I wasn’t raised in this part of Calcutta but many years later, I lived in Newtown for few years as it was very close to my workplace, commuting from South Calcutta would be a pain, especially during peak hours. But obviously, the quintessential ‘Calcutta’ vibe was missing. I realised how far the city has spread across and yet, it is though still the same city that made me.
But that never stopped me from travelling to the original parts of the city. I lived and worked in Newtown but you could frequently find me in the hotspots of Calcutta city. Be it Ballygunge, Southern Avenue or New Alipore in the South; Baghbazar, Central Avenue or Dalhousie towards the North. These places are laden with imprints of my childhood.
A never ending romance with the ‘City of Joy’.
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