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Apr 11th, 2008, 15:42
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: U.K
Posts: 492
| Kolkata guide book I came across the Kotkata and Haora guide by DP Publications 66 College Sreet 700 067 @75/-. It might look a bit cheap by the cover but really is a mine of information, hotels, restaurants, and best of all bus routes, tram routes, ferries etc Not having much experience of Calcutta I cannot comment on the map that is included, but at least there is one. Well worth the money |
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Apr 12th, 2008, 09:43
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| (Capt. Debasish Dey )  Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Kolkata, India
Posts: 308
| Usually these books being sold by Railway Hawkers on Local trains, these books are infact quite accurate and reliable. For kolkata city map I found the best one in Yahoo Maps on Kolkata. Cheers |
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Apr 22nd, 2008, 02:28
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| If You Shit, You Are Materialistic  Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Where the streets have no cows...we like our steaks only!!!
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| There's one fantastic book - Ten Walks In Calcutta - written by Prasenjit Dasgupta [but not really sure if it is still in circulation]. Whoever is interested can check out Oxford Book Store on Park Street or Starmark at Lord Sinha Road [Off Theatre Road]. This book has ten detailed "walks" which basically cover all the historical and other places of interest that one can see in Calcutta, and also incorporates interesting historical anecdotes.
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Apr 22nd, 2008, 07:22
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| Amateur Photographer  Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Greater Noida (India)
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| You had better refer international reputed publications such as Lonely Planet, Rough Guide or Foot Prtints etc easily available on leading bookstores. |
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Apr 22nd, 2008, 15:11
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| Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: U.K
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| stungan Yes it is still in print 2008 edition, revised, 250/- Family book shop in Park street. ranjan154. Such information as contained in international reputed publications is not found in locally sourced informative books such as the ones mentioned. Moreover these small publications cost a fraction of the weighty tomes. |
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