Missing Calcutta ...

I haven't seen all of Calcutta (pardon me but that's what i still prefer to call it even after the official name change) in the little over 18 years that i've lived there, i haven't even experienced half the things they talk about the city and the charm associated with it, and i haven't even been to half the famous places in the city but even now if i hear or read anything about the city, i can visualise it and relive the experience that Calcutta holds. I know quite a few Calcuttans and one thing that definitely goes with being a Calcuttan is having friends who'll keep complaining about how much they've heard about Calcutta and that they know its never going to stop. My friends, i'm sure, would agree.

It's just another city with all the stuff cities are made of, but the passion that comes along is Calcutta.

Can you name a city in India where the streets are lined up with Brasil flags and posters of their entire football team, the people have their faces painted with the Brazilian colours before the many Football World Cup finals they've played in??? Have you seen football matches where the you distinguish the two teams playing from having worn or NOT-worn jerseys on the field? And even that gets really tricky in the rainy season, (If you've been to Cal you know the answer), because the players of both the teams look alike anyways ( I'm not gonna tell you why, find out if you can). Name a city that has a birthday :) !!!! And trust me when i say this, no article ever written about calcutta can ever be complete without a mention of the phuchka !! for those alien to the term, im sorry but the english language doesn't have words to describe it so im just gonan suggest you make a trip there and experience them !!! And of course the week long festivities of the durga puja and the locality plays and the non-stop eating that goes on during the pujas. Xavier's, my School and all that i would give to go back there. All my friends. Goopi Bagha and all the satyajit ray movies i could sit all day watching ..... that's my Calcutta. ah ! I miss Calcutta ...

Oh Calcutta!! Oh Calcutta !!!