 01:23:22 +0000

There is little about the three-storey house in Creek Lane in the east Indian city of Calcutta to suggest that this was where Mother Teresa founded her now world-famous Missionaries of Charity order...

'Gandhi chic' luring Indian fashionistas

Anonymous — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:20:30 +0000

India's West Bengal is a region famous for its traditional weaves, once championed by it's independence leader. 'Gandhi chic' is promoted to rejuvenate the hand-woven cotton and silk industry in the state...