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But only hardcore Bengalis / Kolkatans like us can certify whether you have passed the test. Samples please.
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Originally Posted by theyyamdancer View Post Thanks for the recipe! I will try it out soon.
Its raining heavily today and I bet most of the households in the city will be having kichuri today. Its definitely on my menu today, along with ilish mach bhaja (hilsa fry)
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Well, i think there's still time to drop in.
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another bit of reading... most of which i can relate to...
an exile's view

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The intellectual appeal of the European enlightenment was strongest among the Bengali Hindus because they had been only nominally influenced by the culture of the Mughal court.
They took to European culture enthusiastically, sans Christianity, and easily absorbed it into their Bengali identity.
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Sustained exposure to westernisation has not compromised the self-identity of Bengalis as Bengalis.
Indeed, the colonial education system promoted this synergetic autonomy.
Most Bengali graduates of an earlier generation who mostly studied in government schools in district towns were fluent in English, Bengali and Sanskrit. They knew their Shakespeare, Milton and Byron but were equally at ease with the Hindu epics, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee and Michael Madhusudan Dutt.
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The flowering of Calcutta was centred on the Bengali success in detaching the idea of Britain from the reality of British rule.
Not everyone could comprehend the nuances of this emulation-opposition.
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It was this Bengali harmony which epitomised Calcutta and made it such a vibrant and cosmopolitan city.
Since 1967, there has been a steady breakdown of the social code.
There has been an onrush of insularity, provincialism and bad taste.
Where gentlemanly conduct was the norm, there has been the intrusion of both the parvenu and the outlander.

To some extent this social upheaval was unavoidable but, unlike Delhi, it coincided with a prolonged period of economic stagnation and, of course, socialist deprivation.

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Communism finally killed Calcutta. Bengali Marxism started off as rebellious games played by boys (and some girls) from good families. As long as the Communist adventure was in the hands of the likes of Hiren Mukherjee, Indrajit Gupta, Snehangshu Acharya, Renu Chakravarty and Mohit Sen, it was more like a repeat of the Young Bengal movement.

Tragically, the Bengali babu had not factored in the deep mofussil insularity, intellectual cretinism and the cultural envy that was built into the bloodstream of the CPI(M).


... and to round it off - my sentiments exactly -
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Apart from the shell and some outward forms of civility, the Calcutta I knew and grew up in no longer exists.

The landscape has changed. The old landmarks are gone. The mindset is unappealing. This Kolkata is not my Calcutta.


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Thanks for the link brishti.

It looks an interesting article. I've not read it yet but I will, only read your snippings so far

In fact there might be other good pieces in that issue of seminar magazine too. Soul City: A symposium on the many facets of Calcutta
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I just read this thread, thrice, from top to bottom. What a trip report!

Everybody who posted here, thanks for feeding my nostalgia. And brishti, I agree with your last two quote boxes. The Bengal I love exists the farther you move away from Kolkata.
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theyyamdancer, why did you call your thread as "Kolkata in 3D"?

Really, if someone wants 3D, i will prepare several spherical panoramas (360 degrees) of Kolkata a little bit later.
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One 3D flash will be about this place:
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Originally Posted by Thanx View Post theyyamdancer, why did you call your thread as "Kolkata in 3D"?

Really, if someone wants 3D, i will prepare several spherical panoramas (360 degrees) of Kolkata a little bit later.

It is known as "poetic licence"! It was not meant to be taken literally.
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Originally Posted by Thanx View Post theyyamdancer, why did you call your thread as "Kolkata in 3D"?

Really, if someone wants 3D, i will prepare several spherical panoramas (360 degrees) of Kolkata a little bit later.
Strange first post there Thanx.

Surely if someone wants actual 3D then any 2D panoramas won't provide what they want and only visiting the place will do that. Theyyam's post made me "see" a place I'm not likely to visit for a while yet, so I couldn't think of a better title that "Kolkata in 3D".
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Thanx,

If you have some great photos of Kolkata, why not place them in your Photo Gallery here at IndiaMike?
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theyyamdancer, yes, i have several photos of Kolkata.
Yet i would like to post here my spherical flash panoramas of Kolkata in the nearest future.

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Originally Posted by OceanTragic Surely if someone wants actual 3D then any 2D panoramas won't provide what they want and only visiting the place will do that.
Yes, it is. I agree with you.

Sorry, I forgot about poetry meaning of "3D".
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Theyyamdancer, absolutely loved your Kolkata in 3D...

Thanks, it took me back to a very happy place and time and more... Beautiful people, great culture, awesome food......
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Thank you shymom for your appreciation!

You might like to read this one too:
An Ode to Kolkata


If you have time, this oldie of mine awaits:
City of (Satyajit) RAY-diance



My most recent trip report from Kolkata:
Scent of Shiuli, Beat of Dhak, Ma Durga is Back
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Originally Posted by kausiks View Post Adding some more to this:
1. In our childhood, we used to hear that chola-gur (chick-peas and jaggery) is good for health and must be taken early in the morning.
2. Commonly sold street food: chola with tomatoes and onion with a dash of lemon and green chilly.
3. One dish in which we use chola frequently is kochu-sag (leaves and stem of the yam plant - boiled, mashed and then cooked).
Kochu-sag with mashed head of Ilish
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