Recently a very good friend of mine was getting married. So I got the opportunity to visit Kolkata - the old capital of India during British rule. I've visited Kolkata before, so it wasn't such a new discovery. With my sis we had visited all the typical touristy places when we had gone there to present a paper at Jadavpur University.
It's a sooty city; it looks old and the streets are narrow and congested. There is a brilliant metro line in place that is like the Mumbai's train system - it forms the lifeline of the city and you cannot imagine travelling in Kolkata's heavy traffic without it.
Satya and I were lost in translation - because my Bengali ain't even upto 1%. Satya's was better though, having spent time there as a kid. We spent a nice morning at Park Street in the middle of the wedding festivities, lounging around in the Oxford Bookstore and then having a light snack at Flurrys. Totally chilled out. I feel so relaxed just thinking about it.
I also dragged Satya to watch the latest Twilight installment. I must confess though that I myself did not like the film too much. I found it all too trite and absolutely ridiculous in places. But, I am a twilight fan and hence, I did watch the movie at the Empire Theatre. Imagine that almost five years ago I'd watched another English movie at the Empire Theatre in Kolkata with my sister and a friend. Amazing right?
So the marriage went off well... and I came back home via Jet Lite (which was delayed by almost two hours!!). I still find it amazing how quick and easy travel has become now. Bhubaneshwar is the next trip out. We are trying to find things to do there though!! :)
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